Running a small server...memory troubles...

[Jason Crowe]

If you are planning on keeping this machine as a server & you want to 
dump redhat, then I would look into using Gentoo or Debian. Both will 
increase your knowledge of linux and you will probably get a bit more 
power out of your server.

Jason

Matt G wrote:

>Thanks for the comments so far everyone...  There is definately a
>problem...my system has ground to a halt, like it does every day after a few
>hours.
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>I did install x...but it's not running.  I'm willing to bail on RH for a
>server.  All I want to do with it is run sshd, httpd, maybe a mail server if
>I figure it out...for I could skip that for now.  Mandrake then?  Any
>special way to install it?
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>Also...it is silly to install X on this kind of system...  Say I wanted to
>run an instance of vncserver, and then connect up from work...maybe run
>windowmaker or something small.  Or am I lame for wanting to try that?
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>Matt
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