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List of my mods · by **PilzAdam** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 09:17

Definetly not something with a GUI. Is there a Lubuntu Server Edition? If yes, this should be lightweight enough. Its free, btw.

by **xyz** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 12:17

gentoo

by **Zeg9** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 12:23

Debian is great for servers. Also, you could try arch, as you only install what you need on it.

by **Calinou** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 13:22

PilzAdam wrote:Definetly not something with a GUI. Is there a Lubuntu Server Edition? If yes, this should be lightweight enough. Its free, btw.

Ubuntu Server is Ubuntu without a desktop environment, so there are no "DE derivatives" of it.

by **CryAngel** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 13:48

xyz wrote:gentoo

why not LFS then? :D

by **xyz** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 16:57

CryAngel wrote:
xyz wrote:gentoo

why not LFS then? :D

Why are you comparing Gentoo with LFS?

by **CryAngel** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 02:32

xyz wrote:Why are you comparing Gentoo with LFS?

because both are compilable by user (at least, is usual way for both)

by **sfan5** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 06:08

xyz wrote:gentoo

/me thinks Gentoo is a pain to install

PilzAdam wrote:Definetly not something with a GUI. Is there a Lubuntu Server Edition? If yes, this should be lightweight enough. Its free, btw.

Lubuntu is only so "light" because it uses XFCE.
If there's no GUI, theres no difference between Unity or XFCE, so theres no Lubuntu

markveidemanis wrote:I have an old 600MHz laptop that i want to convert into a minetest server.
I need a very light operating system that is able to run minetest.

I suggest Debian Wheezy

markveidemanis wrote:If someone can write such a thing, let m know plx.

An OS?
You'd need to write a Kernel with Multitasking and module loading support, drivers for USB, VESA, Network(Network stack that supports at least IPv4, DHCP client), Network Card, maybe Wireless Adapter, Keyboard and other things your computer might have.
Then you would need to make a complete c and c++ std library, also all things required by a minetest server need to be ported(including gcc and g++ and required libraries).
It'd take many many months to write an OS from scratch that can run a minetest server...

by **jojoa1997** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 12:59

I know Windows 95

by **Calinou** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 13:13

jojoa1997 wrote:I know Windows 95

It can't run Minetest binaries, you need Windows XP at least to do that.

by **onpon4** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 20:32

Parabola GNU/Linux or Dragora are lightweight options I'd recommend if you're feeling adventurous or familiar with GNU/Linux systems. Otherwise, Trisquel GNU/Linux has a net-installer.

All of these are completely free software (where "free" refers to freedom, not price), which is why I recommend them. Parabola and Trisquel are based on Arch and Ubuntu, respectively, and Dragora is a KISS OS not based on another distro; I've heard that it's similar to Slackware.

by **VanessaE** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 20:55

Your best bet is any variant of [Xu|Edu|Lu|Ku|U]buntu or recent Debian, just configure it not to use a graphical desktop.

by **CryAngel** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 21:24

i dont know many about *BSD nor know if is supported by MT but if so is also can be option. at least as i know nVidia make drivers for FreeBSD, so 3D will work there.

by **onpon4** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 23:29

3D isn't needed for simply hosting a server. The main hardware incompatibility you could run into is wireless cards, if you need to connect wirelessly.

Regarding 3D, though, Intel graphics (through cooperation from Intel) and most Nvidia cards (through reverse-engineering) work with 3D using only free drivers and firmware, so in general you won't have compatibility problems with them. Only AMD/ATI graphics frequently require nonfree software for 3D to work.

by **onpon4** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 00:12

starblessed wrote:
onpon4 wrote:Only AMD/ATI graphics frequently require nonfree software for 3D to work.

Actually, the Xorg (non propriatary) driver has come a long way. Here is the Feature List : http://www.x.org/wiki/RadeonFeature

The free Radeon drivers require nonfree firmware for 3D to work. No AMD graphics work with 3D acceleration using exclusively free software. I think someone on the Trisquel forums has said that this has something to do with DRM (Digital Restrictions Management), but I don't know the details.

by **cheapie** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 05:08

sfan5 wrote:
xyz wrote:gentoo

/me thinks Gentoo is a pain to install

It only takes two simple (and easily memorable!) commands:

1. fdisk /dev/sda && mkfs.xfs /dev/sda1 && mkswap /dev/sda2 && swapon /dev/sda2 && mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/gentoo/ && cd /mnt/gentoo/ && links http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml && md5sum -c stage3-*.tar.bz2.DIGESTS && tar xvjpf stage3-*.tar.bz2 && links http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml && md5sum -c portage-latest.tar.bz2.md5sum && tar xvjf /mnt/gentoo/portage-latest.tar.bz2 -C /mnt/gentoo/usr && nano -w /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf && mirrorselect -i -o >> /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf && mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc && mount -o bind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev && chroot /mnt/gentoo/ && env-update && source /etc/profile && emerge --sync && cd /etc && rm /etc/make.profile && ln -s ../usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/desktop make.profile && cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern /etc/localtime && cd /usr/portage && scripts/bootstrap.sh && emerge -e system && emerge vim && emerge gentoo-sources && cd /usr/src/linux && make menuconfig && make install modules_install && vim /etc/fstab && passwd && emerge grub vixie-cron syslog-ng dhcpcd && cp /boot/grub/grub.conf.sample /boot/grub/grub.conf && vim /boot/grub/grub.conf && grep -v rootfs /proc/mounts > /etc/mtab && grub-install --no-floppy /dev/hda && init 6 && emerge gnome mozilla-firefox openoffice && emerge --sync && emerge portage openssh

2. reboot

by **quick.dudley** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 05:25

sfan5 wrote:You'd need to write a Kernel with Multitasking and module loading support, drivers for USB, VESA, Network(Network stack that supports at least IPv4, DHCP client), Network Card, maybe Wireless Adapter, Keyboard and other things your computer might have.
Then you would need to make a complete c and c++ std library, also all things required by a minetest server need to be ported(including gcc and g++ and required libraries).
It'd take many many months to write an OS from scratch that can run a minetest server...

You wouldn't need all of those features to run minetest server, but I agree it would be a waste of time writing an OS in this case.

by **CryAngel** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 06:13

cheapie wrote:It only takes two simple (and easily memorable!) commands

yes, and on TS hardware he wont do anything anymore, just wait all near future ;D

by **xyz** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 11:03

CryAngel wrote:
cheapie wrote:It only takes two simple (and easily memorable!) commands

yes, and on TS hardware he wont do anything anymore, just wait all near future ;D

distcc

by **DERP** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 13:05

VanessaE wrote:Your best bet is any variant of [Xu|Edu|Lu|Ku|U]buntu or recent Debian, just configure it not to use a graphical desktop.

What do you mean by non graphical/ Text only command line interface?

by **onpon4** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 13:47

DERP wrote:
VanessaE wrote:Your best bet is any variant of [Xu|Edu|Lu|Ku|U]buntu or recent Debian, just configure it not to use a graphical desktop.

What do you mean by non graphical/ Text only command line interface?

Yep, command line. If you're only running a server on the machine, this makes sense and uses the smallest amount of resources possible.

by **Menche** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 17:43

I like to use Debian for my Minetest server. Everything is well tested and stable, there are fewer updates than other distros, and it is pretty easy to get up and running.

The software included is older, but I only had to get one package from backports, cmake, because apparently checkinstall won't work with the cmake version in stable. This probably won't be a problem when the next Debian comes out (targetted for next week, I believe).

by **hasufell** » Tue Aug 06, 2013 00:10

xyz wrote:gentoo

and it is now officially supported, so you can file gentoo bugs

by **BrandonReese** » Tue Aug 06, 2013 03:15

Slackware

by **sfan5** » Tue Aug 06, 2013 06:50

markveidemanis wrote:If someone can write such a thing, let m know plx.

Yeah, sure writing an OS is easy.
You just press a button and everything appears...

Also: I suggest Debian without GUI

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