I am looking at setting up a file server for a small business. I would like to use Linux as the cost of Microsoft Server Licenses are outrageous. The workstations will be using Windows 7 and sharing files on what I would think is NTFS file format.
I have limited experience with Linux. I have installed Fidora once. That's about it.
I am looking for a user friendly recommendation based upon the sticky I read above. Something packaged with a GUI would be helpful. I would think Ubuntu server. Seeing as how Ubuntu has server and workstation releases I would hope that I could play around with one and use it to figure out the other.
PS. How does a linux file server work when I thought Linux used a different file format system? Can you format a partition with Linux to NTFS or FAT32?
I have limited experience with Linux. I have installed Fidora once. That's about it.
I am looking for a user friendly recommendation based upon the sticky I read above. Something packaged with a GUI would be helpful. I would think Ubuntu server. Seeing as how Ubuntu has server and workstation releases I would hope that I could play around with one and use it to figure out the other.
PS. How does a linux file server work when I thought Linux used a different file format system? Can you format a partition with Linux to NTFS or FAT32?