DistroWatch.com has the most comprehensive list of Linux distro's that I'm aware of. And, according to their home page, Mint is the most popular of the distros & the most beginner friendly. I've never personally used Mint but from what I understand it is pretty user friendly. The second most popular distribution is Debian, which is what I use, but definitely is less user friendly than Mint.
MySQL would be a good choice for your database. Hope this helps! cmr On 05/16/2017 03:16 PM, Davin Church wrote: > My current home Bacula system is so terribly ancient that I've just > got to get rid of it, but no pre-compiled updates are available for > Windows. So it looks like my best bet to is to create a VirtualBox > VM (on my Win8.1 host) and load some flavor of *nix on it and install > the appropriate binaries and run the system from there. > > However, since I'm barely conversant with *nix OSes in general (and > none specifically), I'd like a recommendation on which (free) OS to > use. I'd like it to be easy to acquire and set up both the OS and > the latest community Bacula binaries so it doesn't strain my limited > technical skills. It would also be best if that OS wasn't prone to > having compatibility issues that I see mentioned from time to > time. I'll be backing up to disk rather than tape, so that should > simplify things a bit. I presume that MySQL would still be a good DB > choice to use in whichever OS I end up with? > > So has anyone got a recommendation (and perhaps some download links) for me? > > Davin > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > -- C M Reinehr AMS Enterprises, LLC. ---- Linux distribution Debian v8.5, "Jessie" ------ No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. -- Thomas Jefferson -------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
