For your setup i i will suggest you to follow the implementation in below manner.
Desktop: Fedora is a good move but check out the stable version and install.I recommend u either fedora6 or fedora 8.Keep in mind if you want to run kde desktop then u need at least 512MB ram.GNOME is the alternative desktop comes with fedora.
Server: Go with centos 5
Configure proxy and dhcp and dns first.
Test it from all clients for the internet access.
Once it is fine then go with apache and squirrel mail.sendmail comes along with centos so tha u can tweak certain parameters in sendmail to get your things done for mailingg with squirrel mail.
After you tested all of the above then setup iptables for security.
I will suggest you to go thru the below links for basic linux configuration.
http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/
Regards
lingu subramanian
Hello All!!!
I was wondering if you can help me little bit….
I am trying to help (voluntary service) a country side school (Aboriginal community) in Northern Queensland Australia setup lab infrastructure, it's a very remote school and they don't have enough funds to go commercial
The school has only till grade 6
They have 25 machines that was bought out of the government grant but none of the machines come with windows
I was asked by the school president to setup lab infrastructure currently they have Internet (Dynamic) with only two machines connected
I have asked them to change the plan to Static IP address which I presume will be done some time this week
I have decided to go Linux on all the machines including the server
Could some one please cast some light on how I can carry on with this project, I am not sure where to start and I am fairly new to Linux and system administration world
Currently what's in my mind is to setup fedora on all desktop and CentOS5 as my server with following services configured
Proxy-squid (all the traffic to pass through)
Firewall
Apache
Squirrel mail
DNS
DHCP
I am not sure where to start with this project
Your help will be highly appreciated by the little kids who have never even touched a computer before in there life!!!
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Many Thanks
Harry
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