Well you do have recourse against the barking. I'd be very suprised if your city didn't have a noise ordinance. Provided you know what neighbor's dog is barking, it should be a simple matter of calling the cops.
Because Windows' security issues make it almost impossible to surf the web (without any additional security software) without turning the PC into a zombie.
Yet I managed to do so, with Vista even. No, it's not impossible. The problems occur when users (stupidly) run anything from the internet without a second thought, not because of anything inherit with Windows security.
And 200$ is a better buy than 450$, especially if it's secure, so your line on that doesn't make any sense at all.
As the article says, you get what you pay for. You can get cheaper Levis at Walmart too... but you won't be getting the same quality as you would if you paid more at another store.
I found the article to have a ring of truth because my experience with linux was similar; things that SHOULD be simpler just aren't.
you are so funny. I don't even use windows machines anymore when I'm at friends and have access to them for internet banking or ssh'ing into my servers for fear of using a machine that's compromised.
I'd say that has more to do with who your friends are than Windows vs. Linux. I guess you have dopy friends.
- IE only websites (yes, some people really don't get it)
That was actually not one of my complaints.
proprietary codecs
I don't care if the codec is proprietary or not, I just want it to play. But again, that wasn't really a reason for me to leave Linux.
- make it so that when you try to fix a small problem (say upgrade or install some small application) that you don't end up with having to upgrade more and more of the system.
This actually was a big reason for me.
The rest of your post I more or less agree with, although I'd lump things like Kopete in as half baked software. I was using it right at the time Y! and MSN kept changing things that would cause Kopete not to connect. I realize what they were doing, but at the end of the day, I don't care who's fault it is, I just want it to work. Couple these changes with the upgrade problems you mention above, and it becomes exteremly frustrating. Add in other problems, the sound daemon dying for no apparent reason, hw problems, other odd bugs, lack of good software in general, and it become easy to justify not only ditching Linux on the desktop, but on my server as well. The final nail so to speak was the lovely community ("why the fuck would you want to do that?", "RTMF!!", etc.).
I have posted specifics before.. maybe I should put it in a journal entry because very few pay and thus can't see anything but my last 24:-)
I'm comparing ease of use, availability of quality software, reliability, and hardware compatability.
Granted, I'm not a typical user and run developer tools on my desktop, but even for basic things Linux would fall short, and there ARE bugs, whether fanboys lke to admit it or not (no, I'm not calling you a fanboy).
Because it points out flaws in Linux it's biased in some way? I did try Linux as my desktop, and it wasn't up to par, which is why I'm back on Windows.
For basic web surfing and email, $450 for a Vista Home Basic PC probably is a better buy.
Yes; the law forbidding banks and CC companies to complete transactions with said overseas horse-racing betting sites.. or any overseas gambling site for that matter.
Given that only a handful of applications are affected, I'll take the easier route, since this problem is certain to be fixed. I'm actually not even sure when the corruption happens (editing files over a share that are in some kind of backup location).
It causes drive mappings to stall for anything from few seconds to over minute.
Likely due to the drive mapping being "busy" reading and writing a format built for local, not networked use.
Not files itself, but ownership and permissions get mangled. There's hotfix MS is trying to hide that fixes this corruption... Well anyway it's fixed on Win2003 SP2 so they don't need to admit it anymore just suggest installing SP2.
Are you claiming that storing a pst leads to permissions getting messed up on the pst, or other files as well? I've been running SBS SP1 for quite a while, and have a pst on the network (its in My Documents, which is mapped to a share on the server) and I haven't had corruption. Things have improved since moving to Vista and offline files ensuring that its writing to the local disk and syncing later..
Leave it to you to not be able to add 1 and 1. (and enough of the passive aggressive already.)
Most NAS don't give you a logon to run what seems to be a desktop app.
Yes. It does run on most Linux based NAS (where you have access to a shell) such as OpenFiler.
Huh? Most NAS' I've seen give you only web access to administer it, few give you a shell. Also, from the page I've seen, it would appear you need a GUI desktop of some sort, and the Linux version is in beta. Not exactly awe inspiring. OpenFiler is a NAS distro, but I don't see it in many NAS.
No, but they'll fail either reading or writing over time regardless if you are writing or just reading just because the drive is moving. Even if you cool your standard drive, eventually it could just fail because it was left on for 10 years (since an active drive is constantly spinning).
See, that's the thing. I end up replacing the drive long before it fails because it runs out of capacity sooner. I've had one HD die on me, and a few at the workplace. Otherwise though, hundreds and hundreds of these things run for a long time without problem.
I'm all for SSDs, but I'm not sure I want to worry that the capacity is shrinking with each write. I run out of room fast enough with current drives.
Huh, that's funny, because I remember files being corrupted (and my workstation crashing) when my home directory was over an NFS mount and the NFS server went down.
But please, go ahead yank that cable out of the box hosting the NFS share which you are storing your database on an tell me how it goes.
Ya, because a PST being written and read over a network is slower, and if the connection goes down, the file may be corrupted... just like working with any other file over a network. From the link:
This is not efficient on WAN or LAN links because WAN/LAN links use network-access-driven methods, commands the operating system provides to send data to or receive from another networked computer. If there is a remote.pst (over a network link), Microsoft Outlook tries to use the file commands to read from the file or write to the file, but the operating system then has to send those commands over the network because the file is not on the local computer. This creates a great deal of overhead and increases the time it takes to read and write to the file. Additionally, the use a.pst file over a network connection may result in a corrupted.pst file if the connection degrades or fails.
So your KB link isn't quite as suprising or damning as you were hoping it would be..
This is always claimed as the solution, "evening" writes. But I think the question about how long will the drive last is still relevent; all it takes is a mostly full disk, which has a high I/O load. Even with evening, it seems that at least part of the disk can fail before the rest of the disk.
Do traditional drives fail if the same sector is written to over and over again as well?
or run it off a Solaris server (X11 forwarding, leaving Windows and most Apple users out of the loop)
Huh? Why would Windows or Apples users be left out? I did quite a bit of my class work sshed to a unix box from my Win95 computer.. with ability to run X applications locally. That was in '96.
Your plan would work if someone had to sit at a computer and look at all the stuff you're sharing. I somehow doubt the RIAA investigators are THAT low tech..
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Well you do have recourse against the barking. I'd be very suprised if your city didn't have a noise ordinance. Provided you know what neighbor's dog is barking, it should be a simple matter of calling the cops.
I can't believe you actually had to explain the reasoning on what is supposed to be a board frequented by intelligent people.
Because Windows' security issues make it almost impossible to surf the web (without any additional security software) without turning the PC into a zombie.
Yet I managed to do so, with Vista even. No, it's not impossible. The problems occur when users (stupidly) run anything from the internet without a second thought, not because of anything inherit with Windows security.
And 200$ is a better buy than 450$, especially if it's secure, so your line on that doesn't make any sense at all.
As the article says, you get what you pay for. You can get cheaper Levis at Walmart too... but you won't be getting the same quality as you would if you paid more at another store.
I found the article to have a ring of truth because my experience with linux was similar; things that SHOULD be simpler just aren't.
Well I wasn't exactly using gOS either; I used Mandriva / RH.
you are so funny. I don't even use windows machines anymore when I'm at friends and have access to them for internet banking or ssh'ing into my servers for fear of using a machine that's compromised.
:-)
I'd say that has more to do with who your friends are than Windows vs. Linux. I guess you have dopy friends.
- IE only websites (yes, some people really don't get it)
That was actually not one of my complaints.
proprietary codecs
I don't care if the codec is proprietary or not, I just want it to play. But again, that wasn't really a reason for me to leave Linux.
- make it so that when you try to fix a small problem (say upgrade or install some small application) that you don't end up with having to upgrade more and more of the system.
This actually was a big reason for me.
The rest of your post I more or less agree with, although I'd lump things like Kopete in as half baked software. I was using it right at the time Y! and MSN kept changing things that would cause Kopete not to connect. I realize what they were doing, but at the end of the day, I don't care who's fault it is, I just want it to work. Couple these changes with the upgrade problems you mention above, and it becomes exteremly frustrating. Add in other problems, the sound daemon dying for no apparent reason, hw problems, other odd bugs, lack of good software in general, and it become easy to justify not only ditching Linux on the desktop, but on my server as well. The final nail so to speak was the lovely community ("why the fuck would you want to do that?", "RTMF!!", etc.).
I have posted specifics before.. maybe I should put it in a journal entry because very few pay and thus can't see anything but my last 24
I'm comparing ease of use, availability of quality software, reliability, and hardware compatability.
Granted, I'm not a typical user and run developer tools on my desktop, but even for basic things Linux would fall short, and there ARE bugs, whether fanboys lke to admit it or not (no, I'm not calling you a fanboy).
Because it points out flaws in Linux it's biased in some way? I did try Linux as my desktop, and it wasn't up to par, which is why I'm back on Windows.
For basic web surfing and email, $450 for a Vista Home Basic PC probably is a better buy.
If I paid for a brand new replacement part, I can certainly ask for the broken part back. It is mine after all.
Yes; the law forbidding banks and CC companies to complete transactions with said overseas horse-racing betting sites.. or any overseas gambling site for that matter.
Given that only a handful of applications are affected, I'll take the easier route, since this problem is certain to be fixed. I'm actually not even sure when the corruption happens (editing files over a share that are in some kind of backup location).
It causes drive mappings to stall for anything from few seconds to over minute.
Likely due to the drive mapping being "busy" reading and writing a format built for local, not networked use.
Not files itself, but ownership and permissions get mangled. There's hotfix MS is trying to hide that fixes this corruption... Well anyway it's fixed on Win2003 SP2 so they don't need to admit it anymore just suggest installing SP2.
Are you claiming that storing a pst leads to permissions getting messed up on the pst, or other files as well? I've been running SBS SP1 for quite a while, and have a pst on the network (its in My Documents, which is mapped to a share on the server) and I haven't had corruption. Things have improved since moving to Vista and offline files ensuring that its writing to the local disk and syncing later..
Wonderful. Now tell that to Joe blow home user which WHS is targeted to. Continuing to miss the point...
Leave it to you to not be able to add 1 and 1. (and enough of the passive aggressive already.)
Most NAS don't give you a logon to run what seems to be a desktop app.
Yes. It does run on most Linux based NAS (where you have access to a shell) such as OpenFiler.
Huh? Most NAS' I've seen give you only web access to administer it, few give you a shell. Also, from the page I've seen, it would appear you need a GUI desktop of some sort, and the Linux version is in beta. Not exactly awe inspiring. OpenFiler is a NAS distro, but I don't see it in many NAS.
No, but they'll fail either reading or writing over time regardless if you are writing or just reading just because the drive is moving. Even if you cool your standard drive, eventually it could just fail because it was left on for 10 years (since an active drive is constantly spinning).
See, that's the thing. I end up replacing the drive long before it fails because it runs out of capacity sooner. I've had one HD die on me, and a few at the workplace. Otherwise though, hundreds and hundreds of these things run for a long time without problem.
I'm all for SSDs, but I'm not sure I want to worry that the capacity is shrinking with each write. I run out of room fast enough with current drives.
Please show me a NAS that allows me to remote desktop to my workstation. Who said anything about dedicating a Vista capable PC to WHS anyway?
1.0 GHz Intel Pentium 3 (or equivalent) processor
512 MB RAM
80 GB internal hard drive as primary drive
100 Mbit/s wired Ethernet
Ya, heafty requirments indeed. Again, please go read the features of WHS, its a bit more than being a NAS.
And that runs on the NAS? Leave it to /. to miss the point..
Huh, that's funny, because I remember files being corrupted (and my workstation crashing) when my home directory was over an NFS mount and the NFS server went down.
But please, go ahead yank that cable out of the box hosting the NFS share which you are storing your database on an tell me how it goes.
Ya, because NAS' let you connect to your workstation from anywhere.
Ya, because a PST being written and read over a network is slower, and if the connection goes down, the file may be corrupted... just like working with any other file over a network. From the link:
.pst (over a network link), Microsoft Outlook tries to use the file commands to read from the file or write to the file, but the operating system then has to send those commands over the network because the file is not on the local computer. This creates a great deal of overhead and increases the time it takes to read and write to the file. Additionally, the use a .pst file over a network connection may result in a corrupted .pst file if the connection degrades or fails.
This is not efficient on WAN or LAN links because WAN/LAN links use network-access-driven methods, commands the operating system provides to send data to or receive from another networked computer. If there is a remote
So your KB link isn't quite as suprising or damning as you were hoping it would be..
Maybe you should check the features of WHS before you claim that NAS is an adequete replacement.
Easy: don't let the drive become mostly full.
Ya, becuase THAT is realistic in the real world...
This is always claimed as the solution, "evening" writes. But I think the question about how long will the drive last is still relevent; all it takes is a mostly full disk, which has a high I/O load. Even with evening, it seems that at least part of the disk can fail before the rest of the disk.
Do traditional drives fail if the same sector is written to over and over again as well?
or run it off a Solaris server (X11 forwarding, leaving Windows and most Apple users out of the loop)
Huh? Why would Windows or Apples users be left out? I did quite a bit of my class work sshed to a unix box from my Win95 computer.. with ability to run X applications locally. That was in '96.
Great pun! Thanks!
Your plan would work if someone had to sit at a computer and look at all the stuff you're sharing. I somehow doubt the RIAA investigators are THAT low tech..