I'm looking to get this job where they are a mostly Linux shop, but I'm extensively MS certified (maybe I'm just certifyable?) and I need to learn how to make/build virtual and physical Linux servers. I already have a code for a VMWare Server installation and the ideas of what kinds of servers I would like to build for practice. I also have played around and installed Linux on my secondary machines from time to time. I just couldn't find anything useful to do with them at the time.
Which Linux distro would be good for this hardware and use?
Athlon X2 6400+
Asus Nforce 590SLi MB
6GB DDR2-800 memory
Geforce 8800GTX video (not really needed for a server, I know, but I don't have a spare video card.)
150GB Raptor + 160GB WD IDE
I plan on running the host OS from the 160GB IDE drive (I got it out of an old external HD my company was throwing away) and running the virtuals from the Raptor. The VM's I want to run are as follows:
1. Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain controller
2. Windows Server 2008 WDS and WSUS
3. Linux MySQL server (for my later security and programming classes)
4. Linux Apache Web server (for my later security and programming classes)
I've considered Fedora, Ubuntu, and Gentoo, but I don't know enough about each to know which to choose. I'm and old DOS user, so I'm not afraid of the command line, but I need to know more of what I'm doing to do this.
Oh, and the host will also do double duty as a firewall/NAT/router/DNS caching.
Which Linux distro would be good for this hardware and use?
Athlon X2 6400+
Asus Nforce 590SLi MB
6GB DDR2-800 memory
Geforce 8800GTX video (not really needed for a server, I know, but I don't have a spare video card.)
150GB Raptor + 160GB WD IDE
I plan on running the host OS from the 160GB IDE drive (I got it out of an old external HD my company was throwing away) and running the virtuals from the Raptor. The VM's I want to run are as follows:
1. Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain controller
2. Windows Server 2008 WDS and WSUS
3. Linux MySQL server (for my later security and programming classes)
4. Linux Apache Web server (for my later security and programming classes)
I've considered Fedora, Ubuntu, and Gentoo, but I don't know enough about each to know which to choose. I'm and old DOS user, so I'm not afraid of the command line, but I need to know more of what I'm doing to do this.
Oh, and the host will also do double duty as a firewall/NAT/router/DNS caching.