Mixed Linux-Win Renderfarm?

[blowfishfx]

Hi all,
We are considering switching to Fedora 11 Linux and wanted to know what the pros / cons are with having a mix of windows and Linux rendernodes. Our current setup:

2 racks of 20 nodes each, 1 render controller.
We would like 1 rack to have linux and the other to be windows. Our primary software is Maya 2008. The reason being we use 3ds max as well, and that's a windows only product.
Can anyone walk me through a brief tutorial as to how to set up RP for linux? and will a mixed linux-win renderfarm cause any problems?
The RenderPal server is running on windows.
the render artists's workstations will be windows, because I understand the linux version of RP is command line based?