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I'm about to be starting a new job and the new role will invole Linux etc. Now I am currently a Windows Server Techie, but want to learn Linux.

Recommendations for where to start? I'll be running it in Virtual PC and later on VMWare ESX (once I have some fans)
 
Depends what you need to learn. From a server pov, if you will be in a Red Hat environment then get CentOS.
If it's more of a freeware gig then get Debian.

If it's desktop support for Linux (unlikely?) Then you'll want either Ubuntu (based on Debian) or Fedora (Based on Red Hat).
If it's just for you to have a mess around with, Ubuntu is currently the closest to a 'Windows like' experience.
 
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As yashiro says, choose a distribution based on what you'll need in your work environment - some distros do things differently to others, so it'll save you learning something to find that you'll never use it.

Once you've settled on that, download the .ISO and install it :)

Then get ready to do quite a lot of reading. Try the following sites:

http://www.tuxfiles.org
http://www.linux-tutorial.info
http://linuxcommand.org
http://howtoforge.org
http://www.linuxlinks.com

That should be enough to get you going :)
 
yashiro said:
Depends what you need to learn. From a server pov, if you will be in a Red Hat environment then get CentOS.
If it's more of a freeware gig then get Debian.
Click to expand...

SLES?

If it's desktop support for Linux (unlikely?) Then you'll want either Ubuntu (based on Debian) or Fedora (Based on Red Hat).
If it's just for you to have a mess around with, Ubuntu is currently the closest to a 'Windows like' experience.
Click to expand...

SLED?


If you're using either, openSuSE would be a good idea.
 
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