I need a Linux guru!

[DiscoStu]

I'm equally numpty with Linux but don't they all have a config tool like control panel for this sort of stuff i.e. Yast?

I was trying to do that, but instead of a really helpful error message when trying to mount the volume (something like "Oi, numpty! Log on as root if you want to do this" would have been fine) I clicked mount and nothing happened. So I clicked it again and nothing still happened. At which point I gave up and fell asleep.

I think after my little foray into Nerd-World it's time to return to the nice Microsoft comfort-zone.

[Spoiler]

Alternatively

[Cowboy Bob]

Fedora is just about the worst distribution you could have chosen as a new Linux user. SuSE and Ubuntu are the most "newbie" friendly IMO.

[lilelvis2000]

I think WHSmith are selling a Linux starter kit with everything inside. Haven't taken a look myself (I went with freebSD) but for a newbie that would be the way to go. It most likely contains Ubuntu.

[zeitghost]

How do I get my Minix to know about 3.5" diskettes?

[chicane]

How do I get my Minix to know about 3.5" diskettes?

Start with the source code and work from there, of course.
Kids today, I dunno.

[zeitghost]

It seems to know about 360k 5.25" diskettes though

[VectraMan]

So what's the quickest easiest way to get a command line only Linux to act as a webserver?

[KevinS]

Install Apache (it is very easy to install from the command line, or if using something like Ubuntu apt-get, yast on Suse, etc)..

Edit: On the Apache docs page there is an 'Overview for the impatient'.. You can chage step 1 (lynx) with:

wget http://www.smudge-it.co.uk/pub/apach...d-2.2.8.tar.gz

[VectraMan]

Thanks, but what I was asking was not how to setup a webserver on an existing install, but what's the smallest lightest Linux install I can get to act only as a webserver?