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Salon Switches to Linux
Smasher writes
"The redesigned, more ambitious incarnation of
Salon
is now "completely rebuilt" around Linux and Apache. This
is a great boost--Salon is a very popular site, and this
gives Linux even more exposure to the mainstream. "
We see Salon articles regularly on these pages. Glad to
see them take the plunge. Update: 04/05 10:17 by CT : here's a
news.com story
on the same thing.
Is it me or they're faster already? I visited the site last night and I was bitching about how slow it was. Now it seems more responsive. Either that, or it's because I've been Linux brainwashed ;-).
I wonder what kind of hardware they're running?
Anyway, now we get an explanation of why they ran so many OpenSource articles...
Actually, that's 640,000 page views. Slashdot total HITS per day (which includes graphics and such) is around 3.6million+
The plunge into the Linux waters should be cool and refreshing. (I'm being very symbolic today.)
Now, when we get a link to your site and the Slashdot effect kicks in, you will be able to cope with high demand gracefully.
Codifex Maximus ~ In search of... a shorter sig.
...unless it gets torn apart by hacker kiddies. I hope Salon has some very knowledgable people working for them because a default RH5.2 setup has more security holes than I care to think about. Not that NT is any more stable, but a "Popular web site switches to Linux, gets hacked" story would not be a good thing.
Salon says it made the move from NT to a customized version of the Red Hat 5.2 distribution of Linux "in order to support Salon.com's growing
needs."
"For a growing company like Salon, Linux is the best of all worlds," Chad Dickerson, Salon's vice president of technology, said in a statement.
"It's a proven technology, it's low cost and high performance, and it's broadly supported. The robustness and stability of the Linux operating
system make it ideal for mission-critical applications."
[IDC crap snipped]
Dickerson noted that Linux will offer Salon a "solid technical backbone" to support its move from a magazine format to a network of sites. Gartner
Group analyst Tom Henkel said today that scalability and reliability are among Linux's advantages.
Ring-a-ling!
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Okay, I got Linux installed. So where's the free beer everyone keeps talking about??
More exposure for Linux, and anything that gives Linux good, server-oriented exposure is a fabulous thing.
Mayhap other large comapnies will take note and consider linux for their servers.
"Responsibility for my career? I'm just a freakin' phone monkey!"
It's a thankless job, but I've got a lot of Karma to burn off
They must be running that new MicroSoft Linux Distro. Look at their network sponser list... :)