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What is the best distro to host a KVM virtualization solution

I am looking for a Server oriented distro that we can expect have decent support but also offer as much as possible some of the latest features that KVM might offer. I am leaning towards Ubuntu LTS 10.04, because well it's LTS and more bleeding…
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What's the best way to check the version of a library on Ubuntu

I am sure there are several ways to do this, but is there a tool built into Ubuntu or a recommended way to check the version of any given library you have installed on an ubuntu server?
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Is there an appliance-style distribution with web-based configuration for Snort?

There are some great "appliance" style distributions like pfSense and M0n0wall, that bundle powerful features of their respective operating systems with a nice web application for configuration. In my opinion, these distributions cover a majority…
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Linux From Scratch is right place to start?

I want to create my custom linux distro. Should i start with 'Linux From scratch ' project ?
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Debian based 350mb server distro?

I would like a linux distro for testing reasons. I want to mock a server which is why i am posting here instead of SU. It should have no GUI alike most (all?) VPS and use very little memory. As little as 64mb but i'll be running it as a 128mb…
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How to distribute a custom WinPE disk

I'm looking into creating a WinPE disk that runs a custom cleanup utility that can be distributed to clients. I'm hoping to get some clarity on how companies legally distribute custom WinPE disks without getting heat from MS. I've been told that if…
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Lightweight NAS distro

I'm looking for a free + lightweight NAS distro that could run nicely on a low spec Icybox (see http://www.raidsonic.de/en/products/nas-systems.php?we_objectID=6853) Storlink3516, Arm9 300 Mhz 128mb RAM For general storage, backups and a git/ VC…
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What server linux distros "guarantee" you will always be able to upgrade to major new releases?

To my astonishment, I found out I can't upgrade my CentOS 5.5 system to CentOS 6... (well I can, with a risky and painful process that is not supported and will most probably result in a mess) So, rather that waste my time with a new fresh install…
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Recommended Linux distro for point-of-sale stations

I need recommendations on distro to pick for Linux workstations that will be used as point-of-sale stations. Requirements / wish list: Stable with regular, robust updates that rarely if ever break things Secure and quick to release critical…
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Is a Unix flavour (i.e. Solaris) any good for a VPS web server?

Lets just say I am a fanatic to using something such as this, and would be willing to purchase the appropriate licenses (or open version of Solaris maybe) and install it. My questions are, do software packages such as (an) sshd and recent Apache…
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Linux Distributions for Limited Bandwidth

I was recently in a situation where I had limited bandwidth (20GB per month) so I was wondering what Linux distributions (desktop or server) have low bandwidth requirements as far as updates are concerned. I still want to stay fairly up to…
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Linux server distro where default server packages customized the least?

I'm using Ubuntu server right now (for local development) and noticed that some Ubuntu packages like apache have their config files... um... scattered. While official Apache docs primarily refer to httpd.conf for everything, Ubuntu's Apache packages…
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Easily installing various distros over a network

I'm working on some software that I'd like to test on various distributions of Linux, to be able to say that I know it works on them. The software interfaces with a hardware device over USB and Bluetooth, and so I'd prefer to use it on real…
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Which distro i choose for a little server between...?

... Debian 5 Ubuntu Server 10.10 Red Hat Ent. 5 CentOS Gentoo 10.1 Slackware 13 ArchLinux Open Suse 11.3 Fedora 13 Madriva for Apache, Php & Mysql? (damn distro, i wish linux got only 1 main distro not this safari)
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Separate apps environment (distro agnostic)

What do you think about having a separate environment with it's own parsers (Python, Ruby) and different versions of them within a Linux distro. I'm sick of having to stick with distro's versions of these dependencies (eg.: Red Hat's old versions of…
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