Yeah, FreeBSD seems a bit much for me at the moment. I want to keep the VM now, its an emerging technology and Id like to familiarize myself with it more fully. So whats the consensus on *nix newb user friendliness? Ubuntu or Debian? I will be installing it on the VM, btw.

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Thanks for that, will be registering shortly. Thats an AO sister site??