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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Which distro best for me? Post 29582 by stealthdestroyr on Tuesday 8th of October 2002 10:42:34 PM
Old 10-08-2002
Question Which distro best for me?

Im goin to build a server soon, im planning to use it for a dedicated server for my favorite game counterstrike. I also want to use it as a file server for my lan, should i also make this server my internet gateway and dhcp server or should i just continue using my linksys router for those tasks? based on what ive said above which unix distro do you think would be best for my needs and also take into consideration that im a newbie. Hardware and any other suggestions are welcome also. ty.
 

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NEXUIZ-SERVER(6)						   Games Manual 						  NEXUIZ-SERVER(6)

NAME
nexuiz-server - Nexuiz dedicated server SYNOPSIS
nexuiz-server [+set option value] [+exec config] ... DESCRIPTION
nexuiz-server is the Nexuiz dedicated server for the Nexuiz game. OPTIONS
Options passed to the Nexuiz dedicated server after a +set parameter (Note that this is not a full list!) fraglimit_override <value> After how many frags the game should end. This setting will be applied to all following maps maxplayers <value> How many clients can simultaniously connect to this server port <value> The port on which this server should listen for clients. (The default port is 26000). sv_public <bool> 1: Register this server on the master server; 0: Do not register this server on the master server timelimit_override <minutes> After how many minutes a game will end. This setting will be applied to all following maps For more options passed to the Nexuiz binary by the +set and +exec parameter, visit http://www.alientrap.org/nexuiz/. SEE ALSO
nexuiz(6) /usr/share/doc/nexuiz-server AUTHOR
The Nexuiz dedicated server was written by Alientrap. This manual page was written by Bruno "Fuddl" Kleinert <fuddl@debian.org> for the Debian project (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version pub- lished by the Free Software Foundation. On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL. January 21, 2006 NEXUIZ-SERVER(6)
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