First post

Initial Question:

OK, Freenet is making my windows box run way too hot. (3.0 AMD
/ 2G /XP Pro) Normally runs 94-98F, when I push really hard it gets
up to 114-118F. Freenet puts me up at 125-129F! Slows everthing
down to the point of unusability. So, I either have to turn freenet off
during the day, or move it off to a dedicated server.

So, I've got an old box sitting here - 666 Celeron / 256M / 60G
I'd like to put linux on it & run it as a stand alone freenet box.
Any suggestions on what flavor of linux would be easiest to
set up freenet on?(remember it's ONLY for freenet)
Any other things I'm going to need to set up / know?
Is there a readable faq/manual somewhere?
Anybody willing to help off list (via email or irc)
After OS & Swap, how much of the remaining drive
space would it be ok to dedicate to freenet?
Split temp & store 50/50?
Does java for linux behave any better?

Any tricks to configuring mainport.bindAddress
& mainport.allowedHosts?
What about fuqid & frost?

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1st Reply:

If you can get Sun Java on it and possibly recent versions of GIJ or
GCJ it shouldn't be a problem AFAIK but I haven't tried myself just
mentioning what I've heard.

The flavor is not that important.
Just go for an easy to install distro.

Please keep in mind that you also have to
install Java Runtime Environment:
http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

> Any other things I'm going to need to set up / know?
> Is there a readable faq/manual somewhere?

Yes. For every distro there are howto's (manuals).

> Anybody willing to help off list (via email or irc)

Just post your questions here.
Other people could learn a lot from you and others ;)

> After OS & Swap, how much of the remaining drive space
> would it be ok to dedicate to freenet?
> Split temp & store 50/50?

No, you don't have to do 50/50.
1024MB swap-space is already to much.
Much installers can do it for you or - at lease - give hints.

> Does java for linux behave any better?

I don't know. It works for me :)

> Any tricks to configuring mainport.bindAddress &
> mainport.allowedHosts?

It works the same.

> What about fuqid & frost?

Frost runs out of the box. For Fuqid you'll need wine
http://www.winehq.com/. I am using CrossOver Office
http://www.codeweavers.com/.

Just try. Don't give up to quick. There are a lot of helpful docs like
howto's and things like forums ;)

Good luck!
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2nd Reply
Try Freenet 0.7.

It's much more ressource friendly than 0.5 is/was and is the
current main project.

Check out http://wiki.freenetproject.org
for installation details and more info.