[rhymin]

I am going to get my degree in Information Technology Advanced Networking just before Christmas this year (2013), and have never used Linux yet. I am going to download VMware and install a couple operating systems such as Windows Server 2008 R2 and some version of Linux, so I can get a better feel for them. However, I'm not quite sure what version of Linux to download.

I am going to try to be a network administrator, so what version of Linux do companies usually run?

I'm sure it varies, but any suggestions would be very helpful.

Thanks!

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While I can't say anything about the choices made by network admins re: builds, I've been using Fedora for the past few months & really enjoy it.

You could always try a few of the most popular builds ( ie Ubuntu, Mint, Debian) & work from there.

[BiggsHoson]

While I can't say anything about the choices made by network admins re: builds, I've been using Fedora for the past few months & really enjoy it.

You could always try a few of the most popular builds ( ie Ubuntu, Mint, Debian) & work from there.

[rhymin]

Thank you for your reply!

[flyboy1565]

I suggest you try a few out, I definitely recommend linux live usb. It allows you to use vmware in Windows to run the Linux distros

[BL00PER]

I think you would be interested in starting with Fedora and Ubuntu cause they are more commonly used and if you want to get more into a network forensics side backtrack is a good start as well.

[Babbzzz]

I suggest you try Fedora.