Thanks for the suggestions/comments. Sorry, I did misunderstand the purpose of this list. It is GNU Debian Linux I was planning on moving to. I'll check out the isp list.
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Ineson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: "Ben Bass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 1:22 PM Subject: Re: Converting to Debian > Ben Bass said: > > I'm working for a small ISP and we currently run BSD/OS 4.3. Been quite > > disappointed with it lately and looking to convert over to Debian. I've > > searched all over but I can't find any good info on converting BSD's > > password file to Debian. Anyone with experience with this? > > If you mean Debian GNU/Linux, you're asking in the wrong place. > > If you mean Debian (Free|Net)BSD, I suggest you look elsewhere. The ports > have made great progress, but I think the developers would agree that > deploying them in a production environment would be unconscionable. > > In the case of an ISP, I expect your priorities are reliability and > simplicity, rather than powerful tools for managing packages, cruft, etc. > Given this, and your current setup, I'd consider using the standard > FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD distributions before Linux. > > HTH > > -- > John Ineson > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
