I meant to say "install and use", but you are correct. Also, given your suggestion, Solaris 10 offers all of what you ask, only it does not [yet] come preloaded on super low-ball hardware....although there is the Sun Ultra 20 for a great price.
"I think there is one, and only one, way to get people to switch operating systems on a massive scale - mathematically provable security and quality. A system that can be proven uncrashable and unhackable will change the world, since that is currently the great unmet need."
OpenBSD and Solaris 10 are very close to this goal, yet they still remain niche OS's to the masses. It will take what you suggest AND the ease of installing OS X or Windows XP for the masses to adopt. However, the more secure operating systems are inherently more complex due to the capabilities and layered security, thus, the masses will never fully adopt the most secure solutions available to them.
Although OS X is a great start in the right direction and has, through it's heritage, adopted some of OpenBSD's features.
As "ipjohnson" has stated, the 64-bit version runs fine. The trick is, of course, having compatible (certified) hardware. If you do, it's cake. If not, it's no different that a Unix that won't install on your hardware because nobody has written a driver for it yet (yet).
Indeed, the article was FR. What I fail to understand is why you would pay ~$500 to upgrade from Win2k Workstation to Server 2003 [no upgrade license from a workstation version OS to a server OS from Microsoft!] for use as a workstation on old hardware when that money could be, IMHO, better utilized by investing in newer hardware and the more appropriate, and corresponding, latest OS. Besides, Win2k is pretty decent already and little is to be gained from installing the ~$500 Win2k3 on old hardware.
Better yet, just use Windows XP 64-bit edition as your Windows workstation, which is based on the Server 2003 kernel. Besides, as an astute Slashdot reader you already have a dual-core 64-bit processor or two in your workstation, don't you?
"It's really more of a I have only so many hours to actually customize a CMS, on top of I am the only web developer on top of many other responsibilities."
Exactly why I use Mambo. But then again, I don't expect anywhere near the traffic you do. It might be time to tell the management that if they expect 100k+ visitors, time to add more help and financial support.
I've used it, and it is decent but simply does not compare to FreeBSD ports or Debian apt-get. Admittedly this is largely due to resources (human and otherwise). If only Debian could jump-ship from the Linux kernel and adopt the [Open]Solaris kernel/OS, this would be a great distro!
I agree with Breezly. 64-bit Linux can be stable, given the right distribution. I ran testing on several major Linux distros in 32-bit and 64-bit and Solaris before finalizing my choice on my dual Opteron W2100z.
Summary of results: All 32-bit Linux good, some 64-bit Linux okay, 64-bit Solaris superb. In the end, I found the Solaris kernel better at SMP and more responsive with 32-bit Linux pretty good. 64-bit Linux on the distros I tried simply were not polished at the time (1st quarter 2005. Solaris 10 was the no-brainer final choice...though a Debian apt-get on Solaris 10 would ROCK!
I concur with the AC from what I've heard about older hardware. You will need about 6-10Gb on your hdd for a typical full install - the hardware you indicate should be okay to run as long as you have enough RAM, just don't expect to run circles around the new hardware.;)
x86 suppport for strange hardware is not currently as good as Linux, but, like Linux, this only matters if you have that strange hardware.
Give it a try. I first tried Solaris last December/January and I've just recently converted all of my Linux installs to Solaris 10. IMHO, Solaris 10 runs circles around Linux. Also look into OpenSolaris.org.
Switch to Solaris 10. Even in the very unlikley event you hose your system, just reboot from your last "live upgrade" partition and your back into production.
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I meant to say "install and use", but you are correct. Also, given your suggestion, Solaris 10 offers all of what you ask, only it does not [yet] come preloaded on super low-ball hardware....although there is the Sun Ultra 20 for a great price.
"I think there is one, and only one, way to get people to switch operating systems on a massive scale - mathematically provable security and quality. A system that can be proven uncrashable and unhackable will change the world, since that is currently the great unmet need."
OpenBSD and Solaris 10 are very close to this goal, yet they still remain niche OS's to the masses. It will take what you suggest AND the ease of installing OS X or Windows XP for the masses to adopt. However, the more secure operating systems are inherently more complex due to the capabilities and layered security, thus, the masses will never fully adopt the most secure solutions available to them.
Although OS X is a great start in the right direction and has, through it's heritage, adopted some of OpenBSD's features.
Pay for Windows once. Only then you truly realize the value of BSD's, Solaris, and Linux!
I'm not endorsing stealing software, only that you'll likley stop using Windows in favor of the great free alternatives.
As "ipjohnson" has stated, the 64-bit version runs fine. The trick is, of course, having compatible (certified) hardware. If you do, it's cake. If not, it's no different that a Unix that won't install on your hardware because nobody has written a driver for it yet (yet).
Indeed, the article was FR. What I fail to understand is why you would pay ~$500 to upgrade from Win2k Workstation to Server 2003 [no upgrade license from a workstation version OS to a server OS from Microsoft!] for use as a workstation on old hardware when that money could be, IMHO, better utilized by investing in newer hardware and the more appropriate, and corresponding, latest OS. Besides, Win2k is pretty decent already and little is to be gained from installing the ~$500 Win2k3 on old hardware.
Better yet, just use Windows XP 64-bit edition as your Windows workstation, which is based on the Server 2003 kernel. Besides, as an astute Slashdot reader you already have a dual-core 64-bit processor or two in your workstation, don't you?
Map it to Dvorak for a start in the right direction.
"It's really more of a I have only so many hours to actually customize a CMS, on top of I am the only web developer on top of many other responsibilities."
Exactly why I use Mambo. But then again, I don't expect anywhere near the traffic you do. It might be time to tell the management that if they expect 100k+ visitors, time to add more help and financial support.
Sure Plone won't be as easy as Mambo or Drupal, but that is, in part, due to the expanded capabilities and features.
What the hell? You read Slashdot! I'm sure you can handle it.
With that type of load, I'd reconsider also. Perhaps something like Plone would be more suitable for your purposes?
I've used it, and it is decent but simply does not compare to FreeBSD ports or Debian apt-get. Admittedly this is largely due to resources (human and otherwise). If only Debian could jump-ship from the Linux kernel and adopt the [Open]Solaris kernel/OS, this would be a great distro!
What was meant was that before the site was /.'ed, I read that the Drupal server was likley to run Gentoo.
I agree with Breezly. 64-bit Linux can be stable, given the right distribution. I ran testing on several major Linux distros in 32-bit and 64-bit and Solaris before finalizing my choice on my dual Opteron W2100z.
Summary of results: All 32-bit Linux good, some 64-bit Linux okay, 64-bit Solaris superb. In the end, I found the Solaris kernel better at SMP and more responsive with 32-bit Linux pretty good. 64-bit Linux on the distros I tried simply were not polished at the time (1st quarter 2005. Solaris 10 was the no-brainer final choice...though a Debian apt-get on Solaris 10 would ROCK!
I don't know what OS will run on the Sun Fire V20, but Gentoo is supposed to run on the new Dell servers, partly because of familiarity.
Also consider Mambo as another CMS in the same league.
Unfortunately, they installed the airbags on the outside of the doors...
Okay...as the others have said, you wouldn't be stupid enough to take investment advise from the internet? Would you?
If you would, I also happen to know a man in Nigeria...
Short it!
For those that don't know what I mean, Wikipedia has you covered.
Where do you work?
We haven't yet purchased a game console per employee at my place of employment.
Could Apple be planning on utilizing the Itanium and become the saving grace for this processor from Intel?
Hrmmm....
"Don't troll windows users into switching to mac, I may like it, you may like it, but if theyre fine using windows then let them bitch about spyware."
Agreed!
You'll have to excuse me now, I'm off to collect another $129...
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I concur with the AC from what I've heard about older hardware. You will need about 6-10Gb on your hdd for a typical full install - the hardware you indicate should be okay to run as long as you have enough RAM, just don't expect to run circles around the new hardware. ;)
x86 suppport for strange hardware is not currently as good as Linux, but, like Linux, this only matters if you have that strange hardware.
Give it a try. I first tried Solaris last December/January and I've just recently converted all of my Linux installs to Solaris 10. IMHO, Solaris 10 runs circles around Linux. Also look into OpenSolaris.org.
Switch to Solaris 10. Even in the very unlikley event you hose your system, just reboot from your last "live upgrade" partition and your back into production.
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