On 10/8/2014 9:13 AM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: > Someone had mentioned on this list the following RedHat Enterprise 7 (and > as you know CentOS is binary replica of RedHat Enterprise with replaced > art work): > > https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/System_Administrators_Guide/part-Basic_System_Configuration.html so if I buy RHEL 7 books everything should work as in the book? part of the problem for me is that there aren't many books about CentOS, and the ones I found are a few years old > This covers CentOS 7 system administration sufficiently well for me (but I > work with Linux and Unix for over 1.5 decades...). > > So, if you decided to walk away from Windows, after you master Linux (or > maybe simultaneously with starting it), take a look at Unix successors > such as FreeBSD (most suitable for servers IMHO, some may recommend > OpenBSD for servers, my preference is FreeBSD), NetBSD (most rich with > what is ported to build and run on it), PC-BSD - based on FreeBSD, yet > made easiest to install workstation whith GUI interface (X11) support. I understand, but this is primarily for servers for emails, web, etc., and it is my understanding that CentOS is one of the better distributions for that kind of stuff. > Just my $0.02 > > Valeri Thank you for your 2 :) > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Valeri Galtsev > Sr System Administrator > Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics > Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics > University of Chicago > Phone: 773-702-4247 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Igal Sapir Railo Core Developer http://getRailo.org/