[WBEL-users] Best Distro for a Developer / SysAdmin-wannabe Desktop?

[Greg.Lehmann at csiro.au]

If you are a sysadmin wannbe then go for wide exposure to different
distributions. SuSE and Red Hat are the biggest distros and most larger
organisations will run one or both of them, so you might make yourslef
more employable by knowing both. You can get SuSE professional for free.
For development if you don't want to have to worry about chasing
packages you are better going with a distro that comes with more
packages. Debian probably wins there and if you want to stay close to
the big 2 mentioned about then SuSE professional and Fedora Core will
have more packages and therefore offer a bit more variety to you.

Greg Lehmann
Technical Specialist

CSIRO IT
Server Operations
Technology Court, Pullenvale, QLD, 4069.
P.O. Box 883, Kenmore, QLD, 4069.
Ph. 07 3327 4137 Fax 07 3327 4455
Email: Greg.Lehmann at csiro.au
http://www.csiro.au/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: whitebox-users-bounces at beau.org 
> [mailto:whitebox-users-bounces at beau.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Vong
> Sent: Thursday, 5 May 2005 1:50 AM
> To: whitebox-users at beau.org
> Subject: [WBEL-users] Best Distro for a Developer / 
> SysAdmin-wannabe Desktop?
> 
> 
> 
> Dear Linux Gurus,
> 
> I'm using WBEL for a couple of servers I'm running. As they 
> are servers, I 
> installed only what was required for each server to perform 
> its duty (e.g. 
> no GUI, minimalist approach, etc...). Thus far, all is well 
> and humming 
> along nicely. :)
> 
> I use XP on my laptop as it came pre-installed with it. My 
> desktop also 
> runs XP. However, I am thinking of dumping XP on the Desktop 
> and switching 
> to Linux.
> 
> What distribution would you recommend for use on the Desktop for a 
> Developer / SysAdmin-wannabe? Preferably, I would like to have the 
> environment to be exactly like WBEL's.
> 
> Is KDE or GNOME recommended for an ex-XP user?
> 
> Summary of my requirements:-
> - Would like easy transition from XP
> - Would like to be in a WBEL-like environment
> - Would like to spend much time exploring Linux to further 
> familiarize 
> myself with Linux
> - Have day-to-day applications that one would need for work 
> and play (e.g. 
> Instant Messenging, GIMP, Editor, Office, create PDF files, etc...)
> - Be able to be plugged into a predominantly Windows 
> environment and be 
> still interact with them
> 
> I have a copy of SUSE Pro 9.1. Bought it some time back but 
> didn't have 
> time to install or experiment with it.
> 
> Hope to hear from some of you soon.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Andrew
> 
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