Re: Hi & Distro Recomendation for newbie

 
Ya just can't go wrong with gentoo.
 
http://www.gentoo.org/
 
http://forums.gentoo.org/
 
Good luck!
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: "Weber, Brent" <Brent.Weber@acsalaska.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 3:44 pm
Subject: Hi & Distro Recomendation for newbie
 
> Hello all...
>
>
> I am starting a data warehousing project at work and have about 15
> yearsexperience developing Windows applications. I have never
> worked with
> Linux. I have played around with FreeBSD a bit at home.
>
>
>
> After two weeks of hard thought, I typed "FORMAT C:" on my test
> server.
>
>
> I am leaning towards Slackware on the server and Services for Unix
> on my
> dev box. I have heard that Slackware is not for beginners. I
> don't see
> any need to install a desktop on the server, so I like its text based
> nature. Am I biting off more than I can chew, or can someone with
> goodtech skills manage Slackware as their first Linux experience? Any
> advice is welcome.
>
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brent
>
>
>
>
>
>
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