[Novalug] Wow Linux does rule!

Daniel Copeland daniel.l.copeland@gmail.com
Fri Jul 25 11:58:26 EDT 2008


Nope.  That's my point.  Each one has its place, and it all depends on what
is needed and expected from a system.  No one is more or less worthy than
the other.  It all comes down to the bottom line and time.

On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 9:48 AM, Raul Parra <raul.parra@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm not sure if I get the meaning of this line:
>
> "... but just try to set it up in a mostly Windows environment as a domain
> controller.  The point-and-click install in Windows Server is light years
> ahead ..."
>
> Should the penguin strive to be "perfect" in a WIN environment or have some
> compatibility? Can we attempt to do the opposite - run a WIN domain
> controller in a *nix environment and expect similar results?
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Daniel Copeland <
> daniel.l.copeland@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I tend to not immediately go "linux fanboy" mode, and understand that not
>> every OS can be everything to everybody.  Linux is fun to play with and
>> learn, and makes great server systems, but just try to set it up in a mostly
>> Windows environment as a domain controller.  The point-and-click install in
>> Windows Server is light years ahead of hand-editing samba and other config
>> files.  I will not say it's the most secure or stable, but from working in
>> the contracting business, I have learned that labor time is the most
>> expensive part of a project.  And although I am not a Mac user, I am sure
>> there are things OS X can do that the others can't.  Same with BSD.
>>
>> Every one of these has a niche it performs best in.  I would'nt say one
>> "rocks" or "rules" over the other.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Ken Kauffman <kkauffman@headfog.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> So does Linux truly "rule" -- or does it more "rock" than "rule"?
>>>
>>> K
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2008-07-23, Alvin Smith <mezzenger@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> indeed
>>>>
>>>>  On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 9:52 PM, Norman Bird <steelpulsefan@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  Wow! I am having so much fun with Debian today. I got past that
>>>>> problem with apt-get not working. I just reinstalled and this time installed
>>>>> gnome because I had success with the synaptic packager in the past.
>>>>>
>>>>> anyway, i have my server back up and well on the way to being
>>>>> configured. webserver, mysql, php ssh, rsync. I now know how to configure a
>>>>> back up of my files so I wont loose everything. I installed ETCH on another
>>>>> box I had which had a briken fedora 8 on it. now I will use for backing up
>>>>> files from my main box. It had like 3 scsi HD's on it. it took a while, but
>>>>> i figured out out to partition and select file systems on them. before i
>>>>> only did the default ...all on one disk thing, but not this time. ive
>>>>> mounted one with /, other with /home and the final one with /var/www to back
>>>>> up my webserver files.  prior to today  i could not do any of that. I
>>>>> learned how to mount drives and cdrom. before i was kinda clueless.
>>>>>
>>>>> I first started the install with the DVD's I got from debian magazine.
>>>>> ($14). I'll never do that again. all kinds of problems. first, when you use
>>>>> the dvd's the x.server does not work and you have to configure by hand. but
>>>>> with the netinstall cd gui is fine and gnome loads with no problem. dont ask
>>>>> me why. and also during the install there were like 2 files that kept being
>>>>> reported as, get this "corrupt"  vim-tiny and some other library file. not
>>>>> with netinstall. dvd was just a lot of problems.  i also found that instead
>>>>> of just hitting enter at cd prompt during install start, type installgui. it
>>>>> gives a better interface where you can go back and forth a lot better.
>>>>> especiall when partioning the harddrive. i had options that werent there
>>>>> with the default version.
>>>>>
>>>>> now i use another etch box for file backup insted of trying to use
>>>>> samba with windows. and etch makes it automatic for you to connect to your
>>>>> windows machine when you enter the windows domain during install, MSHOME.
>>>>>
>>>>> So basically i spent all dat working with my 2 etch boxes, but im a lot
>>>>> more knowledgable that i was yesterday. i can handle a lot more stuff on my
>>>>> own now.
>>>>>
>>>>> debian rules!
>>>>>
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