I'd just say go with what you know and just remove all extra packages that you don't need. Or if you don't know much than a specific distro like freenas as mentioned before is great as it is designed just for that. But another question was broght up: "Are you sharing with Windows? Linux? Old world UNIX? Commodore 64?" That made me think what would be the best way to hook up all my Commodore 64s? And could I build some sort of super powerful cluster out of them with enough computing power to take on the newest cell phones on the market. --j On 3/10/08, tclug at b-o-b.homelinux.com <tclug at b-o-b.homelinux.com> wrote: > > Mike Miller writes: > > > On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 tclug at b-o-b.homelinux.com wrote: > > > >> This is a loaded question, and could start a riot / flame war on this > >> list. > >> > >> It is my duty to inform you that *best* (slipping into flame retardant > / > >> riot gear suit) OS for this sort of setup would be Slackware Linux. > >> www.slackware.com > >> > >> Not to upset the list, pretty much any flavor of Linux will do the job > >> for you. > > > > > > I don't get "upset" about any recommendations but I have to wonder why > you > > recommend Slackware instead of some other distro. > > I recommended Slackware because I feel it is the *best* as stated above. > Other than that, it is my favorite. > > I cannot comment on the *BSD option though. > > Robert De Mars > > I also wonder why > > FreeBSD is being recommended instead of some Linux solution. A > > recommendation is nice, but a recommendation that comes with an > > explanation is much more valuable. > > > > Mike > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20080310/91412bde/attachment.htm