A fun at-home project to amaze yourself and friends is to download
XAMPP[1] and use it to run a Drupal[2] CMS web-site on an ageing
laptop. Amazing! Good preparation for the sort of thing you mention.
ATB, Peter
[1]
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
[2]
http://drupal.org/
On 13 February 2013 23:17, Ally Biggs <bluechrome@???> wrote:
> Thank you for all your replies has kind of made me realise that my true passion is with Linux. I am going to work through my Linux+ videos, thinking about having Centos running as the main host with KVM running Debian and using something lightweight like LXDE or XFCE on the Deb box.
>
> I think my career goal is to be able to deploy Linux based solutions in a Windows environment for small start ups / charities. So the eventual which is a long way off :) is to develop a solid understanding of how to replace windows networking services and deploy Linux server.
>
> Vic mentioned earlier to use both the GUi and Cli which I will be doing as Red Hat seems to have some pretty good inbuilt GUI tools for configuration.
>
> What are people's thoughts on packages like Webmin? Better not to become to reliant. Or specialised distros such as SME Server or Zentyal
>
> What do you run Distro wise and why?
>
> I have to many questions :) I really should attend a meeting I could talk about this allday.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 13 Feb 2013, at 22:32, "Lisi" <hantslug@???> wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday 13 February 2013 22:02:32 Alan Pope wrote:
>>> I recently (1.5 years ago) installed Ubuntu for a retired chap who had
>>> only ever used Windows. He requested it because he was sick of viruses
>>> and slow-downs of Windows. I printed out a getting started guide and
>>> allocated ~2 hours to walk him through the basics of Ubuntu.
>>
>> When I installed and set up Linux for my husband, the original technophobe, I
>> printed out a sheet of instructions which included things like "turn it on at
>> the socket on the wall. The socket has a red sticker on it." and "take out
>> your Wisden's and read it for a bit". I then gave him a run through. After
>> 3 weeks, when he had not once asked for help, I commented on the fact, and he
>> said: "I don't have to. It just works." More recently he said: "Why do
>> people think that Linux is hard when it is so easy?"
>>
>> Lisi
>>
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