I started out with Caldera OpenLinux Lite, considered RedHat briefly, and installed Debian instead...Personally, I like it. I however, didn't like the part of the article that said that RedHat is now a viable business solution. Sure, it installs really easily (as does Caldera), but if a business really wants to use Linux, I suggest a lot of security measures (maybe even more so than Windows). Linux CAN be a powerful workstation, but it takes a lot of work to make it so--RedHat's easy install can't prevent your data from swaying in the breeze. In the business world, compromised data can cost businesses dearly. With all the hoopla about RedHat being easy to install, many people are saying it's for bussinesses, but no attention is paid to the security side of it, in which any generic install of ANY linux distribution is usually unsecure.
Caldera is OK for what it is. Smooth installation, easy sysadmin with lisa, and it practically configures itself. I was really happy with it when I first cut my Linux teeth on COL Lite 1.1. However, unless you buy directly from Caldera, COL documentaion is hard to come by. Using the Lite version, I found it damn near impossible. However, if you like it,run with it. Personally, my order of Debian is in the mail. Not to knock Caldera (they've been doing a lot with both software and pricing) but it just wasn't what I was looking for.
What I'm trying to say is that it's not what distribution you use, as long as it's Linux. The kernel is what drives everything, isn't it? Well, I'd rather have the Linux kernel that that which runs Win95/98/NT anyday...Hopefully, that make sense to you.
I have to agree...I must admit that I have said some things about Red Hat in the past, but very recently, I have found myself in the mindset that I am a LINUX user. It doesn't matter what distro you have as long as it runs on top of a Linux kernel. All in all, I think that instead of bashing one distro, we should be helping to spread Linux, period.
I have to agree with Psiren...I admit my system is a little outdated, but I don't have the cash to be continuously running out to buy the latest and greatest in hardware just so that I can play a game. Don't get me wrong, I love to play Quake, but I think the thought of a game this day and age *requiring* multiple processors is a pretty scary thought (and possibly a little costly depending on where you shop and what you buy).
That's what I like to hear. Everytime I put together a rather ugly piece of code just to complete an assignment, the other students seem to gasp when I call it a "hack job." I have done nothing wrong, yet the image the word "hacker" carries seems to imply that I cracked my way into some system to lift the code. I'm fed up with this sh*t. I feel angry that the media promotes such things. I, too would never use an AOL CD for anything except a coaster.
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I know. The gov't has had IW groups for a long time now. Their job...wait around until a defensive mauever is necessary, or until they are given the order to attack. Most of these attacks, no matter where they come from or how systematic they seem, the gov't wouldn't come forward with this story if they hadn't already had the situation under control.
I used to play Pong. I loved the original NES. The Commodore 64 always had the best games. Thanks to this article, I feel really old, but I too wonder about the same stuff. As for kurt, there's a poster about the growth of the internet that may be of some use to you. I'll see if I can track down the publishers and get you in touch with them.
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I started out with Caldera OpenLinux Lite, considered RedHat briefly, and installed Debian instead...Personally, I like it. I however, didn't like the part of the article that said that RedHat is now a viable business solution. Sure, it installs really easily (as does Caldera), but if a business really wants to use Linux, I suggest a lot of security measures (maybe even more so than Windows). Linux CAN be a powerful workstation, but it takes a lot of work to make it so--RedHat's easy install can't prevent your data from swaying in the breeze. In the business world, compromised data can cost businesses dearly. With all the hoopla about RedHat being easy to install, many people are saying it's for bussinesses, but no attention is paid to the security side of it, in which any generic install of ANY linux distribution is usually unsecure.
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Caldera is OK for what it is. Smooth installation, easy sysadmin with lisa, and it practically configures itself. I was really happy with it when I first cut my Linux teeth on COL Lite 1.1. However, unless you buy directly from Caldera, COL documentaion is hard to come by. Using the Lite version, I found it damn near impossible. However, if you like it,run with it. Personally, my order of Debian is in the mail. Not to knock Caldera (they've been doing a lot with both software and pricing) but it just wasn't what I was looking for.
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What I'm trying to say is that it's not what distribution you use, as long as it's Linux. The kernel is what drives everything, isn't it? Well, I'd rather have the Linux kernel that that which runs Win95/98/NT anyday...Hopefully, that make sense to you.
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I have to agree...I must admit that I have said some things about Red Hat in the past, but very recently, I have found myself in the mindset that I am a LINUX user. It doesn't matter what distro you have as long as it runs on top of a Linux kernel. All in all, I think that instead of bashing one distro, we should be helping to spread Linux, period.
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I have to agree with Psiren...I admit my system is a little outdated, but I don't have the cash to be continuously running out to buy the latest and greatest in hardware just so that I can play a game. Don't get me wrong, I love to play Quake, but I think the thought of a game this day and age *requiring* multiple processors is a pretty scary thought (and possibly a little costly depending on where you shop and what you buy).
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That's what I like to hear. Everytime I put together a rather ugly piece of code just to complete an assignment, the other students seem to gasp when I call it a "hack job." I have done nothing wrong, yet the image the word "hacker" carries seems to imply that I cracked my way into some system to lift the code. I'm fed up with this sh*t. I feel angry that the media promotes such things. I, too would never use an AOL CD for anything except a coaster.
I know. The gov't has had IW groups for a long time now. Their job...wait around until a defensive mauever is necessary, or until they are given the order to attack. Most of these attacks,
no matter where they come from or how systematic they seem, the gov't wouldn't come forward with this story if they hadn't already had the situation under control.
I used to play Pong. I loved the original NES.
The Commodore 64 always had the best games. Thanks to this article, I feel really old, but I too wonder about the same stuff. As for kurt, there's a poster about the growth of the internet that may be of some use to you. I'll see if I can
track down the publishers and get you in touch with them.