[Tfug] Linux? Debian? Kubuntu?

[George Cohn]

Richard Rohrdanz wrote:

> 
> I have started experimenting with both Linux (Fedora core 4) and
> Debian. They have given me enormous headaches due to the steep
> learning curve and problematic installations. I am trying to learn
> enough to install a non-Microsoft operating system on about a dozen
> older (486 and Pentium class) computers that have been donated to a
> non-profit organization. The users are all OK in a GUI environment but
> would avoid a command line like a scorpion.
> 

Debian Rocks!

That said, I would suggest a class or two at PCC.  Louis Taber teaches 
CIS137 which is the introductory class and Harry McGregor teaches CIS 
225 and 226 which are the advanced Linux system admin classes.

I've taken 225 and 226 and really enjoyed them.  Now I'm taking the 137 
class to fill in the gaps.

I run a LAMP server with Debian Sarge, Apache2, MySql, PHP, Python, and 
Perl.  Also has Postfix with virtual domains and a Mailman mailing list 
for the local car club that I belong to.

Lot's of fun and you might even learn something that would apply to a 
paying job!

George Cohn