On Thu, 26 Feb 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: > No-one on this list uses Debian as a news server? Nobody's running SMP? > There's no interest whatsoever in tech support for Debian? (I know > Bruce posted something about it a while ago ...) > > I'm disappointed. If the folks who are "in the know" have all > unsubscribed from this list and hang exclusively on debian-devel, then I > think there's a problem.
Judging from the traffic on this list, they seem to be as helpful as ever. But... > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 02:14:22 -0600 (CST) > From: Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian User List <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Subject: Server Questions [mildly offtopic] > > We are looking at purchasing a new server to add to our stable, and I'm > looking for some feedback/opinions/experience with news and/or SMP > systems with Debian Linux. Private email is welcomed, since this isn't > really list material (sorry) My way of getting this sort of information is to watch the list for topics I might be interested in in the future and file them in folders. For example, I built quite an IP/PPP resource before I needed to get PPP going myself. Ditto ssh and samba. Now I'm watching people's queries on hamm ready for the changeover. > What I'm looking for is this: If you're running SMP, does it work well? > Problems? Hints? Same with news ... does a specific version of INN do > the trick? Any special kernel configs? You get the idea. The specific stuff should be in HOWTOs. But most people don't have a general off-pat report ready for a quick response to an open query like this. Human nature says Leave it to someone else/Somebody's probably already sent an email. > Oh, and before I forget ... I heard there is a company providing phone > support for Debian Linux. If this is true, who is it? What are the > rates? I work for a corporation that is becoming comfortable with the > idea of Linux, but wants tech support available. I'd rather run Debian > than RedHat/Caldera, so please help! Apart from Bruce's posting which you mentioned, I can't help you here. Universities aren't the sort of institutions who want to pay for support of linux. Cheers, -- David Wright, Open University, Earth Science Department, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA U.K. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: +44 1908 653 739 fax: +44 1908 655 151 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
