Linux Is In!

Like you didn't know that? Actually, one big plus that I forgot to mention here is that since we have new owners, we are no longer shackled by what Doc Searls calls Big-Co IT. Our new company is very decentralized and doesn't really care what we use to get our jobs done. Don't get me wrong, everyone still has a windoze desktop with IE and Outlook and Office, but I am free to use Linux wherever I want in the shop now. The deal is that I am responsible for all care and feeding of whatever linux boxes I use. That is fine by me. So, I have been able to recycle 3 older PIII machines to use for various tasks. They run fine with linux on them. I used Fedora because we have a guy that has a little RedHat experience. I was thinking that if I wasn't around, he could handle it. But, I think from now on I will probably go with Debian. I have been using Debian for about 4 years now, and I think it rules.

Anyway, it is nice to be able to finally use Linux. If I switch jobs again I will never take another gig at an all windoze shop. It is just too painful.