Originally Posted by Cornish Jack
I'm nothing like up to speed with Linux so would appreciate any tips on 'how-to's or pitfalls
Difficult question to answer without writing a huge amount. I'd say the major drawback of Linux is if you want to install software on your system that isn't on the system CD/DVD, it can be a pain. I wanted to install avidemux (Google it...) which under Windows takes a moment to install. Under SuSE 10.0, a pretty modern distribution, it took over an hour, because of all the different libraries I had to install. Apt-get goes someway towards addressing it, but still not as easy as MS, I reckon.
The thing I like most about Linux is the shell - I spend most of my time there - you can easily write simple scripts to automate processes that would otherwise take ages. BASH is to DOS what Ferrari is to Reliant... only better
