Sponsored Content
Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Rebuilding computer tomorrow at work Post 302952412 by Sean_ on Tuesday 18th of August 2015 05:29:47 PM
Old 08-18-2015
Question Rebuilding computer tomorrow at work

I'm rebuilding my primary computer at work tomorrow. Currently, it has Windows 7. I would like to replace the main system with either Linux or Unix, although I would like to be able to run a fully operational Windows as a VM within that. Any recommendations on which Linux or Unix to go with?

I'm a big fan of Slackware and OpenBSD, although also like Solaris. Then again, the company uses Ubuntu for some of the servers, so there's the option of going with that or Debian. I'm in a systems administrator role, dealing mostly with networking topics, although am hoping to lean more toward the security side, or at least network-security.

Ultimately, I need to continue to be able to do things across the network, like with accessing and working with servers, which include Windows Servers 2003, 2008, 2012, and Ubuntu Servers.

I'm going to install Windows 7, 8, or 10 as a VM, I'd like to avoid multi-boot, but need to access the full Windows OS in case there's a proprietary need or if someone else needs to use the machine, they'll have something they're familiar with. In addition to thoughts on *nix choices, any suggestions for VM software?

Thanks! Smilie
 

9 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Rebuilding Kernel

Dear all, After succesful installation of UNIX SCO WARE 7.0, while booting the system it is displaying as follows: The kernel will be rebuilt to incorporate recent configaration changes Press Enter when ready OR Press Escape to Stop. While pressing Enter, message is coming again and again... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: konda
2 Replies

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

rebuilding sun solaris kernel

How would I rebuild the sun solaris kernel to include my new Oracle paramters? (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: jigarlakhani
3 Replies

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

why doesn't this script work on my home computer?

Now it could be as simple as at work I use tsch, and at home it is bash. Warning, first post and I am a complete newbie to unix. At work, I use a simple script for updating a window when I am watching to see how a render is doing... while 1 echo --------------------------- echo ls -lrth... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: iStealMusic
1 Replies

4. Linux

Modifying/Rebuilding non-source PRM?

I can't find a source rpm for a particular tool that I'm trying to modify. I can only get a hold of the noarch and tar.bz2. Can I modify either one of these and re-package them as a noarch.rpm? (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: eur0dad
2 Replies

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

grep tomorrow's date

Hi guys, I need to find tomorrows date in date fomat and should be in variable. as I need to grep this date in a flat file ie. if today's date is '09 JAN 2009' output should be '10 JAN 2009' unix/perl script will be fine. (21 Replies)
Discussion started by: ssachins
21 Replies

6. What is on Your Mind?

Volunteer Work When Out of a Computer Job?

I need opinion from other ! I finished high school for computer technician few months ago and now I can not find a job because I do not have any experience with servers , I know basic staff about Linux and Unix and Windows better (used three 4 years) (this is way I registered here at... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: solaris_user
3 Replies

7. AIX

Rebuilding a HMC

Hi Guru's, I'm trying to rebuild a very old HMC 7315-C02 the hard disk has gone so needs replacing. I've managed to find an old IDE hard disk lying around but its obvious that it's had windows running on it as the HMC install disks won't recognise the format. I'm trying to install HMC V6 R1.2... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: elcounto
3 Replies

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

My code worked on a Mac, now it does not work in another computer

I guess Mac has default bash. Then I copy my code to another comp and run it...And it gives me an error like "bad substitution".... How I can change my code??? Never had before this kind of situation. Help please. if then n=$(sort /Users/Natalie/lastserial | tail -1) ... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: Natalie
6 Replies

9. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Rebuilding bash source

so i have many scripts that have to run when the bash source is installed as normal. however, some users have found a way to build bash from source and while doing so, they altered some default settings. my question is, what can i put in my script to check that the "flags.c" binary and... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: SkySmart
6 Replies
Weather::Com::Forecast(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			       Weather::Com::Forecast(3pm)

NAME
Weather::Com::Forecast - class representing all available weather forecasts for one location SYNOPSIS
[...] my @locations = $weather_finder->find('Heidelberg'); my $forecast = $locations[0]->forecast(); my $tomorrow = $forecast->day(1); print "Forecast for tomorrow: "; print " - tomorrow it's the ", $tomorrow->date()->date(), " "; print " - sunrise will be at ", $tomorrow->sunrise()->time(), " "; print " - maximum temperature will be ", $tomorrow->high(), " "; DESCRIPTION
Using Weather::Com::Forecast objects is the way to access weather forecast information for one specific location (city) and 0 (today) to 9 days in the future. Each time you call the Weather::Com::Location objects' "forecast()" method, you'll get an updated Weather::Com::Forecast object. This object is used to access the 10 Weather::Com::DayForecast objects containing the actual data. CONSTRUCTOR
new(hash or hashref) You usually would not construct an object of this class yourself. This is implicitely done when you call the "forecast()" method of a Weather::Com::Location object. METHODS
all() Returns an arrayref of all Weather::Com::DayForecast objects if called in scalar context, an array if called in list context. day(day number) Returns the Weather::Com::DayForecast object that corresponds to the day number you provided. The day number can be any number between 0 and 9. Day 0 is usually today. Due to a bug (I think it is one) in the weather.com XOAP API, you may get the full forecast data of yesterday if you call for day 0 just after midnight. I think this may have do something with the timezone. I have not fully investigated this issue, yet. Please contact me, if you have! SEE ALSO
See also documentation of Weather::Com, Weather::Com::Location, Weather::Com::DayForecast. AUTHOR
Thomas Schnuecker, <thomas@schnuecker.de> COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2004-2007 by Thomas Schnuecker This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. The data provided by weather.com and made accessible by this OO interface can be used for free under special terms. Please have a look at the application programming guide of weather.com (http://www.weather.com/services/xmloap.html) perl v5.8.8 2007-07-09 Weather::Com::Forecast(3pm)
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 07:21 PM.
Unix & Linux Forums Content Copyright 1993-2022. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy