I took the plunge and forked overs some money to build a “decent” server to run my site on at home. I got a tiny desktop case CPU, RAM, & DVD drive for really cheap. I already had a drive for it. I built it today and I am now trying to put linux on it. I am going for Suse 9 Enterprise or Suse 9.3. Not sure what will end up on it just yet. I put Suse Enterprise 9 on before but had problems so I am trying it again.
Right now I am having media issues with both 9.0 and 9.3 so I am not happy. I am still very new to the Linux crazy so I am very frustrated.
Now that I am building this new machine I have a few decisions to make. Do I keep using Typepad, or host my own blog using Moveabletype or WordPress? I like Typepad, but I am not sure if I want to pay to host when my subscription is up when I am hosting my own server. I liked moveabletype as a program but it is a pain to setup. I proved that today with several attempts at configuring it right. I hear WordPress is good, and they “claim” to have a simple install process.
Not sure what I am going to do just yet. I just want to get Linux installed and working right now…
Have you tried fedora core 3? It feels nice particularly as a server and the firewall stuff is a total breeze. Not to mention all the gui tools you can play with.
Don’t get me wrong, I still have my suse install going too…
I have the ISO’s but I was hesitant to put it on a machine since it will be refreshed so quickly. I may do a virtual machine of it to play with it, but I think my home machine will be a stable Suse Enterprise 9.0 box. That is if I can get the media I got from Novell to work!