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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Jump to PostI 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.
Jump to Post>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.
Jump to PostSuSE is very good, but has requires high specs.
Jump to Post>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.
Jump to PostYou 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 :)
On the other hand, Gentoo has …
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