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05-23-2003, 04:10 PM
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Showboat Linux
I'm trying to sing the praises of Linux to the people at work, but I'm used to using it as a desktop machine. What distribution would make a good demo of the ability of linux as a server?
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05-23-2003, 07:09 PM
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Redhat is popular for server
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05-23-2003, 09:23 PM
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Lycoris/Redmond/LX is a good one for looks and ease of use.
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05-24-2003, 03:36 PM
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Is L/R/L good for serving?
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06-03-2003, 08:52 AM
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I would say Red Hat. It has always been a distro that was geared as more of a Server OS.
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06-03-2003, 09:42 AM
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Any Linux distro would work as a server. Mandrake or RedHat would probably be the best choice, though I prefer Slackware myself.
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06-03-2003, 09:51 AM
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Showing Linux off as a server to "the people at work"? Does everyone in your company run the server??
All of the distros should work, but I recommend OpenBSD or FreeBSD if you are just runniing a server.
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06-03-2003, 12:47 PM
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no but I work in the IT department smart aleck.
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06-03-2003, 09:30 PM
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LOL, rolling on floor. Imagine somebody on PCMech working in an IT department. What are the odds. Just imagine.
 By the way, last quarter, in spite of an overall decline in server sales, linux server sales were up over 5.5%. A major increase. CH |
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06-04-2003, 02:03 AM
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Why does everyone misunderstand me? I wasnt trying to be smart! (well not overly smart anyway)
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06-04-2003, 08:34 AM
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Though I've liked slackware or redhat for servers, of late, I find myself partial towards gentoo - check it out.
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06-04-2003, 08:43 AM
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is that related to gentus? I got a copy of it with my abit board a number of years ago, but I never got to try it.
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06-04-2003, 09:26 AM
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No gentus linux, is a largely lost venture by ABIT to bundle up an OS with its mobos. Gentoo is a different beast, by no means what one would term "easy" to get off the ground, but it is a clean no-nonsense distribution.. the result is great performance.
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06-04-2003, 06:14 PM
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How does Gentoo compare to Slackware in terms of user friendliness? TIA.
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06-12-2003, 03:34 PM
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I used to toy with Linux (Mandrake) a few years back..
some of these post make it sound like you people are changing your OS all the time. I guess I don't know what im saying here why not choose one and leave it alone? Is formating that fun? Do you enjoy your disk utilites so much you can help but yank partitions? Ok now I know why I used Linux to begin with. Think i'll try it again. Thanks for the motivation all. Towel Please!
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06-12-2003, 05:20 PM
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fudtone,
I have been using the same version of Linux (Mandrake 8.1) for well over a year. I don't see any good reason to upgrade. I agree with your implied comment. A lot of folks simply forget that an OS is nothing more than a half way place between hardware and applications. My trusty Mandrake 8.1 is like every other Linux distribution. It is really two separate bundles of software--the first is the Linux OS (kernel) and the second is bunch of guis slapped together with a ton of applications (some good and some not so good) none of which are really needed to run the operating system. I really believe that a lot of guys upgrade from one version to another simply to play with the new application toys. CH Last edited by Computer Hobbyist; 06-12-2003 at 05:22 PM. |
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06-14-2003, 06:02 PM
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Wow, nobody mentioned debian...
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06-20-2003, 01:48 AM
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fudtone
I install and play (no other word for it!!) with differnt OS's all the time. The reason being, that it is the best way to learn about them. I keep a stable machine with a stable OS for emergencys, but I routinely keep 3-4 OS's (Win XP pro, RedHat9, FreeBSD 4.8, and SuSE 8.2) on my working laptop. I like to do my day-to-day work and try doing the same tasks with differnt OS's. Gives me a great baseline having the OS's all running on the same hardware. Plus I am able to do a fairly accurate comparison and I can run just about anything (software wise) I find on the net (OK MAC folks....I'll get Mac OS sometime!) |
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