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Originally Posted by Soulwatcher
Well when you install Centos 4.2 Server, your getting a striped down version of Linux. No GUI, bundled software, ect, it runs from the command line. Which means their is less security holes for your OS. Centos 4.2 Server is so small it fits on a single cd. If your not experienced with running Linux from the command line I wouldn't recommend it.
A desktop distro is a bloated version of Linux. Its loaded with a nice GUI, web browser, games, ect. Lots of room for security holes. You really wouldn't want to use it for a server unless it was a home webserver, or you were just learning Linux.
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I might disagree because I just started using linux about a month ago and I was talking to Jason about it and he helped me get it installed and everything. He suggested that I just use the command line and now I am happy I did because the GUI takes up a lot more resourses so then those resourses can not be used for the programs that serve your files. Also if you work at it and learn the commands it becomes a lot faster to edit and change things then it would be in the GUI.
