It's not like Linux, specifically Mandrake, makes a
BAD server, you can make a nice fast server with the
right know how. OpenBSD just provides instant
out-of-the-box security w/o the configuration
[nightmares] you might go through to achieve the same
on Mandrake. I choose mandrake over *BSD (Free/Open)
because I like the larger support/innovative
community, and I like LooknFeel of administering my
box with Mandrake. Someday I'll fire up a BSD, but
Mandrake is sufficient.
--- Monte Milanuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 04:51:36PM -0700, Tom
> Schutter wrote:
> > As much as I like Mandrake, it is not the right
> tool for your job.
> > Use OpenBSD. Installing it without X is trivial,
> and its security
> > is much better than Linux.
> >
> > http://www.openbsd.org
> >
>
> Agreed. For the ultimate in security, OpenBSD is
> king. Perhaps I
> rephrase the question: For a box w/o X on it, be it
> a server, a
> compute server, a log server, firewall, Beowulf
> node, whatever, what
> benefit does Mandrake have once you take away all
> the pretty gui tools?
>
> *Note* To those who are lighting off their
> flamethrowers because I
> question Mandrake like this, keep in mind: It's just
> that: questioning.
> I'm not trying to trash Mandrake, or any other
> distro. I'm just
> trying to ascertain pluses and minuses for a given
> scenario.
>
> TIA
>
> Monte
>
>
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