On 7/13/07, Helio W. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > They need to share a small biz (financial) app and technical docs > through some sort of VPN.
If that doesn't involve the server (it likely does not), then you have the choice of Windows, Linux, Mac, BSDs, OpenSolaris or just about anything as their servers. Will they need a mail server in-house or are they using their ISPs? > I'm inclined to suggest the use of Linux instead of Windows. What > distro do you guys recommend? Is there any Linux distro that could be > "easily" (heh) used as a server and also on their desktops? "Any" I'm a fan of RedHat as the primary distro I've chosen to specialize in, though I have a couple others here. I use Fedora on the desktops for the flexibility of the latest stuff, CentOS on the servers and RedHat if the customers wants the comfort of paying a company for technical support and updates. Ubuntu works just as well, detects as much hardware, comes with the same packages, etc. Ed's favorite. Pretty much every "modern" distro runs the same kernels, offers the same add-on packages. There are differences in the package managers and the stuff that's easily found in their repositories. Whil was enthused about Novell/SuSE for a while, but I think their recent maneuvers have everyone nervous. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
