Hi,
Gerhard Poul wrote:
Linux - Nice, good. - _HARD_ to upgrade; not that well documented. FREE. [...] With Linux you have to be _very_ careful when upgrading.
Debian comes with apt, which works reliable as far as I can tell. I'd love to see other distributions using the rpm port of apt from Conectiva.
From a technical standpoint I can't really tell a non-technical teacher to start with linux on a server.