[Lias] Linux quick start

[Simon Bryan]

I am finding the latest versions of Fedora Core very good for the Linux
dumbies like me.

On Mon, October 25, 2004 5:00 pm, Paul Gear said:
> Alex Delaforce wrote:
>> ...
>> By the way, do you know of any quick-start type linux workshops in the
>> area? I want to start running some of this stuff at home, have tried but
>> only ever get 80% through setting it up correctly. Eg mail server,
>> samba, apache in a LAMP setup etc.
>
> I can't recommend anything in particular, but occasionally HUMBUG run
> Linux install-fests, where they help people get up & running.  That
> might be of benefit to you.
>
>> I don't find the graphic tools very
>> a)Reliable b)functional c)understandable.
>
> I agree - however, i've never let it concern me because i nearly
> always prefer the command line.
>
> Probably the best graphical admin tool i've seen so far is webmin,
> since its plugin architecture allows nearly anything to be set up, and
> it's web-based, so anyone with a standard Windows box can work it,
> whereas most of the other ones i've seen (e.g. SuSE YAST, Red Hat
> config tools) require X.
>
>> The distributions I have tried
>> so far are SUSE 8.1 Pro and Mandrake 10 (full version).
>
> I don't think you're going to get much admin tool joy out of the
> mainstream distributions.  If you've got a specific task in mind
> (especially when it comes to "appliance" tasks like firewalls), then a
> specifically targetted distribution like SME, Censornet, or similar
> might do the job.  If you're looking for a generalist distribution,
> waiting for Novell to polish up SLES a bit more might be the best bet.
>
> Sorry not to be much help.  :-)  Can anyone on LIAS shed some more light?
>


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Simon Bryan
IT Manager
OLMC Parramatta