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I admit I'm exaggerating a bit. However, to be able to click that red ! you do need to purchase a subscription from RH.(this is for the ES AS WS versions)This automatically negates the "free" aspect. For the sake of disclosure we are an educational facility and get dirt cheap pricing from Microsoft .
Another pet peeve is the PHP problem with Apache 1.3 vs 2. I've had nothing but headaches with this one as there seems to be a backward compatibility problem (Linux geeks give me solutions).
I agree that in some cases Linux or any nix is a good idea. I would not run an FTP server on Windows (too much overhead). I like Apache (I really do)
However, when it come to file and print sharing, user management, application sharing, remote tools, typeyourpoisonSQL server. Windows runs best IMHO.
I bought a copy of Red Hat Linux 9 off of ebay for $15, purchased a Linux manual and pocket guide, inserted the CD, let it install everything incuding OpenOffice, studied the manual for about 6 hours so far cumulatively, and have a very nice system that I have been able to transfer files from W98 and XP PCs, modify and print documents, run the browser and get email, set up an Apache server, and everything I can think of -- with esseantialy no learning curve except bash (command interpreter) commands I like to play around with. I am now learning how to set up a streaming video server.
Not that I am typical since I have an MS in computers, but I AM going to show people around town how easy it is.
Redhat will also discount, but for free open a terminal on fedora or CentOS and type yum-update...
"However, when it come to file and print sharing, user management, application sharing, remote tools, typeyourpoisonSQL server. Windows runs best IMHO."
Let me send you some Novell stuff. You'll never look at AD or SMS the same way again.