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Pope Viper

Pope Viper

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I'm a Linux virgin, and I'm contemplating making the jump (at least for my Windows 2003 server).

Anyone have any tips/advice regarding distributions that I should consider?

I'm also looking at desktops.

How is Apache compared to IIS?


Thanks!
 
depends on what you want to do tbh. so do elaborate. :)

if you want a LAMP, i'd recommend using Debian. (if you decide to go with it, pick only the standard install and nothing else. install the rest manually and don't pick the autoinstall stuff during the debian setup)

but don't expect Apache to handle you ASP.NET shit or something, obviously. ;)
 
LOL.

What?!? What ASP.NET shit? I don't have ANY of that...

Well, at least I'm trying to get rid of it.

I'm looking at KUbuntu, and will give Debian a whirl too.
 
Kubuntu is my choice of desktop OS. Tried Ubuntu first but soon realized that KDE is just far superior.
As for a server, Debian might be a good choice. I guess you can use about anything, though.
 
Pope Viper said:
LOL.

What?!? What ASP.NET shit? I don't have ANY of that...
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well, how am i supposed to know? :)

Pope Viper said:
Well, at least I'm trying to get rid of it.

I'm looking at KUbuntu, and will give Debian a whirl too.
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Installing & updating a Debian LAMP takes about 15 minutes. (and that's taking the long route of installing everything yourself serially instead of all at once :) )
Buxbaum666 said:
Kubuntu is my choice of desktop OS. Tried Ubuntu first but soon realized that KDE is just far superior.
As for a server, Debian might be a good choice. I guess you can use about anything, though.
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Ubuntu (in most flavors) is indeed amongst the best Linux desktops around. laptops too btw.

but he was talking of Win 2003 Server, so i wasn't exactly thinking 'desktop'.
 
Ok, I've installed Ubuntu onto a VM, and am putzing around with it, looking at easing into Linux, so thought I would play with a desktop before I committed to moving my server to it.

Face it, IIS is what I know.

That being said, I have Linux questions.

This thing is running Gnome, and I can't for the life of me figure out how to have all portions of the file browser default to the list/icon view.

It's annoying as hell.

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Figured this one out, Edit, preferences. Duh.


I'm also seeing some inconsistency when I attempt to browse the shares on my 2003 box. I can see the server, but none of the shares. When I go to connect server, I can connect to the share with no problems. Weird.

Can anyone recommend any good Linux books?


:)
 
ubuntu has a rather large community, so there are several communities, and wikis you can browse for any problems you encounter.

books, i dunno, i never bothered.
 
The Ubuntu forums are filled with the nicest people on the internet, and are willing to help with pretty much anything.

I've been running Ubuntu for a little over a year on my notebook (ran Freespire before that) and I'm enjoying it quite a bit.
 
You probably want to try Debian for server, (K)Ubuntu for desktop - it's the killer combination. Personally, I use Debian for both (testing for server, unstable for desktop) and have no problems with it - but I'm relatively advanced Linux user (read user, not administrator or guru :lol: ).

As for IIS and Apache, that depends on what you like. I wouldn't change text configuration for anything, but if you are completely addicted to GUI, then it will be hell. They are both probably relatively stable and very insecure in default configuration. For Apache server, you don't need such a powerful machine as you typically use only CLI to administer the server.

Also, Windows 2003 is the most usable Windows I have ever seen, so the Linux "wow effect" might not be so strong to overcome initial difficulties (I one heard that OS with only GUI is like a child - you have to express everything in 50-100 words, compared to an adult with a whole language - console - available).
 
Well, I've got Ubuntu running, and I am very, very happy with it.

Still working on figure somethings out, but so far so good.
 
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