In case any loyal readers ;¬) missed them, I had a series of pieces on Linux server distros published last week on the Register. They ran them out-of-order; this is the sequence I intended them to go in...

• Intro: Linux servers for Windows folk: go on, give it a bash


• #1: A Linux server OS that's had 11 years to improve


• #2: A Linux server OS that's fiddly but tweakable


• #3: A young and pretty Linux server OS that takes a bit of work