One of the people I worked with a National City Bank (now a part of PNC) turned me on to Ubuntu. Thanks Kirk!

While I wasn’t a big fan right from the start, I’m a big fan now. The first version I saw was Version 6.10 (Released October 2006). I was very much into CentOS at the time and so there was some resistance to the adoption of another OS when I was happy with what I had. Even today, I still use CentOS for firewall machines and machines that are used for DHCP, DNS caches, and the like. Ubuntu has become an operating system that I use for desktop systems.

I’m not an operating system zealot. I don’t have a problem with people using Windows. I still run windows too. It really makes sense for companies, who have a diverse work force with many different levels of user expertise. Companies have adopted Windows and they have invested in it. It’s typically behind the corporate firewall and everyone is used to it. For people with broader computing horizons, I encourage you to try kicking the tires on Linux.

I’ve setup desktops, laptops, and servers with Ubuntu. I find the documentation and software support forums to be an outstanding reason that the platform has succeeded.

Here are some of my favorite Linux Resources:

• http://www.ubuntulinux.org/
• http://www.linuxquestions.org/
• http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/

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