Evo. You were and are dead right! Once you get the hang of it (ie swallowed a manual or two) it is BRILLIANT!
(1) My websites are so much quicker (2) I love having control over everything - like upgrading software on the fly, customising things and (3) it's kinda of fun, in a geeky kinda way!!
And I'm pleased I chose Red Hat - I can see why it's the preferred choice for a beginner. Although my QNIX experience years ago and my little forray into SuSe a couple years ago helped.
I came across an help page on the Apache or PHP site which started "to achieve this, here's a hint..!". Good ridance Microsoft wizards, hello the real world of computing.!!
Anyway, go to dash off and check my Crons...
Cheers
amowf