No it is a great post. A reminder of what we are fighting for. I was taling with someon yesterday taht said Linux would be a great operating system if it could "commericalize" itself more like Mac or WIndows. whihc he stated both suck. So I asked him, "you mean that Linux would be "better" if it was more like WIndows." e and I both had a good laugh over that comment & ate another chickan wing.
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Greg Saunders <[email protected]> wrote: > No offense (and I should probably refrain from this post) but there is no > such thing as "preventative maintenance" on a Windows box. The Macs I have > around here run about as good as my Linux desktops/servers so it's a moot > point. > As far as Windows is concerned, my experience with the likes of Norton and > other similar utilities, is that it's simply a world of pain. It's not worth > it. I sold my last Windows box at the beginning of the year and *will not* > sell nor support another. > My colleague, who has significantly more Windows machines in the field than > I, is done as well. In fact, he will only ship Windows to clients if the box > is running Linux and Windows is running as a VM inside the Linux O/S. > Period. > Windows goes sideways (which it *always* does) and proof, blow away the VM > and restore to the last known good snapshot. And store absolutely *no* data > on the Windows box. > Then you'll have a life ... things will be sane. You'll have time for your > wife and kids :) > Ciao, > Greg > I know, I know, not the helpful post you want and I should have just kept > this to myself ... sorry :) > > On 4 May 2010 14:07, TekBudda <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The boss wasn't specific about the feature sets they were loooking for >> & Norton Utilities was the closest thing I can thing of. I think what >> they are maybe are looking for is something that does the following: >> * Disk Cleaner >> * Registry Defragmenter/Cleaner >> * System Optimizer >> * Performance Test >> >> While not a core part I would imagine the following would be helpful as >> well: >> * Service Manager >> * Startup Manager >> * Hardware Profiler >> * Partitioning Tool >> * Data Recovery >> >> I did try and press for more details of excatly what they are looking >> for, but he was prtty busy & couldn't really outline things much more. >> My best guess is that they are looking for some sort of preventative >> maintainence product that could be used to diagnose issues & allow >> tech's to be somewhat proactive at addressing issues. >> >> I am kind of envisioing what you did Gustin...a single cd/usb that you >> could pop in the drive & perform said functions. I know it would >> likely be possible to build something out of some protabl tools & such >> out there, but I wanted to see if there was something already >> available. >> >> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 4:36 AM, Gustin Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On 10-05-02 10:19 PM, TekBudda wrote: >> >> Hey all, >> >> >> >> Haven't seen a post lately so I figured I would query a see if anyone >> >> had some suggestions. >> >> >> >> A supervisor at work asked me if I knew of any diagnostic suites >> >> (preferably) that could be used on Windows & Mac computers. I am >> >> probably looking at a couple of different solutions here, but if there >> >> is somethign out there that accomplishs both...great! The easiest way >> >> I can describe the need would be something similar to or on par with >> >> Norton Utilities. >> >> >> >> They are not afraid to purchase the needed tools, but if it can be >> >> done for free even better, but cost would be a concern depending on >> >> the licenses. My boss is aware that I give preference to open source >> >> technologies & he is open to that as well. Essentially...whatever >> >> does the trick. I guess what I would be envisioning would be a >> >> bootable CD/USB tool set. >> >> >> >> I have been googling around a bit, but haven't quite found what I am >> >> looking for. Although to be fair, my searches & investigation to this >> >> point have been very peripheral. If anyone has any ideas please let >> >> me know. >> >> >> > I have not used Norton Utilities since the Dos 5.x days, so you will >> > need to be a lot more specific about what tasks you want accomplished. >> > >> > For a swiss army knife of bootable Linux goodness, I am a big fan of >> > systemrescuecd. I always carry it with me on a USB stick. I use this >> > to recover just about any machine once it no longer boots (recover data >> > that is, I don't really bother with repair any more). >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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
