Help me make a server of sorts...


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I have a pentium II 450mhz, about 30 gb hd space, 128mb ram, cdrw, etc. on an older computer. I have xp pro installed, but the system is overrun with adware and spam and all the windows-prone crap.

I want to get into linux, and i would like suggestions. It will most likely be used for:

1. hosting my printer on my wireless network, an hp deskjet 3650

2. file storage

3. anything else i think would be cool to try out on a linux box.

what linux do you guys suggest?

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Any distro of Linux will work just fine. You can even have a decent GUI.

Alternatives to Linux (like an other Unix variant, BSD) might also be of interest. But, Linux may be a better choice if you also want to use this as a workstation of sorts.

You will share out your printer with a Samba server to your Windows PCs.

Samba will also be used to share out a folder for file storage (or you can use FTP if you prefer).

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yeah i would prefer a GUI, and a distro i can just download. any guides to samba?

Find distros at http://www.distrowatch.com and download from http://www.linuxiso.org

Samba is REALLY easy to setup with a graphical setup (I use Fedora). If you want, take a look over their website (at least I *think* that this is their official site :unsure: ) http://samba.org

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