On January 23, 2005 12:37 pm, Travis Rousseau wrote: > Update from Patrick http://www.slackware.com/changelog/current.php?cpu=i386 > > Travis R. > (P.S. nobody look at my useragent i needed to for some school work) >
At least its not outlook....could be worse. > Niels Voll wrote: > > An honest question - since I can't profess to be an expert on > > Slackware: how comfortable are you (and other Slackware experts) with > > the distros' survivability, if something should happen to its chief > > maintainer? From what I had read, there was a recent rather serious > > health scare (fortunately seems ok now) - so this issue can become > > very real in a hurry ... > > > > I'm asking the question, since for an enterprise situation without > > considerable inhouse expertise, you'd really hate to be stuck with a > > strategic tool to your infrastructure, if that tool would seriously > > suffer from the absence of a single individual. Of course, if you have > > significant inhouse expertise, the hop to a different distro isn't as > > dramatic as hopping between operating systems or even hopping between > > various flavours of Unix. > > > > ...Niels > > > > Michael Gale wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I agree with Travis, Debian or Slackware make a enterprise > >> distro. I my self am a big Slackware fan. > >> > >> Michael. > >> > >> Travis Rousseau wrote: > >>> Ok sorry but the DVD Novell sent me was a dud :( just won't work! > >>> > >>> I would recommend Debian woody or Slackware for enterprise "like" > >>> situations or where you need low maintenance equipment and want > >>> stability but dont need really good support (In my opinion google > >>> can provide some of the best support just by googling the errors) > >>> > >>> I use Suse 9.2 and the like for more desktop situations where > >>> stability is not as critical (In my opinion) > >>> > >>> Travis R. > >>> > >>> Travis Rousseau wrote: > >>>> Well for Redhat I have one RHEL3 server and a few RH9 and FC3 > >>>> computers. From them there is a few main differences the first is > >>>> support for RHEL Redhat provides support right to you. For FC3 you > >>>> find what support you can (You'll find it for everything!). The > >>>> second main difference is your not using release packages (or at > >>>> least me) with RHEL3 your using old packages with security fixes > >>>> back ported to older "Known to be fully stable". Now with fedora > >>>> core you get the packages at release time and they have undergone > >>>> little if any testing so you do not know how well it will react in > >>>> the situation it is put in and you must worry about package > >>>> discrepancys. > >>>> > >>>> I will install a Suse Enterprise server 9 from novell right now and > >>>> report back the diffrences for suse. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Travis R. > >>>> > >>>> Shawn wrote: > >>>>> I have a contact who is considering an enterprise Linux solution, > >>>>> but I don't think he really needs one. Before I give him my > >>>>> "formal" opinion, I thought I'd ask what the difference is between > >>>>> a regular desktop version and the enterprise version of Linux. > >>>>> (say Suse Pro vs Suse Enterprise) > >>>>> > >>>>> As I understand things (and freely admit I could be wrong), there > >>>>> is no difference other than the bundled support contract with the > >>>>> Enterprise edition. Is this correct? Or are there other > >>>>> differences in terms of available packages or the "quality" of the > >>>>> packages? > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks for any input. > >>>>> > >>>>> Shawn > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> clug-talk mailing list > >>>>> [email protected] > >>>>> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >>>>> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >>>>> **Please remove these lines when replying > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> clug-talk mailing list > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >>>> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >>>> **Please remove these lines when replying > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> clug-talk mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >>> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >>> **Please remove these lines when replying > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> clug-talk mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
