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I have been looking over and researching different versions of linux for my server that I am going to be making and I am not sure which one is the best for having a server or does it even matter. I also want one that will be very quick since it will be a server so is it possible to get one without all the fancy graphical GUI's and more of just like a command prompt or something. I was looking into Debian and Fedora but I am a little lost with all this stuff now. Any help is appreciated, thanks.
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I recommend debain. easy to install, and very fast. you might also want to look at slackware, a little bit trickier, but a very fast distro.
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>is debian like a command line interface?
It is if you don't install X. If you're going to install Debian, I recommend downloading the net-install CD anyway. There's no real reason to download all 20 CDs unless you're installing a lot of X applications without an internet connection.
It is if you don't install X. If you're going to install Debian, I recommend downloading the net-install CD anyway. There's no real reason to download all 20 CDs unless you're installing a lot of X applications without an internet connection.
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SuSE is very good, but has requires high specs.
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>How about Fedora? Is it good for a server?
Fedora is the consumer "desktop" distro made by Red Hat. If you want their server distro, you'll want to take a look at Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), or CentOS, which is essentially a free version of RHEL.
Fedora is the consumer "desktop" distro made by Red Hat. If you want their server distro, you'll want to take a look at Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), or CentOS, which is essentially a free version of RHEL.
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You can try Gentoo Linux. I recomend minimal installation, you will learn a lot of stuff while installing,and also you can setup gentoo to use all your hardware at maximum.its a source based distro.So if you dont alergic in compilation,its a good choice 
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Originally Posted by nixon623 
You can try Gentoo Linux. I recomend minimal installation, you will learn a lot of stuff while installing,and also you can setup gentoo to use all your hardware at maximum.its a source based distro.So if you dont alergic in compilation,its a good choice
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CentOS is probably the best choice if you like the RPM package style. You'd probably find a lot of CentOS and RHEL in larger production environments. When I was working IT at a technical college, all we used was RHEL for our Linux courses. Either are probably going to do well for you.
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