I might add that if you use a call such as <cfinclude> or <cfmodule> that includes backslashes instead of forward slashes, it still miraculously works (CF must do some translation for you).

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 08:05:52PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  
I've been told to look at Mandrake and Red Hat. 
    

If you're looking to run a Linux server, I'd pick 
Debian, then Red Hat, with Mandrake a distant 3rd.

Mandrake is a good desktop distribution, but it
tends to want to push the graphical envelope at
the expense of stability.

Debian's stable, and a lot nicer to admin.  

You might want to check out the Melbourne Linux
Users Group. http://www.mlug.org.au/

  
I'm worried about compatibilty with hardware 
    

If you don't run X-Windows (and you *are* talking
about a server, aren't you?) then Linux should have
less problems than Windows.

  
and my Windows software.
    

Your Windows software won't run on Linux, unless
you run an environment like Win4Lin.

If you're referring to Cold Fusion code, you'll
have problems in a couple of areas.

Firstly Linux, being a Unix-like operating system,
is case sensitive. So calls to programs need to
be consistent.

eg:
<cfinclude template="myFile.cfm">
<cfinclude template="MyFile.cfm">

will call different templates. This can also be
a problem with uploaded files.

Directories use / rather than \

And if you're running a desktop database such
as Access/Dbase etc it ain't gonna work on Linux.

On a positive side you get the ability to easily run
free databases like PostgreSQL.


Cheers

Paul Haddon
Technical Services Manager
Formstar Print Technologies


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