So, it's not good enough for newbies because the 10 yr old kid can't fix it??? That's the argument? I've been using Linux since 19945 and exclusively since 1999 and have nt gone back, and never will (unless something comes out that's better!) The stuff me and you do on the system is NOT what computer illiterates do. My mother has NO problems...I have a million, but we do different things. I write Kernel Modules, while my mother checks her email and balances her checkbook.
Unusable for computer illiterates? When did you use Linux last? Redhat 5 with Kernel 2.0?? Redhat is not the most user friendly (they market for the server end.) Use a desktop based distro, like Mandrake, SUSE or hell, even Lycoris.) my mother uses Linux (SUSE). No problems.My wife uses Linux. My GRANDMOTHER uses Mandrake (installed myself and givena s an xmas present) no problems....so what about it not being usable to computer illiterates?
I am a huge proponent of OSS and will use Open SOurce software over commercial. (Our company runs on Linux and NetBSD). At other jobs I've had, if people chose to use proprietary software, I enforced the licenses like the Gestapo. If you chose to use commercial software, you must play by the rules. Companies that use Open Source have no worries.That's the freedom. We are one company that will NEVER be visited by the BSA.
Well, if you MUST type in the command (AIX commands have upto 25 cmd line options sometimes) you always CAN. When you are by yourself, adminning 100 machines, nobody cares if you're typing in the command or clicking a button. No one cares how l33t you are. They DO care that the machines never go down.
Well, since I've been using UNIX since 1989, the answer would be no. I hate solstice/sam. It's a joke. I know where everything is on a UNIX system. SMIT just makes your life easier. When you have a battery of 100 servers to admin, you'll appreciate smitty
It isn't like you HAVE to use smitty. It just makes life on AIX so much easier. At my last job, I was administering 5 diff UNICES , and using SMIT made my job alot easier. Who can remember all the command line switches for adding and resizing logical volumes? smitty is a blessing. You DO have to understand UNIX to use it however.
I would have to agree. I started my UNIX experience back in '89. Solaris 7 I noticed was faster, less buggy. I can pinpoint it exactly. It also seemed like in 8 they moved too much crap around. They took away ldconfig and added crle! That pissed me off!
OK..Quad fast Ethernet..I know what they are. Too many acronyms today. So, you think I'm going to buy a Quad Fast Ethernet for my home network? How about YOU donate one to me, and I'll be sure to give you props:)
Yes....it's a hobby. It's also my work. Can't have enogh servers! I have a wireless network as well. My wife made me go wireless after she tripped over all the wires!
Using Netscape 6.1. I run Solaris x86 on a Dell Optiplex GX1. It installed without a hitch. I also have a SUn SparcSation 5 I got off of Ebay for $100. It's a headless system. (Truth be known, I'm accessing my solaris box remotely. (X:1 -query sun) I administer all my home servers (I run 10 servers!) and administer them all thru one monitor. The joys of *NIX. So there is a t least ONE person on slashdot who uses Solaris_x86!
What I can tell from 90% of the posts so far, that the people who rip on Solaris are actual UNIX neophytes. The closest thing to UNIX that ANY of these numbnuts have ever touched was Linux. Maybe if they got out of their bedroom and got a job in the REAL world, they'll see that UNIX drives the world. Not Microsoft,not even Linux. Whether it be Solaris, AIX or HP/UX.I love Linux, but it's not the be all, end all. I doubt half the people who are giving sneers have ever SEEN CDE besides the clone xfce on Linux (and I doubt that!) How many of the people sneering at Solaris are using IE6 to post? Hmm?
I installed Solaris x86 w/o a hitch. It was easier than a Mandrake install! I have it on a Dell Optiplex GX1. It is slower than Solaris on a SPARC, but I mean SPARCs are 64 bit!!
I'm one of the biggest proponents for Linux, but I believe the right tool for the right job. You can NOT compare a Sun E10000 running Solaris with ANYTHING! Maybe a monster RS/6000 running AIX, but it's still running a commercial UNIX. If you've just spent $1.8 million on a Sun Enterprise, I'm pretty sure you can spring the $99 for Solaris. At my last job, I had to build, order and implement the IBM S80, a 24-way system. I installed SUSE Linux on it just for fun. But then had to put AIX back on to do the real hairy HACMP shit.
I run Solaris on a Dell Optiplex GX1 and everything worked out of the box. I run my webserver, my cvs server and Java runs 200x faster on a Solaris machine. (Go figure). I happen to like CDE. Every now and then, I'll surf the web with it. x86 just doesnt have Netscape 6.1 yet. But it has Mozilla so it doesnt matter.
AIX is the best UNIX in my opinion. WHy? Simply because it has SMIT. I was thinking of making a Linux port of smitty. smitty is a GUI (or a CLI) frontend for pratically EVERY command you will ever use.From creating logical volumes to setting up networking.Everything. You honestly never have to touch a command prompt if you use SMIT.
Is microsoft making this part of their EULA? If I have an old PC that had Win95 installed 7 years ago, but since then has been replaced by Linux, and has served as my firewall and gateway for the past 5 years, what would happen if I donated this machine as is as the firewall for my local Leukemia Society? Can MS enforce this? Will they be reminding other organizations that there machines must have Windows on them? Will they not accept my donation unless it has windows?
I agree with you 100%. My uncle, who is a diagnosed pedophile (never acted upon it), as part of his therapy, his doctor tells him to watch "naturist" videos, since he can't legally tell him to watch kiddie porn. That's what my uncle does. That's what has KEPT him from probably molesting your daughter (and probably the fact that he doesnt have the "balls" to confront a child, just like osme adults are so socially inept they can't get an adult on their own). The argument saying that all pedophiles are molesters, is akin to saying that heteros who do not get laid on a regular basis are rapists. It defies logic.
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So, it's not good enough for newbies because the 10 yr old kid can't fix it??? That's the argument?
I've been using Linux since 19945 and exclusively since 1999 and have nt gone back, and never will (unless something comes out that's better!) The stuff me and you do on the system is NOT what computer illiterates do. My mother has NO problems...I have a million, but we do different things. I write Kernel Modules, while my mother checks her email and balances her checkbook.
Unusable for computer illiterates? When did you use Linux last? Redhat 5 with Kernel 2.0??
Redhat is not the most user friendly (they market for the server end.) Use a desktop based distro, like Mandrake, SUSE or hell, even Lycoris.) my mother uses Linux (SUSE). No problems.My wife uses Linux. My GRANDMOTHER uses Mandrake (installed myself and givena s an xmas present) no problems....so what about it not being usable to computer illiterates?
I am a huge proponent of OSS and will use Open SOurce software over commercial. (Our company runs on Linux and NetBSD). At other jobs I've had, if people chose to use proprietary software, I enforced the licenses like the Gestapo. If you chose to use commercial software, you must play by the rules. Companies that use Open Source have no worries.That's the freedom. We are one company that will NEVER be visited by the BSA.
Yes...I remember..it was around 93-94 or so. It was FUN doing that stuff. It's still fun.
I WISH my house only cost $200,000! Where I live, (Long Island) a house for $200k is considered a deal! A "handy-man's" house.
I have compiled my own Mysql, but it was a while ago..I pretty much stick w/ PostGre now.
Well, if you MUST type in the command (AIX commands have upto 25 cmd line options sometimes) you always CAN. When you are by yourself, adminning 100 machines, nobody cares if you're typing in the command or clicking a button. No one cares how l33t you are. They DO care that the machines never go down.
MySQL is precompiled for SOlaris x86 at www.sunfreeware.com
Well, since I've been using UNIX since 1989, the answer would be no. I hate solstice/sam. It's a joke. I know where everything is on a UNIX system. SMIT just makes your life easier. When you have a battery of 100 servers to admin, you'll appreciate smitty
It isn't like you HAVE to use smitty. It just makes life on AIX so much easier. At my last job, I was administering 5 diff UNICES , and using SMIT made my job alot easier. Who can remember all the command line switches for adding and resizing logical volumes? smitty is a blessing. You DO have to understand UNIX to use it however.
I would have to agree. I started my UNIX experience back in '89. Solaris 7 I noticed was faster, less buggy. I can pinpoint it exactly. It also seemed like in 8 they moved too much crap around. They took away ldconfig and added crle! That pissed me off!
No...I meant My x86 Solaris tells The sparc that he's a good boy! I MEANT what I said! :)
OK..Quad fast Ethernet..I know what they are. Too many acronyms today. So, you think I'm going to buy a Quad Fast Ethernet for my home network? How about YOU donate one to me, and I'll be sure to give you props :)
Yes....it's a hobby. It's also my work. Can't have enogh servers! I have a wireless network as well. My wife made me go wireless after she tripped over all the wires!
I would love too! All SMIT is a front end calling shell scripts. I'm surprised no has thought of this yet!
What's a qfe nic? I'm using a $10 nic from OfficeMax (linksys). It comes up as an elx nic
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I run Solaris x86 on a Dell Optiplex GX1. It installed without a hitch. I also have a SUn SparcSation 5 I got off of Ebay for $100. It's a headless system. (Truth be known, I'm accessing my solaris box remotely. (X
I administer all my home servers (I run 10 servers!) and administer them all thru one monitor. The joys of *NIX. So there is a t least ONE person on slashdot who uses Solaris_x86!
What I can tell from 90% of the posts so far, that the people who rip on Solaris are actual UNIX neophytes. The closest thing to UNIX that ANY of these numbnuts have ever touched was Linux. Maybe if they got out of their bedroom and got a job in the REAL world, they'll see that UNIX drives the world. Not Microsoft,not even Linux. Whether it be Solaris, AIX or HP/UX.I love Linux, but it's not the be all, end all. I doubt half the people who are giving sneers have ever SEEN CDE besides the clone xfce on Linux (and I doubt that!) How many of the people sneering at Solaris are using IE6 to post? Hmm?
I installed Solaris x86 w/o a hitch. It was easier than a Mandrake install! I have it on a Dell Optiplex GX1. It is slower than Solaris on a SPARC, but I mean SPARCs are 64 bit!!
I'm one of the biggest proponents for Linux, but I believe the right tool for the right job. You can NOT compare a Sun E10000 running Solaris with ANYTHING! Maybe a monster RS/6000 running AIX, but it's still running a commercial UNIX. If you've just spent $1.8 million on a Sun Enterprise, I'm pretty sure you can spring the $99 for Solaris. At my last job, I had to build, order and implement the IBM S80, a 24-way system. I installed SUSE Linux on it just for fun. But then had to put AIX back on to do the real hairy HACMP shit.
I run Solaris on a Dell Optiplex GX1 and everything worked out of the box. I run my webserver, my cvs server and Java runs 200x faster on a Solaris machine. (Go figure). I happen to like CDE. Every now and then, I'll surf the web with it. x86 just doesnt have Netscape 6.1 yet. But it has Mozilla so it doesnt matter.
AIX is the best UNIX in my opinion. WHy? Simply because it has SMIT. I was thinking of making a Linux port of smitty. smitty is a GUI (or a CLI) frontend for pratically EVERY command you will ever use.From creating logical volumes to setting up networking.Everything. You honestly never have to touch a command prompt if you use SMIT.
I use it to compliment my SPARC. I love it. All I need now is a second hand RS/6000 and I'm in bidness!
Is microsoft making this part of their EULA? If I have an old PC that had Win95 installed 7 years ago, but since then has been replaced by Linux, and has served as my firewall and gateway for the past 5 years, what would happen if I donated this machine as is as the firewall for my local Leukemia Society? Can MS enforce this? Will they be reminding other organizations that there machines must have Windows on them? Will they not accept my donation unless it has windows?
I agree with you 100%. My uncle, who is a diagnosed pedophile (never acted upon it), as part of his therapy, his doctor tells him to watch "naturist" videos, since he can't legally tell him to watch kiddie porn. That's what my uncle does. That's what has KEPT him from probably molesting your daughter (and probably the fact that he doesnt have the "balls" to confront a child, just like osme adults are so socially inept they can't get an adult on their own). The argument saying that all pedophiles are molesters, is akin to saying that heteros who do not get laid on a regular basis are rapists. It defies logic.