[dba-Tech] What if Microsoft...

Tina Norris Fields tinanfields at torchlake.com
Thu Mar 14 11:53:37 CDT 2013


Thank you.  This is very helpful.
T

Tina Norris Fields
tinanfields-at-torchlake-dot-com
231-322-2787

On 3/14/2013 12:42 PM, Hans-Christian Andersen wrote:
> Hi Tina,
>
> You can't go wrong with Ubuntu. It's a much better experience than Fedora is.
>
> But, if you are looking for a really good desktop, Linux Mint Cinnamon is, in my opinion, the best desktop Linux there is and probably the most comfortable for someone transitioning from Windows. And, because Mint is derived from Ubuntu, you get all the benefits from Ubuntu - such as stability and hardware support.
>
> If you want Linux for a server, the two big players are Debian and CentOS (both free and open source). Debian is my preference for its heavy focus on stability and being lean as well as its massive software library and community, while the selling point of CentOS is compatibility with RedHat Enterprise Linux.
>
> - Hans
>
>
> On 2013-03-14, at 9:23 AM, Tina Norris Fields <tinanfields at torchlake.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jim,
>>
>> I spent some time to learn a bit about Linux a couple of years ago, and I really do love it.  Most of my business deals with Windows, so that's what I use most.
>>
>> I'm planning to dedicate one of my computers to Linux.  Just haven't got around to it, yet.  The Linux setup I used for learning was a VM on a Windows XP box.  The distro I used was Fedora, I believe.  These days I hear a lot of good things about Ubuntu, so I expect that will be the next Linux setup I do.
>>
>> I'd welcome your thoughts on that.
>>
>> T
>>



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