Not really. I've tried Windows 10 on Pentium M era hardware, and it is horrible. Lack of driver support, and Windows Defender eats up most of the CPU time. Not saying that Linux runs all fine and dandy on these systems, but it runs better then Windows 10 (for that matter, Windows 7 and Windows 8 run better then Windows 10 does on older hardware).
Considering I've seen Windows Update grab the wrong drivers, I actually don't like letting Windows do it itself. Not to mention how many users would get bricked with a BIOS update gone wrong.
At my last job, we did have a tool that pushed application updates (Flash player, vSphere client, etc) to everyone's computers along with Windows updates.
Not only that, but ThinkPads are usually pretty good systems (I'm still using a Thinkpad 600E running Slackware and Windows XP as a thin client and serial terminal. I wouldn't mind getting a slightly newer system, but from before they switched to the chicklet keyboard).
I wasn't saying that recompiling it didn't void the cert, I was just saying the kernel can be recompiled. And yes, you are right. You would have to certify say RHEL 6.5 on x86, RHEL 6.6 on x86, and RHEL 6.5 on x64 all separately, and definately a re-certification for each distribution (fun fact, only OS X 10.4 and up on Intel hardware has been certified UNIX, the PPC versions never were)
The only GNU package I find that I really miss on other operating systems and usually build is the bash shell. POSIX tar can be a pain (it's really nice to be able to type tar xjvf or tar xzvf instead of bunzip2 -c filename | tar xf -), but otherwise there isn't too much that is required (exempting stupid packages full of GCCisms that won't compile correctly using MIPSPro or SunStudio)
Hey - if they need employees who can maintain Windows 3.11 I know that I'd go for the right price. I still keep a Win 3.11 system running just for fun (along side my Windows Me laptop)
I was still seeing VT102s in use at a Doctor's office in the Baltimore area about 5 years ago. Also last I saw in a large pharmacy near me (three years ago now?) they were still running DOS 6.22.
If you're going to use that, at least use it correctly...UNIX means it is a full POSIX compliant Operating System, like Solaris, IRIX, or AIX. None of that nasty GNU stuff needed.
I ran OpenSolaris as a desktop during its day, and I run Solaris on servers. It's everything that Linux wants to be, to be quite honest. The default filesystem (ZFS) has a lot of very nice features (ZFS on a desktop is like having Apple's Time Machine or Windows Shadow copies for file recovery). SMF (the service manager) is a lot of what systemd should have been. And then there is the licensing and support. CDDL allows a lot of things to be included that GPL operating systems can't - I remember when I ran Solaris 10 on my Inspiron 8000 years ago being amazed at what worked out of the box - flash player, nvidia drivers, mp3 codecs all just worked.
If the ODA X5-2 is any indication it has nothing to do with performance and everything to do with what the user's expect. Our M3000 boxes are more reliable and perform on par with the Exadata servers (and that says nothing of how a T4 machine does!)
I've got a Model 2 B+ that I'm testing that out with actually. I think that those (and similar things, like the MIPS ci20) are perfect for home services (mine's also doing DHCP)
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Not really. I've tried Windows 10 on Pentium M era hardware, and it is horrible. Lack of driver support, and Windows Defender eats up most of the CPU time. Not saying that Linux runs all fine and dandy on these systems, but it runs better then Windows 10 (for that matter, Windows 7 and Windows 8 run better then Windows 10 does on older hardware).
Firefox is 64 bit on Linux and OS X to my understanding. The Windows and Solaris builds are still 32 bit.
Considering I've seen Windows Update grab the wrong drivers, I actually don't like letting Windows do it itself. Not to mention how many users would get bricked with a BIOS update gone wrong.
At my last job, we did have a tool that pushed application updates (Flash player, vSphere client, etc) to everyone's computers along with Windows updates.
Not only that, but ThinkPads are usually pretty good systems (I'm still using a Thinkpad 600E running Slackware and Windows XP as a thin client and serial terminal. I wouldn't mind getting a slightly newer system, but from before they switched to the chicklet keyboard).
sudo apt-get moo
I wasn't saying that recompiling it didn't void the cert, I was just saying the kernel can be recompiled. And yes, you are right. You would have to certify say RHEL 6.5 on x86, RHEL 6.6 on x86, and RHEL 6.5 on x64 all separately, and definately a re-certification for each distribution (fun fact, only OS X 10.4 and up on Intel hardware has been certified UNIX, the PPC versions never were)
Hey - I'd fly from the States to fix it for that price.
Info is nice, but for many packages it just shows the man page anyway.
The only GNU package I find that I really miss on other operating systems and usually build is the bash shell. POSIX tar can be a pain (it's really nice to be able to type tar xjvf or tar xzvf instead of bunzip2 -c filename | tar xf -), but otherwise there isn't too much that is required (exempting stupid packages full of GCCisms that won't compile correctly using MIPSPro or SunStudio)
The SunOS kernel and the BSD kernel can be recompiled with various options pretty easily too, so that argument falls flat.
Hey - if they need employees who can maintain Windows 3.11 I know that I'd go for the right price. I still keep a Win 3.11 system running just for fun (along side my Windows Me laptop)
I was still seeing VT102s in use at a Doctor's office in the Baltimore area about 5 years ago. Also last I saw in a large pharmacy near me (three years ago now?) they were still running DOS 6.22.
If you're going to use that, at least use it correctly...UNIX means it is a full POSIX compliant Operating System, like Solaris, IRIX, or AIX. None of that nasty GNU stuff needed.
No it's not. It's properly called Pascha or Passover, and is a Hebrew tradition. Get it right.
That's not really subverting when users have traditionally been able to do this themselves.
I ran OpenSolaris as a desktop during its day, and I run Solaris on servers. It's everything that Linux wants to be, to be quite honest. The default filesystem (ZFS) has a lot of very nice features (ZFS on a desktop is like having Apple's Time Machine or Windows Shadow copies for file recovery). SMF (the service manager) is a lot of what systemd should have been. And then there is the licensing and support. CDDL allows a lot of things to be included that GPL operating systems can't - I remember when I ran Solaris 10 on my Inspiron 8000 years ago being amazed at what worked out of the box - flash player, nvidia drivers, mp3 codecs all just worked.
Hit me too. You'd think that a site like slashdot would catch that - but apparently the old <sup> tag no longer works.
If the ODA X5-2 is any indication it has nothing to do with performance and everything to do with what the user's expect. Our M3000 boxes are more reliable and perform on par with the Exadata servers (and that says nothing of how a T4 machine does!)
I've got a Model 2 B+ that I'm testing that out with actually. I think that those (and similar things, like the MIPS ci20) are perfect for home services (mine's also doing DHCP)
Alternatively have your personal DNS server externally accessible and hard set Windows to use that DNS server.
Meh. The lack of Hypervisor support for VT-d is pretty sad.
Would you care to guess which OS is faster for Database work, web services, etc.. etc.. on identical hardware?
Depends on the Database. I'm hearing Solaris on SPARC is supposed to be the best for Oracle DB....
Oh how I remember that KDE 1.x....
Sounds like a problem to be solved via DNS Servers and Firewalls
Sometimes. I've had it work and not work (I've had to use init=/bin/bash quite a few times).