The continuing Linux test

The Linux movement is one I have acutely aware of, but not terribly involved with.  My software company is going to be running on Linux (the App server anyway), and so i see it as necessary to become an expert of sorts.  i decided to start with it at home.

I started by installing Debian, and was more impressed with the installation than i was of Fedora 6 on our office server.  It was easy, fast, and fairly complete.  I say FAIRLY complete, because it lacked Firefox – which I would need to install.  I found this to be a confusing process in itself, but got through it.  I then decided to install Gaim (I live and die by IM), and that was FAR worse.  I had to consult Josh again – and finally made it work.

Att his point i was pretty unimpressed with this particular distro anyway, so I decided to back up and install the most popular of all distros – Ubuntu.  A slightly larger initial download, but a VERY smooth install, with FireFox AND Gaim both included.

I’m going to play with the install over the next few days and see how it goes.  Will report back.