[wdvltalk] Linux Server - Help Getting Started

2007-12-22 Thread Todd Richards
Hi Everyone - I'm going to put together my first Linux server, for testing purposes now but possibly more later. I currently host and manage 10 Windows 2003 servers, so Windows is my thing. Linux, on the other hand, is not. I've looked at the various distros out there and am not sure which

Re: [wdvltalk] Linux Server - Help Getting Started

2007-12-22 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Todd, /me fires up into this is what I do for a living mode and starts typing - this could be a long message... :o) The quick answer: If you want to use Linux and just want a solution that works, use Ubuntu. If you want a server that will be familiar with a large amount of the industry,

RE: [wdvltalk] Linux Server - Help Getting Started

2007-12-22 Thread Todd Richards
and will investigate Fedora and Ubuntu a little more. Thanks! Todd -Original Message- From: Matthew Macdonald-Wallace [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 11:25 AM To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com; Todd Richards Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] Linux Server - Help Getting Started Todd

Re: [wdvltalk] Linux Server - Help Getting Started

2007-12-22 Thread Hassan Schroeder
On Dec 22, 2007 9:59 AM, Todd Richards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You got good info from Mathew, but I'll offer a different perspective :-) However, upgrading is important to me. Why? I use various versions of *nix, and other than security patches, really don't care how current they are. The