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I am looking for a small linux distro for a DNS server. I don't need graphics. I searched and found a few of the small floppy loads, DSL, sisela, etc, ...
  1. 10-03-2008 #1
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    Small version of linux for DNS

    I am looking for a small linux distro for a DNS server. I don't need graphics. I searched and found a few of the small floppy loads, DSL, sisela, etc, but they were stripped down too much. All other searches come back with the latest and greatest which I don't need for this. Does anyone know of a distro in the middle, not too small but not too large that it comes with everything under the sun. I just need to load bind on an older machine?

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    Could have a look at arch linux, or crux.
    Depending on how small you need, gentoo could be setup for a server or if you want to try, you could try with BSD.

    I think smoothwall, though that it mainly for a linux firewall.
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    Another that might suit your needs is a basic install of Slackware. If you need even smaller, perhaps Slax would fit the bill.
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    You can use any distro for this. One option could be to a Debian netinstall (it just installs a base system) and then addon the packages you need for your server. You can even strip down the likes of CentOS or SUSE if you wish.
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    How about the Ubuntu Server edition. That has no GUI by default and it runs on modest hardware and you can install as little as you need.
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    Just to add a little extra variety, I'd use Smoothwall, which is really a firewall distribution, but it has DHCP and DNS built into it's system. If you run it with only a green interface, it'll do both these services, and the installed size is really small. It also lets you configure all this from a cosy web interface, straight out of the box.
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    Excellent. Thanks for the ideas. I will check them all out. I knew there had to be something out there besides the full blown desktop, but when I searched on small distro's the results were things like the floppy versions, which are amazing considering the size, but I didn't have to go that small. I am have a PIII 1GHz which would probably run ok with the full graphics packages, but I just wanted to optimize for what I needed.

    Again thanks for all the suggestions, I can't wait to check them out..

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    I am really liking Ubuntu server. It is only using 400 megs of drive space, no swap, and about 60k of memory. Very nice...

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