Janus wrote:
I need a small server in my household - for laptop/workstation backup and file sharing in my family across Mac, Windows and Linux using Samba. Would like graphical Yast2 for config, but do not need KDE desktop etc.
I have an old Celeron 400 Mhz with 128 mb and a new 250GB disk. Am I right in thinking this will do with openSUSE 10.2?
Novell mention 256 mb ram as minimum requirement, but I guess this is for a workstation setup with KDE/Gnome etc?
Such hardware would probably be fine as a firewall, dns/dhcp server, but I'd recommend running the graphical yast tools remotely from your linux desktop, for best results. The little box would probably be OK as a file server for backup, assuming sufficient disk space, but you will want to ruthlessly shut down any services that are system hogs (beagle, zmd, etc) as well as any unneeded processes. Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org