Interesting Link

This may be better for the Linux forum but I found this link to be very inspiring ( I think I know what I will be doing this weekend).

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120nm4n

Interesting site. I don't like that they have you install a bunch of applications, then remove the ones you don't want. I prefer to start with nothing and add in what I need. Check out HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials They have several "Perfect Server" tutorials (for different distros) that you can use to get a pretty good server going. They show you how to add in quite a few applications and services, but I just pick and choose the ones I want / need.

sidsanders

greetings...

i use proftpd on plats where ftp is required, however for this project, i would skip it. sftp is enabled by default (or should be) and its more secure than ftp barring alterations to reduce its security. while even though this may be a learning exercise, no reason to start by enabling things you may not use, or need to use. samba could even fall into that as well. ssh can tunnel X apps without the need for vnc. vnc gives you the whole X session, which may be useful as well.

i use: Xming X Server for Windows | Get Xming X Server for Windows at SourceForge.net
and then putty (xming site has a putty ver as well as here: PuTTY: a free telnet/ssh client)
to tunnel X apps to my windows host if i need to.

not trying to complicate matters for you, and if this is known info, dont mean to waste your time...

Bl8ckr0uter

sidsanders wrote: »

greetings...

i use proftpd on plats where ftp is required, however for this project, i would skip it. sftp is enabled by default (or should be) and its more secure than ftp barring alterations to reduce its security. while even though this may be a learning exercise, no reason to start by enabling things you may not use, or need to use. samba could even fall into that as well. ssh can tunnel X apps without the need for vnc. vnc gives you the whole X session, which may be useful as well.

i use: Xming X Server for Windows | Get Xming X Server for Windows at SourceForge.net
and then putty (xming site has a putty ver as well as here: PuTTY: a free telnet/ssh client)
to tunnel X apps to my windows host if i need to.

not trying to complicate matters for you, and if this is known info, dont mean to waste your time...

Dont worry about complicating things for me dude. I need to get more skills so you are pointing me in the right direction.

wd40

If you really want more skills .. go for Linux from Scratch

Welcome to Linux From Scratch!

I started reading about it a few years ago but then decided that it was tooooo much for me

120nm4n

wd40 wrote: »

I started reading about it a few years ago but then decided that it was tooooo much for me

Same here!