[Sderby] Linux Project

[Tony Martin]

Hi Brian, am a newbie myself, but as a computer technician one thing that
will make a big difference is trying to get identical kit if at all
possible, it makes fault finding so much easier.
As a newbie I have found SUSE 8.x or Mandrake 9 to the easiest to use
although Red Hat has the biggest following.
Generaly slam in the RAM, and what ever happens don't let it run out of HDD
space as I did (Woe was me!)

Cheers
Tony
----- Original Message -----
From: brian waters
To: sderby@mailman.lug.org.uk
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 10:36 PM
Subject: [Sderby] Linux Project


Yo Guys

The names Brian and I'm an absolute newcomer to Linux, although I have to
admit to being a Windows user and programmer for too long now!!. I had
intended to attend your last meeting but unfortunately I had to be elswhere.

I do voluntary work at an airfield and I am contemplating a project using
Linux. At some stage in the near future, I would like to be able to build a
small, secure LAN, using a mix of, say, 6 Windows/Linux PCs initially, until
those using the system can be trained!! I have built a spares
tracking/utilisation  database in MS Access that I would like to see ported
to MySQL or similar. The whole point of the exercise is to have a robust &
secure network, that doesn't require a large outlay in licenses and being
forever on the upgrade treadmill.

This is a big project as far as I'm concerned and I realise I have a huge
learning curve in front of me. Can anyone give me any tips on how to go
about this please?

Thanks

Brian