I'd say Ubuntu. I find that it runs better, has better hardware support out of the box and is easier to manage than Mandriva. However, I'm sure this is not always the case so your results may vary. Try them both, they're free and you'll learn something in the process.
Be sure to mess around with Nessus, nMap and Metasploit. They'll teach you a great deal about securing your systems.
"Aerial photographs used by Microsoft and Google can be outdated. On Microsoft's service, an overhead view of Apple Inc.'s headquarters in Cupertino showed only one building instead of the sprawling campus of 11 buildings."
Seems to be an ongoing issue here, Microsoft throwing something out that's not really new (or ready) and calling it new anyhow. I think it would have been better for them to purchase (with all that money) better imagery and have it ready next month rather than throw us some crap just to say, 'ME TOO!!'
As if telling everyone, "Here, have a copy of 'Ubuntu,'" wasn't bad enough. Now I can tell them I am also in full support of 'Utnubu' which is Ubuntu backwards. My coffee induced stutter is challenged enough. Seriously, I cringe everytime someone says, "OOB-WHAT-TOO?" as I hand them a copy.
Wow, I'm impressed by the responses. I really am not trying to be troll-like. In the companies I have worked for Macs have always been in very specialized roles. Not that they are not excellent machines or that OS X is not a great OS. I just cannot imagine any of these corporations switching to OS X as their primary desktop computers.
Maybe in the future when the Apple/Intel alliance drives the cost of owning a Mac down to a level more on par with PCs, maybe then we will see more Macs on the corporate desktop. Until then, the only immediate benefit I see is that it would match nicely with my iPod.
I believe the threat of Chinese nukes should take priority over whether or not Xi Chuan has an illegal copy of Windows Vista. Let the software companies handle the software and let the President worry over oil.. I mean world peace.
I have, in my relatively short career, worked for numerous large corporations (5000+ employees, Bell and Southern Company for example) and have only known the print shop and the marketing department to use Macs. I cannot think of one instance of someone using a Mac on a day-to-day basis. What could possibly be the benefit of OS X as a desktop computer?
Mod me down if I'm wrong but this has been my experience.
In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, Vista is a part of the atmosphere that surrounds the world of Arda before the cataclysm at the end of the Second Age.
See this wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vista_(Middle-earth)
How much money have companies saved because an employee was 'surfing' the net and came across a very important (yet obscure) security patch or a great deal on much needed hardware, or a solution to a work related problem? We need to look at this from all angles. (User Friendly excluded)
1: Write your own OS
2: Design a proprietary (revolutionary) TCP/IP stack replacement
3: Install it on two identical machines that you designed and manufactured yourself
4: DO NOT CONNECT THEM!!
5: Watch closely for anyone to come near them.. very, very closely.
What the article failed to point out is that he will now have to spend over $10,000 in servo controls and stabilizers to be able to type on his new Galloping Gertie laptop shelf.
I would have preferred seeing a Powerbook wrapped in styrofoam floating in some hot chick's bathtub.. but this is/.
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You weren't kidding.. that's insane. He has been a very busy man. That's a helluva list. Kudos for the info.
Sorry Mark, I didn't know you were an AC on /. I apologize. You did a helluva voice job on.. wait, I have no FN idea.
How much did they get for Mark Hamill? He's obviously part of this collection that no one has seen for years..
So now they know which printer I printed all my TPS reports on??
It's nice to hear the CD before you pay $20 for one good song and fifteen crap songs. I have never downloaded off of a P2P myself though.. ((smile))
All obvious jokes aside, this is an awesome job by these young up-and-comers. Porting FreeBSD to a Microsoft gaming console, what a task.
1: Load FreeBSD on XBox
2: Install nMap, Nessus & Metasploit, hack CitiBank
3: ??
4: Profit!!
When the F.B.I. shows up just play dumb and say, "I don't have a computer."
I'd say Ubuntu. I find that it runs better, has better hardware support out of the box and is easier to manage than Mandriva. However, I'm sure this is not always the case so your results may vary. Try them both, they're free and you'll learn something in the process.
Be sure to mess around with Nessus, nMap and Metasploit. They'll teach you a great deal about securing your systems.
"Aerial photographs used by Microsoft and Google can be outdated. On Microsoft's service, an overhead view of Apple Inc.'s headquarters in Cupertino showed only one building instead of the sprawling campus of 11 buildings."
Seems to be an ongoing issue here, Microsoft throwing something out that's not really new (or ready) and calling it new anyhow. I think it would have been better for them to purchase (with all that money) better imagery and have it ready next month rather than throw us some crap just to say, 'ME TOO!!'
So easy to spot a pilot..
Takeoffs are optional, landings are mandatory. Let's hope they have a successful mission and a safe return.
As if telling everyone, "Here, have a copy of 'Ubuntu,'" wasn't bad enough. Now I can tell them I am also in full support of 'Utnubu' which is Ubuntu backwards. My coffee induced stutter is challenged enough. Seriously, I cringe everytime someone says, "OOB-WHAT-TOO?" as I hand them a copy.
I find that the noise generated by the PC users to be far more annoying than the PCs themselves.
I'd rather hear fan noise (think air conditioned server room) than the white noise of a thousand users grumbling.
Wow, I'm impressed by the responses. I really am not trying to be troll-like. In the companies I have worked for Macs have always been in very specialized roles. Not that they are not excellent machines or that OS X is not a great OS. I just cannot imagine any of these corporations switching to OS X as their primary desktop computers.
Maybe in the future when the Apple/Intel alliance drives the cost of owning a Mac down to a level more on par with PCs, maybe then we will see more Macs on the corporate desktop. Until then, the only immediate benefit I see is that it would match nicely with my iPod.
I believe the threat of Chinese nukes should take priority over whether or not Xi Chuan has an illegal copy of Windows Vista. Let the software companies handle the software and let the President worry over oil.. I mean world peace.
Please don't mod funny, it's not.
I have, in my relatively short career, worked for numerous large corporations (5000+ employees, Bell and Southern Company for example) and have only known the print shop and the marketing department to use Macs. I cannot think of one instance of someone using a Mac on a day-to-day basis. What could possibly be the benefit of OS X as a desktop computer?
Mod me down if I'm wrong but this has been my experience.
In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, Vista is a part of the atmosphere that surrounds the world of Arda before the cataclysm at the end of the Second Age.
See this wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vista_(Middle-earth)
How long until someone mods it to run Linux? This would also add a whole new meaning to the term 0wn3D!!
The dupe exists because it is constantly affecting Slashdot's front page. Mod me troll, its true.
How much money have companies saved because an employee was 'surfing' the net and came across a very important (yet obscure) security patch or a great deal on much needed hardware, or a solution to a work related problem? We need to look at this from all angles. (User Friendly excluded)
1: Write your own OS
2: Design a proprietary (revolutionary) TCP/IP stack replacement
3: Install it on two identical machines that you designed and manufactured yourself
4: DO NOT CONNECT THEM!!
5: Watch closely for anyone to come near them.. very, very closely.
Adrian McPherson (barely a QB at Florida State) stole your sig back in 2002.. when will I receive my $500?
Scotty has stored his signal in a teleportation pattern buffer to be revived later.
I have created a PSP mod (no swapping needed) that will allow you to browse old posts on Slashdot.. on the FRONT PAGE!! Brilliant!!
What? You can already do that? With any browser? Sheesh..
What the article failed to point out is that he will now have to spend over $10,000 in servo controls and stabilizers to be able to type on his new Galloping Gertie laptop shelf.
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I would have preferred seeing a Powerbook wrapped in styrofoam floating in some hot chick's bathtub.. but this is
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