Does anyone actually use linux instead of just doing installs???? We seem
to talk a lot about how this thingy is cool and that distro has a lot of
cool features. but, how many of us are actually using linux on a daily
basis without constantly futsing with it?
Just curious.
Ron
"Bob Crandell"
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eug-lug
Not yet. I've been reading their instructions. It doesn't sound too
difficult.
Jamie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*:
>
>hmmm.... Thats curious... its sort of halfway between regular workstation,
>and terminal... Ill have to give that a try with the laptops... Have you
>setup a terminal (like the LTSP) and compared the 2 systems? Id be
curious...
>It sounds like your using the hard disk for local config, and temp stuff
>(like print spool, www, ...). I wonder if your way maybe bettter than
LTSP?
>
>Jamie
>
>Sometime just before Monday 03 June 2002 09:58 pm Bob Crandell Wrote
>about:[EUG-LUG:2818] Getting more life from your old hardware
>: Hey Jamie,
>:
>: Remember that advice I gave you about building a beafy server and maping
to
>: it from the lessor computers you're running? I finally tried it to see
if
>: it works as well in practice as it does in theory. It does.
>:
>: I mounted /lib, /opt, /usr, /tmp and my home directory. I kept /etc and
>: /var local. It is amazing how smoothly it runs considering how much is
>: coming over the wire.
>:
>: I don't know how well different distributions would work this way but
the
>: server is running 2.4.17 and my workstation is 2.4.18-xfs.something.
>:
>: I have to change how it shuts down because it stops the network before
it
>: dismounts the drives.
>:
>: See you.
>
>
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