Re: Linux distro for new server?

["Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>]

<montezf@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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>Hopefully you aren't using the web front end as your dev machine.

I'm going to use it to compile the already-existing Ada software for it, 
because I don't have another Linux machine with sufficient power (my laptop 
is ssslllooowwww). That's "development" only to the extent that I have to 
change stuff to eliminate the inevitable Windows/Linux differences. The 
actual development will continue on my primary development machine (still 
Windows XP, using Janus/Ada of course -- gotta eat your own dog food).

(I actually considered creating a Janus/Ada version of Linux -- especially 
as I get requests for it periodically -- which would be relatively easily 
done out of various parts previously built here [the old SCO Unix compiler 
and various other Unix-based projects means that I have most of what would 
be needed in existence, but it all would have to ported to the latest 
compiler and runtime] -- but that really wouldn't save anything as I'd have 
to write Linux versions of socket libraries and the like. There, it's easier 
to use the GNAT ones [at least, I hope that will be the case].)

I don't think that such limited use will cause any serious security 
problems, and I'm purposely leaving it uncomfortable to use that machine 
that way (it's in a corner with a cheap keyboard and screen) to keep any 
temptation to a minimum.

                                         Randy.