Originally Posted by
FragFrog
No, he's trying to learn how to work with Linux webservers. There are no linux webservers with a GUI in the reall world, so how exactly is he going to learn if he only uses the GUI?
The free argument is irrelevant since he already has a windows box. Running it on windows would cost him nothing either.
A decade ago nobody in the linux community would dream of using a GUI for a server, all of those learned the hard way. Hell, untill '98 most people hadn't even heard of a GUI as primary means to control a machine, except the few graphic designers that used Apples. If all of them could learn how to work with a CLI, why shouldn't the TS be able to? To be honest I would find your lack of confidence in his abilities insulting.