Configuration

I am a new to Linux. I would like to make a Internal Server :lol: . Last time i am using Windows 2000 Advance Server. It was so easy to configure. Most of the people know what software do we need. Also easy to find out or easy to download from internet.

How about Linux.
How can i configure for DNS Server, Mail Server, Firewall
and can client be windows XP?

When running server can i used at the same time as client?
and MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, AIM Messenger.

How do i install software (e.g xxxx.exe, xxxx.zip) to this linux.
After i download, i don't know how to install the software.

Thanks and Regards
Nyi Htut

nyihtut100@hotmail.com

Please research a little and split this question into more specified, directed questions. What you have asked fills up books upon books, so there's no point in asking something that broad in a forum. A few good places to start follow:

http://www.google.com/linux
http://www.icon.co.za/%7Epsheer/book/rute.html.gz

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