Specs for a supercheap, supersmall httpd server 2887

This means that I'll probably need some sort of window manager in order to display Firefox.

You should be able to start up Firefox directly as the first (and only) X client instead of (and without) a window manager. Of course any libraries Firefox needs will have to be present. Be sure to disable popups as w-o a window manager, you might not be able to close them.

You don't absolutely need a window manager. But you might not like the raw form of X Windows you get that way.

-Are my software choices appropriate? PHP and MySQL are in for sure, but I'm open to suggestions as far as light and quick server and (graphical) browser apps. I'm know some of what is out there, but I sure as heck am not familiar with everything!

If you need web programming and a database, those are probably your best choices.

-Finally, with a system like this will it be possibly to remotely flash the storage of the server? That way I can just have one test station and flash out to all the rest of the servers when I'm ready.

Is a CDROM an option for you?

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