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Re: Fw: Red Hat Linux end-of-life update and transition planning
From: Paul Schmehl <pauls () utdallas edu>
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 00:47:39 -0600
--On Monday, November 03, 2003 6:55 PM -0700 Michael Gale <michael () bluesuperman com> wrote:
I hate OS wars, but I find this statement extremely odd. I run a RH 7.2 server on the Internet, and it's 50 miles away. It doesn't have a keyboard, mouse or monitor, and X and its pieces aren't even installed. It's been sitting there running for about two years now, and I haven't had one single problem doing things "from the console", nor have I had a problem with updates, even kernel patches. I just reboot the box and log back in a minute later, after it's rebooted.RH is, oh wait - was linux's version of windows, a pain in the a$$. People who started off on RH usually never learned anything and are stuck with the same problems as windows has except for less crashing. Modifying things is a pain because there are 50 millions different places that RH keeps the data and you can't do anything from the console so you get stuck using the GUI they provide.
Obviously, OSes are a matter of taste for many. I personally prefer FreeBSD. But my experience with RedHat has been dramatically different than what you claim. It's easy to use, easy to update, easy to maintain, and it's run without a hitch, handling 2.6 millions hits a month on the website without breaking a sweat.
Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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- Re: Fw: Red Hat Linux end-of-life update and transition planning, (continued)
- Re: Fw: Red Hat Linux end-of-life update and transition planning Michael Gale (Nov 04)
- Re: Fw: Red Hat Linux end-of-life update and transition planning Valdis . Kletnieks (Nov 04)
- Re: Fw: Red Hat Linux end-of-life update and transition planning Jeremiah Cornelius (Nov 04)
- Re: Fw: Red Hat Linux end-of-life update and transition planning Valdis . Kletnieks (Nov 04)
- Re: Fw: Red Hat Linux end-of-life update and transition planning Shawn McMahon (Nov 04)
- Re: Fw: Red Hat Linux end-of-life update and transition planning |reduced|minus|none| (Nov 04)
- Re: Fw: Red Hat Linux end-of-life update and transition planning Ron DuFresne (Nov 04)
- Re: Fw: Red Hat Linux end-of-life update and transition planning Shawn McMahon (Nov 04)
- Re: Fw: Red Hat Linux end-of-life update and transition planning Ron DuFresne (Nov 04)
- Re: Fw: Red Hat Linux end-of-life update and transition planning Shawn McMahon (Nov 04)
- Re: Fw: Red Hat Linux end-of-life update and transition planning Paul Schmehl (Nov 03)
- Re: Fw: Red Hat Linux end-of-life update and transition planning Tim (Nov 03)
- Re: Fw: Red Hat Linux end-of-life update and transition planning Jonathan A. Zdziarski (Nov 04)
- Re: Fw: Red Hat Linux end-of-life update and transition planning Tim (Nov 04)
- Re: Fw: Red Hat Linux end-of-life update and transition planning Jonathan A. Zdziarski (Nov 04)
- Re: Fw: Red Hat Linux end-of-life update and transition planning Rui Miguel Seabra (Nov 04)
- Re: Fw: Red Hat Linux end-of-life update and transition planning Jonathan A. Zdziarski (Nov 04)
- Re: Fw: Red Hat Linux end-of-life update and transition planning Tomasz Konefal (Nov 04)
- Re: Fw: Red Hat Linux end-of-life update and transition planning Kenton Smith (Nov 04)
- Re: Fw: Red Hat Linux end-of-life update and transition planning Vincent (Nov 04)