Re: Hi & Distro Recomendation for newbie

On Tuesday 13 September 2005 03:44 pm, Weber, Brent wrote:
> Hello all...
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> I am starting a data warehousing project at work and have about 15
> years experience developing Windows applications. I have never
> worked with Linux. I have played around with FreeBSD a bit at home.
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> After two weeks of hard thought, I typed "FORMAT C:" on my test
> server.
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> 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 good tech skills manage Slackware as their first Linux
> experience? Any advice is welcome.

Slack is for the 'can't get a date with a real women' crowd. Real
GNU/Linux users swear by Debian.

;-)

-- 
Greg Madden
Precision Air Balance, Inc.
Phone: (907)276-0461
email: pabi@acsalaska.net
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