Here I go down a rabbit hole. . .

TechieSophie · 01-16-2019, 01:48 AM

New to Linux as well as this forum. Been wanting to learn Linux for a long time and finally took the plunge, putting together a Frankenstein desktop/server with CentOS7. Have lots of questions that brought me here. LOL! Looking forward to learning what I can, and possibly make a few new friends.

ferrari · 01-16-2019, 03:23 AM

Welcome aboard! This is a great place to learn, ask questions, and get support from fellow Linux users. I guess we'll hear more from you soon.

linustalman · 01-16-2019, 03:27 AM

Greetings Sophie.

Lysander666 · 01-16-2019, 04:52 AM

This is a good rabbit hole.

Let me give you an example from a group email I received at work today:

Quote:

We are continuing to see a lot of [work] PCs not being switched on, or where they are, they are only on for very short periods of time. This means the essential Microsoft updates are not being installed which puts these and the wider PC estate at risk, should there be another Wanacry type virus outbreak. Where a device needs over 50 patches this could take a day to install and require the PC to be rebooted a number of times.

Speaks for itself, doesn't it.

TechieSophie · 01-16-2019, 09:36 AM

Thanks, everyone, for the welcome! I will be posting technical questions in the appropriate places for them on the forum. I work with MS Windows and Server for my job (I provide IT services to small businesses and individuals), and when I started putting together my own server, I knew MS products would be cost prohibitive, as well as all the headaches you mentioned above, Lysander666, so here I am, learning to use Linux. Now I know how my customers feel when they look at their Windows computers. LOL! The console commands are all Greek to me right now, but I hope to someday be as fluent in Linux language as I am with Windows. :-)