Hello,
I've recently acquired a 2nd hand PC I want to use as a web server. For now, I just want the server to be accessible from my LAN, later I may want to connect it to the Internet through my ADSL connection.
Specifications: CPU: 466MHz Celeron RAM: 128MB DDR PC100 NIC: 3Com 10/100 Drives: hda: 8.4 GB Seagate hdb: 8.4 GB Seagate fd0: 1.44MB 3.5" Floppy Drive
It has no CD-ROM drive, but I can use one temporarily if I have to.
I want to have a basic web server set-up on this PC, with Apache, PHP, MySQL. I'll need SSH to do administration later on, because I don't intend to leave a keyboard and monitor connected to it. Maybe later I'll want to experiment with a ftp server and some other server-services.
Of course I'm using Debian as the OS.
I'm just not sure whether to use stable, testing or unstable.
Stable (woody) is, you know, stable, which is very good.
Testing (sarge) is almost stable now, so it might be a good choice to avoid updating from woody to sarge when it becomes stable.
Unstable is what I'm used to. I know how things work and how to solve most problems. Also, (security-)updates become available faster than in testing.
Currently I use unstable on my (Athlon XP 2100+) desktop PC. I used woody for a couple of months before I decided to go unstable. I haven't used testing. I have Apache, PHP & MySQL installed on my desktop PC too, to ease web development, and I know how to set that up for stable and unstable.
Now, finally, here's my question: What version would you recommend? And, of course, why? Any tips, security-related etc. , are also welcome.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Felix
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