Everything I know about computers in general I've learned since Jan 1. Needing marketable skills I bought a Dell R930, a Cisco 3164Q switch, and a Cisco 5585X firewall. My goal is to at first be able to maintain, repair, and innovate and then do stuff. I bought non consumer grade stuff on purpose, still cheaper than 2 years at the community college.
In any event I had no idea how expensive windows server software is for something with 4 Xeon v4 cpus is. Exploring options Im hoping to get opinions on Mint and/or Ubuntu and Debian. Open to new ideas and directions. Dont want to wait until I save up $2500 for software so I'd like to get something open source in the mean time. Reality is 75% of the work in direction Im aiming at use widnows server, so I have to get it and use it and really know eventually, but thats a big chunk of change.
Your insights are greatly appreciated.
In any event I had no idea how expensive windows server software is for something with 4 Xeon v4 cpus is. Exploring options Im hoping to get opinions on Mint and/or Ubuntu and Debian. Open to new ideas and directions. Dont want to wait until I save up $2500 for software so I'd like to get something open source in the mean time. Reality is 75% of the work in direction Im aiming at use widnows server, so I have to get it and use it and really know eventually, but thats a big chunk of change.
Your insights are greatly appreciated.