RE: Hi & Distro Recomendation for newbie

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> From: aklug-bounce@aklug.org [mailto:aklug-bounce@aklug.org] On Behalf Of
> Greg Madden
> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 1:56 PM
> To: aklug@aklug.org
> Subject: Re: Hi & Distro Recomendation for newbie
>
> On Tuesday 13 September 2005 03:44 pm, Weber, Brent wrote:
> > Hello all...
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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 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.
>

Debian is coming out in many flavors also so don't forget Ubuntu.
But I only wish Debian had a twist like OpenBSD:
http://osmirrors.cerias.purdue.edu/pub/OpenBSD/songs/

Have fun!

Dee

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Received on Thu Sep 15 06:18:13 2005