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I am choosing Fedora because of its relation to Red Hat (I want my personal laptop to help prepare me for any future encounters with it). Gnome 3 is the default desktop environment for both, if I understand correctly, so I am thinking I need to use it given my intent. However, I think I like KDE better. Will choosing one over the other put me at an advantage/disadvantage if it ever comes to me needing to do/understand administrative tasks on Red Hat? I know I can switch back and forth, but I'd rather not get attached if it will become an issue.
I'm new, so I don't know what I don't know. I just want to make sure my own personal preference choice does not hinder me in the future. This is NOT a preference question, but a technical one, at least that's how I intend it.
Thanks in advance for your cordiality and assistance.
- Jeff
jhachtel
Posted 2018-05-10T06:08:27.520
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You will eventually have to learn how stuff fits together anyway. The server is usually the old crusty and rather unchanging 1970s like terminal environment, you will have to learn it if you want to do server related stuff. The GUI world is a chaotic and confusing mess, unless you want to write GUI applications, the actual environment shouldn't matter too much though. However, there are also de-facto standard gui tools like "Network Manager" that merit further investigation. – T Nierath – 2018-05-10T06:39:12.060
@TNierath: RHEL provides
nmtui, so even then a GUI isn't required. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams – 2018-05-10T06:47:22.723@TNierath - Thank you. Are you saying that I should learn to use the command line well, and that if I do the environment won't matter much? So, the RHEL/Debian choice is more important than the desktop environment I choose? And by choosing Fedora I've done well? – jhachtel – 2018-05-10T06:48:53.463
The Desktop Environment won't matter much for running a server. I personally don't like Red Hat, but if you want to work with Red Hat Systems (cause $$$) in the future, then it's a valid choice of course. And yeah, network manager has a tui, but for a pure server, I prefer the simpler static configuration tools. – T Nierath – 2018-05-10T06:56:30.467
@IgnacioVazquez-Abrams - nmtui looks like the systems I used to use back in the day (and like BIOS). I'll feel right at home once I get the hang of it. :) – jhachtel – 2018-05-10T06:59:25.020
@TNierath - Cool, thank you. I am certainly looking to "maximize my value" ($$$), but mostly just want to be as proficient as possible in my new career. I'm back in school for Information Systems. My interest in Linux is primarily professional. I ran Ubuntu on an old desktop a couple of years ago for the heck of it. I'm finding that having access to Linux will make my life easier, and I just decided to dive in. I have a Surface Pro with Windows 10 on it if I freak out and need to run back to safety. ;) – jhachtel – 2018-05-10T07:07:16.247