The right Linux

There are lots of different implementations of Linux - commonly known as Linux distributions or "distros" - many angled towards the individual enthusiast with little or no direct support available. Business users should avoid these and stick with commercially sponsored products from companies such as Red Hat and Novell (SuSE Linux). They do cost more to implement but what you'll get will be a more stable implementation and one that's fully supported, both by the vendor and third party developers.

The software we've used is here is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. A full list of available Linux distributions and what they have to offer can be found at www.distrowatch.com