[webdev] Re: State of Website

[Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dale W Hodge wrote:

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: webdev-bounce@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:webdev-bounce@xxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
>>Of Jonathan Hall
>>
>
>>I think that's a question you, Tom, and/or the rest of the web group can
>>best answer.  If you feel that Debian would make your job easier (and
>>there's no objection from others), then lets use Debian.  If a faster CPU
>>and RAM are needed, lets scrounge those up.
>>
>
>Tom has never used Debian, but I've been a Debian fan since shortly after I
>joined ACLUG. Package management is sooo much easier on Debian. In fact, I had 
>a
>Debian machine up for nearly 400 days having performed software updates and 
>even
>a dist upgrade in that time. I don't think you could say that about RedHat.  
>And
>Debian is very security focused, and they make it easy to keep on top of
>security patches.
>
>>I'm sure I have a ~P166 machine I could let ACLUG use for web development.
>>If you have a place to host it, and want to run Debian on it, by all means
>>do so.
>>
>
>Right now the beta1 site is running on a P166 with 64Meg of RAM.  That 
>probabaly
>adequate for now, but if we really start getting traffic I suspect we'll need a
>bit more oomph...
>
>>I currently have a K63/450 running Debian I could give ACLUG some space on
>>(but not root access).  That machine may soon be replaced by something
>>faster, which could make it available soley for ACLUG.
>>
>
>That should be plenty machine.  Root access isn't mandatory, as PostNuke has
>been designed to work in a hosted enviroment.  However limited root (sudo)
>access would be helpful in getting some of the packages set up.
>
>>If nothing else, we could ask members for hardware and/or monitary donations
>>to put together a machine for ACLUG web hosting.
>>
>
>That's not a bad idea.  I'm sure there are a number of people around with older
>hardware that would love to put it to good use rather than scrapping it.  Heck,
>I've got several P200 or P233 CPU/MB's that I need to do something with.  Slow
>by today's standards, but too good to trash.
>
>--dwh
>
I have a K6-2 300 CPU but no matching mobo.

Also have a K6-III 450 complete PC.  Small drive ( 6 gb ) since it has 
been used as my firewall machine for the last 2 years. I am considering 
going to one of the small firewall/routers and would certainly donate 
the 300 CPU and maybe the full PC.  The full PC is in a full size tower 
case with plenty of room for drives and hardware.

--jlv