[SBE] Career advice needed

[Gary O'Guinn]

Both.

There are Open Source distributions available from the Web, and Linux 
can also be purchased. Ubuntu, SuSE, and I also believe Red Hat have 
.ISO files which can be downloaded, burned to a CD or DVD , and booted 
from so you can install Linux to the local hard drive. The advantage of 
purchase, is that you usually get bundled software included with the 
package, some form of a small instruction manual, and product support. 
The product support can be valuable if this is the first time you have 
installed Linux. Earlier versions of Red Hat and SuSE required a fair 
amount of user intervention, and knowledge, to get the proper drivers 
installed. Currently though the distributions I am familiar with have 
installation "Wizards" which pretty much automate the installation 
process: however you still need to be somewhat familiar with your 
hardware platform. - This is where tech Support can be a lot of help.

I hope this helps you.
Gary O'Guinn
KTUU-TV
Anchorage, Alaska


Russ VanderHorst wrote:

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> Hi Henry,

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> Is Linux a free system, or something that must be purchased?

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> Thanks,

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> Russ

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> *From:* sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] *On Behalf Of 

> *A9xw at cs.com

> *Sent:* Thursday, September 24, 2009 11:34 AM

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> *Subject:* Re: [SBE] Career advice needed

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> Red Hat linux seems to be the best avenue.

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> Henry

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