I know a few people (including myself) who are either having problems with the NVidia-provided modules or would rather run BSD or an OS that doesn't work well with Linux-specific kernel modules. Has anyone had any luck getting X to work on these with more generic X 3.x.x or 4.x.x drivers, and if so, please share.
Unless I'm wrong here, which I very well could be, those coordinates put them right here, which is smack in the middle of North Carolina. Thats quite some ways from Michigan (or Maryland).
With the widespread use of both Bind and exploits for Bind, it's quite important that people who choose to run a publically accessable nameserver do so responsible. While I still personally prefer djbdns for security, Bind does have its share of unique features, such as dynamic DNS.
So, the moral of this post is that in systems administration, like anything else, education is paramount. So, if you're gonna run Bind, this is definately worth a read.
Yeah, BSD lets you slap resource (CPU/memory) limits on users by putting them into various (limited) logon classes. As much as I love BSD though, I refuse to believe that Linux doesnt have a similar feature.
Hey, this thing makes absolutely no accomidations for my MOSIX cluster... common, I thought that bigger clusters were always bigger... or are you gonna tell me that its all in how you use it?
We have a system set up for the tech department at my school that is like this. We instruct people to go to our web site, and they fill in all of their contact information, as well as a quick description of their problem (hardware, software, network, user error, etc...) and then issue a description of their own.
This is all backed up to a database so that it can be sorted and later archived. A simple adminsitrative interfaces allows several techs to access this system, and mark something as theirs to work on, or delegate it to the particular person. There is also room for us techs to make comments on particular requests.
This method has worked great for us, the only problem is remembering to check it on a routine basis, and from the sounds of it, that won't be a problem for you. And obviously, it wouldn't be too difficult to tie it to an email program.
(Heck, if all you want is for the problems to get emailed from a nice interface to you, you dont even need a fancy system behind it, just a decent mailto script.)
I've been playing with FreeBSD 4.0 for a while, and the hardware support is truly amazing. Between the ata (anything ide) drivers and the pcm (sounds) driver, among so many other things (like FreeBSD's reputable networking), FreeBSD is truly amazing.
I've got a friend who uses them, and although hard to get in touch with, they are extremely friendly and easy to work with once you do. And being that they run Linux and BSD exclusively, that makes life easier (for all parties involved.) They are ocassionally down, but overall worthwhile.
One fo the major reasons for the creation of the open source movement was to create alternatives so that people wouln't be obligated to buy M$ crapware or other stuff that they didnt want, there is no reason for people to be obligated to use open souce.
Obligation and the freedom for which the open-souce movement stand for simply cannot coexist.
Mostly, this sounds like a good thing. I completely agree that no one user should have too much power, but my gripe is here:
As a moderator, you should have the ability to moderate where it is needed, and not have your moderating ability limited to randomly selected comments.
If a moderator sees a particularly outstanding comment, they should be able to moderate it, and not be hindered by a random 20% factor. If you are going to increase the number of moderators, do so at the expense of moderation points, not at the expense of the ability to moderate.
And I do have to agree with Rob: if you don't like the system he's worked so hard to build, you can get around it without asking him to take it away.
A slight addemdum to my message... I've never gotten one of these from qmail.
"The Microsoft Exchange Message Transfer Agent failed to start because the Microsoft Exhange Directory service which failed to start because of the following error: The opperation completed succeessfully."
Yeah, I'll second that. I've had an Exchange server spontaenously spawn 3 seperate problems in 2 days, not to mention it gobbling all the space on the HD. The boss was also quite put out when Exchange couldnt handle a 500k attachment he was sending, which promptly went through when it was sent through QMail on a FreeBSD box.
If you a truly bent on migrating to Linux, please do let us try to stop you first.:) If you're actually running BSD3.1, then I recommend you upgrade it, cause that is really old. Otherwise, I'll assume thats its FreeBSD3.1, which is new a good.
FreeBSD's TCP stack is more robust than Linux's, and it handles disk I/O well, making it ideal for things like mail servers. I havn't had any problems with lack of support for hardware, and like everyone else mentioned, it can run all kinds of apps.
As far as your want for POP3-only users go, I have a solution for you. First thing to do is install qmail. Its more stable, more modular, more easily configurable, less crackable, and leaves a smaller footprint than sendmail. Then, follow these instructions and set yourself up with enought POP accounts for all the users you could want.
Have fun.
--Ed Bardsley
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Oh, there goes somone's anger for M$, venting off into the evening air. I would respect your answer, but the who reason that I put the question here was so that i could get other people's opinions. I do compare them myself, but I am only one person, and one person alone should not be so quick to draw conclusions.
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I have used FreeBSD for a while now, and its stable. I like it. I have toyed with Linux. Its stable, I like it. However, I have yet to see a decent comparison of the two, and how they rack up, not just in networking, but an even comparison on all topics. Anyone have one? Or Rob, you wanna let us know how yoda is holding up? Opinions, anyone?
At a LAN party, we were serving files off a dual-boot Window-FreeBSD box. It was running slow real slow of windows, so we switched to BSD and it at least doubled in speed. Enough said.
Winmodem? Why thank you, my wall of crappy modems needs another. Rip it out.
Pricewatch.com is saying you can get a 56K modem for $20. Considering you just saved somewhere from $200 to $2000, order a modem. You dont even have to get up.:)
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I know a few people (including myself) who are either having problems with the NVidia-provided modules or would rather run BSD or an OS that doesn't work well with Linux-specific kernel modules. Has anyone had any luck getting X to work on these with more generic X 3.x.x or 4.x.x drivers, and if so, please share.
Err, Tennessee... I should learn to read maps... that and I need some more caffeine.
Slashdot's traveling, I guess.
With the widespread use of both Bind and exploits for Bind, it's quite important that people who choose to run a publically accessable nameserver do so responsible. While I still personally prefer djbdns for security, Bind does have its share of unique features, such as dynamic DNS.
So, the moral of this post is that in systems administration, like anything else, education is paramount. So, if you're gonna run Bind, this is definately worth a read.
Yeah, BSD lets you slap resource (CPU/memory) limits on users by putting them into various (limited) logon classes. As much as I love BSD though, I refuse to believe that Linux doesnt have a similar feature.
Hey, this thing makes absolutely no accomidations for my MOSIX cluster... common, I thought that bigger clusters were always bigger... or are you gonna tell me that its all in how you use it?
I like it more than anything.
We have a system set up for the tech department at my school that is like this. We instruct people to go to our web site, and they fill in all of their contact information, as well as a quick description of their problem (hardware, software, network, user error, etc...) and then issue a description of their own.
This is all backed up to a database so that it can be sorted and later archived. A simple adminsitrative interfaces allows several techs to access this system, and mark something as theirs to work on, or delegate it to the particular person. There is also room for us techs to make comments on particular requests.
This method has worked great for us, the only problem is remembering to check it on a routine basis, and from the sounds of it, that won't be a problem for you. And obviously, it wouldn't be too difficult to tie it to an email program.
(Heck, if all you want is for the problems to get emailed from a nice interface to you, you dont even need a fancy system behind it, just a decent mailto script.)
--Ed
I've been playing with FreeBSD 4.0 for a while, and the hardware support is truly amazing. Between the ata (anything ide) drivers and the pcm (sounds) driver, among so many other things (like FreeBSD's reputable networking), FreeBSD is truly amazing.
Oh, included xinerama support will be nice. As if E didn't look cool enough already. :)
There is an ODBC driver that you can use to connect any Windoze box to a MySQL server. Get it (along with instructions) here:
s s.html
http://www.is erver.com/support/addonhelp/database/mysql/msacce
Then just link in the table, and you can use an Append Query to dump all the data.
--Ed
I've got a friend who uses them, and although hard to get in touch with, they are extremely friendly and easy to work with once you do. And being that they run Linux and BSD exclusively, that makes life easier (for all parties involved.) They are ocassionally down, but overall worthwhile.
Heh, yeah, if you use a computer that can GPF or BSOD, you're running WinNT, or 9x, and you better expect routine crashes.
:)
As for me, I like my year and a half uptimes under anything but NT.
--Ed
One fo the major reasons for the creation of the open source movement was to create alternatives so that people wouln't be obligated to buy M$ crapware or other stuff that they didnt want, there is no reason for people to be obligated to use open souce.
Obligation and the freedom for which the open-souce movement stand for simply cannot coexist.
--Ed
As a moderator, you should have the ability to moderate where it is needed, and not have your moderating ability limited to randomly selected comments.
If a moderator sees a particularly outstanding comment, they should be able to moderate it, and not be hindered by a random 20% factor. If you are going to increase the number of moderators, do so at the expense of moderation points, not at the expense of the ability to moderate.
And I do have to agree with Rob: if you don't like the system he's worked so hard to build, you can get around it without asking him to take it away.
A slight addemdum to my message... I've never gotten one of these from qmail.
"The Microsoft Exchange Message Transfer Agent failed to start because the Microsoft Exhange Directory service which failed to start because of the following error: The opperation completed succeessfully."
Yeah, I'll second that. I've had an Exchange server spontaenously spawn 3 seperate problems in 2 days, not to mention it gobbling all the space on the HD. The boss was also quite put out when Exchange couldnt handle a 500k attachment he was sending, which promptly went through when it was sent through QMail on a FreeBSD box.
Just my little rant. But Exchange does suck.
--Ed
If you a truly bent on migrating to Linux, please do let us try to stop you first. :) If you're actually running BSD3.1, then I recommend you upgrade it, cause that is really old. Otherwise, I'll assume thats its FreeBSD3.1, which is new a good.
FreeBSD's TCP stack is more robust than Linux's, and it handles disk I/O well, making it ideal for things like mail servers. I havn't had any problems with lack of support for hardware, and like everyone else mentioned, it can run all kinds of apps.
As far as your want for POP3-only users go, I have a solution for you. First thing to do is install qmail. Its more stable, more modular, more easily configurable, less crackable, and leaves a smaller footprint than sendmail. Then, follow these instructions and set yourself up with enought POP accounts for all the users you could want.
Have fun.
--Ed Bardsley
Oh, there goes somone's anger for M$, venting off into the evening air. I would respect your answer, but the who reason that I put the question here was so that i could get other people's opinions. I do compare them myself, but I am only one person, and one person alone should not be so quick to draw conclusions.
I have used FreeBSD for a while now, and its stable. I like it. I have toyed with Linux. Its stable, I like it. However, I have yet to see a decent comparison of the two, and how they rack up, not just in networking, but an even comparison on all topics. Anyone have one? Or Rob, you wanna let us know how yoda is holding up? Opinions, anyone?
At a LAN party, we were serving files off a dual-boot Window-FreeBSD box. It was running slow real slow of windows, so we switched to BSD and it at least doubled in speed. Enough said.
ask yourself this: do you know where your sysadmin is right now?
Yup. I know where the sysadmin is: im sitting in front of my comp, typing these words.
would be, if CD's didnt hold about 50% more... 74 minutes.
Winmodem? Why thank you, my wall of crappy modems needs another. Rip it out.
:)
Pricewatch.com is saying you can get a 56K modem for $20. Considering you just saved somewhere from $200 to $2000, order a modem. You dont even have to get up.