Re: OT: OS/distribution recommendations

Hi !

I'd say you want a linux box ! Standard RedHat is a good start.

BR,

Aarni

On Monday 03 November 2003 22:37, you wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> This may be a little off topic, but I would certainly
> appreciate everyone's feedback. I want to start
> learning to use PostgreSQL, and I have an extra PC at
> home I wish to install PostgreSQL on for this very
> purpose. My question: what OS would people recommend?
> The PC is an old AMD-K2 running at 333MHz (I could be
> mistaken), and it has 256MB RAM, and a ~5 GB HDD.
>
> Currently, it has NT4.0 SP6 installed, but I would be
> willing to install an OS from scratch. I am looking
> for something that is (relatively) easy to install,
> and is a platform that it is (relatively) easy to
> install PostgrSQL on as well. I run the machine
> "headless," so there has to be a way to telnet or SSH
> in.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance!

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