in 2004 there was a market research that said 25% of servers used linux. That's actually what it's famous for, as opposed to 3% desktop computers in the same survey. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux
I have redhat and it took me some time to just figure out how to get it to auto-boot, like without the login.
I felt a numbskull for some time with it, but you learn and you get better at it. I think the appeal of linux is that it's free/cheap and is opensource and currently has no draconian licensing policies, fingers crossed it stays that way. But as for actually getting something to work in it, like with your server fiasco, well you're pretty much in uncharted territory there.
Good luck!
I have redhat and it took me some time to just figure out how to get it to auto-boot, like without the login.
I felt a numbskull for some time with it, but you learn and you get better at it. I think the appeal of linux is that it's free/cheap and is opensource and currently has no draconian licensing policies, fingers crossed it stays that way. But as for actually getting something to work in it, like with your server fiasco, well you're pretty much in uncharted territory there.
Good luck!