Ramblings of Narc

I need to put Sirimi up (and rename it to Bast, or maybe Bastet), update all the important software on it (Apache, PHP, MySQL), dump all the databases I have here, and copy everything over, then change the port forwards for the HTTP and HTTPS stuff to point that way. That way, Hermes can have fewer things to do, I get a more native Perl, and once I figure out how to make Postfix do everything my existing mail server is doing now, I can move the mail server there, and keep Hermes as nothing more than the secondary workstation.

The point of this whole thing is to have a quieter sleeping experience: Hermes really isn’t the quietest computer to sleep around. I’m still considering getting pissed off and installing a Windows on the-computer-soon-to-be-called-Bast, so that my mail server will continue to work the same on it. But I’d honestly prefer Postfix, since shareware mail server is not the happiest thing in the world. Almost all my applications right now are free — the fewer non-free ones I have to deal with, the better.

Is there a good, syntax-highlighting, CVS-enabled, Perl and PHP editor for Linux (not counting Eclipse)? I might switch Hermes to Linux full-time, were such a thing to exist. Actually, considering I’ve always been a vim user, perhaps I’ll use that, together with a decent VPN client (it needs to support extssh, or ssh) might work better.

Hm… so let’s recap, to switch Hermes to Linux I’d need:

• to move the HTTP, HTTPS, and SMTP/POP3 servers to Sirimi (soon to be called Bast)
• to pick and install a Linux distribution. Though I may love LFS, the thought of compiling and installing X.org on it is daunting. I wonder if one of the BSDs might not be a better choice, actually? I’ll need some opinions.
• to find equivalent software to provide the following:
  • two-pane file-system browsing (Midnight Commander would do this in text mode, but for graphics mode? I saw something that looked good a few days ago, but I’ve lost the link)
  • some torrent client (whatever. Do some market research. At worst, keep using uTorrent on Sisiphus)
  • Maybe a decent GUI editor, though vim is fine for most of the stuff I do, especially if it has syntax highlighting enabled.
• Also, I’ll need the following software installed at first:
  • Synergy (for Linux)
  • Firefox (IceWeasel?) for Linux
  • Apache, PHP, MySQL (for testing stuff before putting it up)