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Caldera OpenLinux 3.1 Reviewed

Posted by timothy on from the swirling-maelstrom dept.

Patrick Mullen writes: "The Duke of URL has just posted its review of Caldera's OpenLinux Workstation 3.1. Caldera is probably best known for going against the grain in the Linux world and is the first Linux distribution to introduce per seat licensing. Version 3.1 has made a lot of advances such as full OEM testing, but is it worth the per-seat licensing?" Is this any different from other distributions' "power packs," which bundle Free software with proprietary? According to the Caldera site, you can download the ISOs as well as the source to the server and workstation varieties of Open Linux on a (eh?) "single, non-commercial license."

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  1. Re:Not OSS? No dice. by mimbleton · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So tell me my friend when was last time you modified your Apache to do something unique ?

    Please, don't make me laugh - "being able to change the source" my ass.
    Sure, you can modify some small perl script but trying to change things like Apache without breaking stuff , requires a lot of coding experience and time.
    It is completely out of your league...

  2. Its 2001. You're STILL using Telnet? by Nailer · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    SuSE wins in terms of default telnet and FTP servers, but again I suspect this is a design decision. Although not enabled by default,

    Good. Telnet is telnet, and FTP servers generally need a lot of patching (unless you're using a good one like PureFFTPd). Clicking a switch to turn something on is more effective than reinstalling abox once its compromised.

    Both are very easy to configure and I find the ability to telnet and FTP to my work PC when working from home one of the strongest selling points of Linux generally.

    No. Not Telnet. Telnet is used to
    * talk to printers
    * troubleshoot servers based on ASCII text based protocols
    * talk to cheap and shitty routers

    It is not used to:
    * login to any PC through the internet
    * log in to an pc per se
    * Talk to routers who use SSH.

    Telnet sends password in clear text. Someone can run a variety of programs that simply see your password - no decryptioon required. SSH is:

    * Encrypted
    * Compressed
    * Capable of running GUI appss easier than Telnet can
    * Able to transfer files
    * As ubiquitous as Telnet is - clients and servers avaliable for every platform

    MS including a Telnet server in W2K pro (using either Telnet or the broken NTLM auth method) was one of the major downsides to that OS.