Thank you for all your replies has kind of made me realise that my true passion is with Linux. I am going to work through my Linux+ videos, thinking about having Centos running as the main host with KVM running Debian and using something lightweight like LXDE or XFCE on the Deb box.
I think my career goal is to be able to deploy Linux based solutions in a Windows environment for small start ups / charities. So the eventual which is a long way off :) is to develop a solid understanding of how to replace windows networking services and deploy Linux server. Vic mentioned earlier to use both the GUi and Cli which I will be doing as Red Hat seems to have some pretty good inbuilt GUI tools for configuration. What are people's thoughts on packages like Webmin? Better not to become to reliant. Or specialised distros such as SME Server or Zentyal What do you run Distro wise and why? I have to many questions :) I really should attend a meeting I could talk about this allday. Sent from my iPhone On 13 Feb 2013, at 22:32, "Lisi" <hants...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Wednesday 13 February 2013 22:02:32 Alan Pope wrote: >> I recently (1.5 years ago) installed Ubuntu for a retired chap who had >> only ever used Windows. He requested it because he was sick of viruses >> and slow-downs of Windows. I printed out a getting started guide and >> allocated ~2 hours to walk him through the basics of Ubuntu. > > When I installed and set up Linux for my husband, the original technophobe, I > printed out a sheet of instructions which included things like "turn it on at > the socket on the wall. The socket has a red sticker on it." and "take out > your Wisden's and read it for a bit". I then gave him a run through. After > 3 weeks, when he had not once asked for help, I commented on the fact, and he > said: "I don't have to. It just works." More recently he said: "Why do > people think that Linux is hard when it is so easy?" > > Lisi > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
