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1. Hire me! I can administer the box remotely; I have years and years and years of experience doing exactly that. My hourly rates are a complete and total outrage, but you won't be the one footing the bill.
2. If you are truly a competent computer person, if you have the genes, if you have the will, dive headfirst into this yourself. At this time, only about half of the Linux administrative tools have decent front-end interfaces that can be run well with a menu. Learn how to find your way around a shell prompt. Digest the setup of a major application that your organization needs to use - such as Apache. Learn the vi editor to the point where you are comfortable editing config files with it. Get your boss to buy a few O'Reilly books, and eat them like they were your last meal.
At that point you will be much more highly marketable and can get a new job for twice the money. Repeat until demoralized.
3. Buy Red Hat shrinkwrap box (quick before they stop issuing them). Put in first install disk. Follow instructions on screen. Tell your boss you know it. Make sure you get a few hours of research time for any problems that might occur. Tell your boss to spring for the Red Hat network to keep your system up to date.
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