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hey everyone.
im brendan im 19 from perth australia. im kinda new to this whole shell and linux thing, but i am very interested.
expacially linux, a mate of mine brought a knoppix cd over for me a few weeks ago he said to me "give this a try you will like it" and god was he right, totally 100% better than windows, i dont mean with ease to work, but the way everything is set up and how quick everything is, and what you can do on it compared to windows.
Im starting to set up a server at my house for all the computers and would like anyones input on what they believe the best o/s would be *apart from windows* as windows servers need alot more in the box than others (so ive heard).
it will be the computer that connects to the internet and also will be used for storing files and so on for sharing in my network.
any advice will be greatly appreciated.

cheers
Brendan

hi brendan welcome to the fourm
Bren i guess you are new to linux and if you can buy a linux cd ill advice you to get linspire its nice linux for noob's [ i can give u the cd if u wants it ]

for running server get apache [there is some linux distros have every thinges for server's in one cd - try to google for it] , And at last you will need modem driver to connect to the internet (if you cant find ur modem driver tell me ill try to find it for you)

thanks xer
i think im goin to try all of them its just easier to find the one i like
gees this place is full of helpful people
im definatly gonna become a post whore with all the problems i come across

Welcome aboard brendan.

From one Aussie to another - g'day

I prefer FreeBSD for all my computer needs. It is an excellent server, and it has any program you could need as a desktop system, and FreeBSD version 6.0 is the best OS I have ever used!

I am currently putting together a newbies guide to installing FreeBSD 6.0 - it is not finished yet, give me a few more weeks, but I am happy to answer any questions in the meantime (and afterwards!!!)

thanks all
thanjee im goin to try FreeBSD version 6.0
hope it is as good as u say it is, if not im goin to hold you resposible for my wasted time haha.

nah cheers people for the advice

Welcome to the forums and our community br3ndan, I hope that you find all the you're looking for. If you have any questions I'll do my best to answer them ( I'm still relativly new here).