Dev Server @ Home

Hiya iam thinking of setting up a development server at home using a old AMD 2200 box with 512mb ram and a 60gb hard drive.

What i would like to get some advice on is the following.

What Linux Distro would you use - iam a windows user so something that would be easy (ish) to install packages

How would i set up and configure the servers - This includes Apache, SQL, PHP and Phpmyadmin

Is their any free control pannels that i can install to make the management of the box go as smooth as possible, if so how would i install them etc.

Thankyou
Richard

 

 

 

 

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