[olug] RE: [OLUG] Linux install

[kaygee]

Brian,
You forgot Xenix.  What gives man! :-)

Keith
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There's ease of use and then there's ease of usefulness.
Choose usefulness. Choose Linux.

On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Brian Roberson wrote:

> I use SuSE in enterprise class systems for a few simple reasons. logical
> volumes, and reiserFS ( journalled filesystem ) SuSE supports them out of
> the box without any issues. SuSE also uses rpm for package management which
> simplifies software installs. the management utility that suse has ( YaST,
> yet another system administration tool ) is directly in line with other
> enterprise class unix's such as AIX and HPUX.
>
> here s my 2 cents:
>
> RedHat - too much hand-holding, answers vital security questions by itself
> ( but most commercial applications are geared towards it's use )
> Mandrake / any dirivitave - about the same as RH
> Debian - ok
> slackware - archaic, simply due to package management ( I started on
> slackware, so its ok ;-) still not enterprise ready.
> SuSE - enterprise ready, lots of apps, highly configurable at setup / after
> setup conforms to LSB
> Caldera - being merged with SCO/Unixware/whatever
> SCO - YUK
> Corel - Pretty
> OpenBSD - great firewall, I use it at home on the cable modem, very, very
> secure
> NetBSD - ok router
> FreeBSD - to many hands in the pot, just checkout the latest security
> advisories. ... and sloppy.
> Solaris 7 - compile your own utilities! ( I personally would only run on
> SPARC... PERIOD )
> Solaris 8 - getting better, lots of GNU utils ( Again, SPARC only )
> AIX - excellent enterprise unix, I really enjoy working with it.
> HPUX - about the same as AIX, but I like the powerPC arch better
> TRU64 - POWER POWER POWER, complex, multithreaded, SMP, writing good apps
> for SMP alpha is fun! ( and confusing ;-)
> BULL - YUK
> D-UX - YUK
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Peterson" <mikejack at ix.netcom.com>
> To: <olug at bstc.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 7:39 AM
> Subject: [olug] RE: [OLUG] Linux install
>
>
> > I would like to see information or a discussion on what are the benefits
> and
> > drawbacks to any distribution from the personal experience of those on the
> > list.
> > I will put in my two cents also.
> > I am always looking for new distributions to try out that can be used for
> > multi or special purpose projects.
> > One that I am watching now is smoothwall at www.smoothwall.org.
> > They are due out with a new release this week.
> > There system is based on RedHat and provides a gateway/firewall setup.
> > One other one that I use based on Redhat is e-smith.
> > www.e-smith.org and www.e-smith.com.
> >
> > I use Redhat at work, school, and home.
> >
> > I use Mandrake at work and home.
> > I use SUSE at work and home.
> > I use Slackware at work and home.
> > I use FreeBSD at work and home.
> >
> > I tried TurboLinux and like it's configuration programs/scripts.
> > I tried Caldera and like the 2.3 release but am disappointed in what comes
> > with the 3.1 release.
> > I know, you can add to them.
> >
> > I tried Debian and found it hard to configure.
> > But not as hard as Solaris.
> > I tried Progeny but found it is not ready for prime time yet.
> >
> > I tried OpenBSD and found it similar to Debian.
> > You need to build your system up from scratch like an SCO UNIX system.
> > I tried NetBSD and it is similar to OpenBSD and only for secure setups and
> > not
> > for fun and games systems that are used for development and entertainment.
> >
> > I tried Corel and it looked good but is no longer supported.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:phil at giedi.obix.com]
> > Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 10:25 PM
> > To: olug at bstc.net
> > Subject: RE: [olug] linux install
> >
> >
> > On 06 Aug 2001 22:22:16 -0500, Brian Roberson wrote:
> > > Hey now, that is not a true statement! There are some SuSE users too!
> >
> > SuSE, SuSE... oh, yea, that one from Germany!
> >
> > Actually I had forgotten about the coupla SuSE users around here :)
> >
> > --
> >
> > Phil
> >
> >
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