[ale] RealAudio on linux; distro reccomendations

[Jeff Hubbs]

Joe -

I worked with NT and lesser Windows almost exclusively from 1995-1998 and
although I had messed w/ Linux most non-seriously during that time, I didn't
start pursuing Linux in earnest until Fall 1998.  I am now roughly evenly
split.  

I suppose that first and foremost your friend needs to understand that LINUX
IS DIFFERENT.  I feel that Linux rewards hard work and study in ways and to
a degree that NT cannot.  The recommendation to use Linux is probably sound,
however, unless cost or some other factor takes priority, then he probably
ought to take the path where he has the greater comfort level.  About a year
and a half ago, I needed to create a server environment for a bunch of NT
workstations and at that time, I had a better comfort level with NT than I
did Linux/Samba, so I went NT.  Today, I'd probably go Linux/Samba because
my comfort level there has gotten to the point that I feel I can reap Linux'
benefits without worrying about not really knowing what I'm doing.  Your
friend should continue learning Linux in any case!

Red Hat or Caldera are two suggestions for distros for him to work from.

- Jeff

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Knapka [mailto:jknapka at earthlink.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 3:39 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] RealAudio on linux; distro reccomendations
> 
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> I just got a call from a co-worker who's setting up a
> live video streaming server for a client, based on
> Real.com products (RealProducer, RealPlayer etc.). I
> don't know much of the details, but he talked to the
> people at Real.com, and they recommended he go with
> a Linux server rather than NT for stability reasons. Cool.
> 
> But Mark, my co-worker, has zero Linux knowledge, though
> he knows his way around NT fairly well. His first question
> to me was, "About Linux: how easy is it?" Then he told me
> he'd picked up a Linux "Teach Yourself" kind of book
> at a local drugstore (this is in NYC...), and it came
> with a Red Hat CD.
> 
> I have no idea how to answer that question. I mean, if
> you have no *nix experience at all, you can still probably
> get a Red Hat box going in a couple hours, but then what?
> 
> So has anyone on the list jumped from a Windows-only
> background into Linux recently? What kind of experience
> was that?
> 
> Finally, what do y'all think would be the best distro
> for someone in that situation? (I know Slackware is right
> out, but it's the only one I have much experience with.)
> 
> Thanks,
> -- Joe
> 
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> *** Joseph Knapka ***
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