Me and a few friends started an IT consulting business in 1999, prior to that we were using Linux at home (I liked slackware, they liked redhat). After we had the business going, we set up all-in-one machines for companies that ran Linux. These machines did SMB filesharing, squid caching (most clients shared a 56k dial-up for internet at the time), pop & imap email. They all ran slimmed down installs of Slackware.
Fast forward to now, and I've parted ways with the company I founded to work in IT at a shop that's a mix of Linux and Windows (zimbra mail server, linux dns and etc servers). I still run Linux at home and carry an Android powered phone (SGS3).
None of us had formal schooling, we just hacked together the OS the best we could to make it work (OMG apache+mod_ssl+php+rewrite compiling by hand I don't miss those./configure lines). We used it for everything and learned it via hands on using manpages and talking to other Unix professionals at the time (that turned their noses up at us because they were using HP/UX, AIX, Solaris, FreeBSD)
Great breakdown of how things were in your state. One of the perks of having a state the size of RI, everyone in your online community could actually know each other!
It's about time there is a magazine out there that's more than just pages of video game ads and reviews. If only tomshardware had a featured spot in this magazine....Hopefully the magazine won't end up too technical and not have enough subscribers
Linux is still just a kernel. There is no unified Linux OS. I remember reading an old "Slackware Unleashed" Book saying how Linux was a Hackers OS. Now it's just a hackers kernel with not much quality anymore. I lost my interest in Linux when I couldn't go from one system to another and have things "just work". Redhat has this, Debian that, and slackware this. Linux has become one big commerical mess IMO, and instead of focusing on making it the best OS of choice, it's become the best hyped up OS. I've moved to the BSD world, and everytime I take a look back at using Linux (by installing the latest greatest distro) I realize linux is more for the hobbyist than the business. I'll stick to using BSD, which isn't just a kernel, but an OS.
I really don't care if they break Microsoft into 500 companies. I just would like to see Exchange server released for various UNIX (Solaris, et al) platforms. Heck, I'd even like to see it run on Linux.
First off: I think people that play quake would more then understand if ID said: "hey, since no one fills out those lame registration forms, we're going to have the game send us your video card info" I don't think there would be too many quake addicts saying: "I'm not going to play quake if ID knows what my video card is"
Second: With the number of extremely competent programmers, hackers and the etc, out there, why are software companies still trying to slip things like this by their consumers?
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Me and a few friends started an IT consulting business in 1999, prior to that we were using Linux at home (I liked slackware, they liked redhat). After we had the business going, we set up all-in-one machines for companies that ran Linux. These machines did SMB filesharing, squid caching (most clients shared a 56k dial-up for internet at the time), pop & imap email. They all ran slimmed down installs of Slackware.
Fast forward to now, and I've parted ways with the company I founded to work in IT at a shop that's a mix of Linux and Windows (zimbra mail server, linux dns and etc servers). I still run Linux at home and carry an Android powered phone (SGS3).
None of us had formal schooling, we just hacked together the OS the best we could to make it work (OMG apache+mod_ssl+php+rewrite compiling by hand I don't miss those ./configure lines). We used it for everything and learned it via hands on using manpages and talking to other Unix professionals at the time (that turned their noses up at us because they were using HP/UX, AIX, Solaris, FreeBSD)
Great breakdown of how things were in your state. One of the perks of having a state the size of RI, everyone in your online community could actually know each other!
It's about time there is a magazine out there that's more than just pages of video game ads and reviews. If only tomshardware had a featured spot in this magazine....Hopefully the magazine won't end up too technical and not have enough subscribers
Linux is still just a kernel. There is no unified Linux OS. I remember reading an old "Slackware Unleashed" Book saying how Linux was a Hackers OS. Now it's just a hackers kernel with not much quality anymore. I lost my interest in Linux when I couldn't go from one system to another and have things "just work". Redhat has this, Debian that, and slackware this. Linux has become one big commerical mess IMO, and instead of focusing on making it the best OS of choice, it's become the best hyped up OS. I've moved to the BSD world, and everytime I take a look back at using Linux (by installing the latest greatest distro) I realize linux is more for the hobbyist than the business. I'll stick to using BSD, which isn't just a kernel, but an OS.
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I really don't care if they break Microsoft into 500 companies. I just would like to see Exchange server released for various UNIX (Solaris, et al) platforms. Heck, I'd even like to see it run on Linux.
First off: I think people that play quake would
more then understand if ID said: "hey, since no one fills out those lame registration forms, we're going to have the game send us your video card info" I don't think there would be too many quake addicts saying: "I'm not going to play quake if ID knows what my video card is"
Second: With the number of extremely competent programmers, hackers and the etc, out there, why are software companies still trying to slip things like this by their consumers?
Last Time I checked, electrons were subatomic