By their own request, they wanted me to be the one who will setup their network. In addition, they told me they want to be 100% MS and MAC free (think Chicago as in a blue state

The distro of choice for workstations and servers alike will either be, FC or Suse. I have yet to decide on that one.
So there you have it. People DO want to try something different. They just need someone to tell them and show them what is out there.
Oh! I switched their windows computer at home to debian and they have fallen head over hills with it.
