On Tue Jun 10, 2003 at 07:40:31PM +0200, Joerg Mertin wrote: > >[...] > > > >I use Corporate Server 2.1 on all my machines. It's stable, secure, and > >handles the load quite nicely. You can automate updates with urpmi by > >throwing it in a cronjob. > > > >It's not free, but it works extremely well. CS2.1 is based on Mandrake > >9.0+updates. It does the job very well here. > > Yep - I agree, but using CS2.1 for 750,- $ is a little bit too much for > what I want to do with it. It's allways a compromise between price and > what I'll get out of it. But - as I do only do some OS development I > publish under GPL & for fun, I won't spend more than 200,- $ for the OS > I'm working with. And if I don't find anything that suits, I'll most > probably go to Debian - even if I don't like their packaging system.
Well, you asked for a solution... Start making requests for a support-less version of CS2.1 for $200 or $250 and maybe you'll get it. You're paying that much for support included with the product. > I wonder if Mandrake has some program for external Admins/Developers to > test their Server packages... I have quite a long experience with > servers and weird setups running Linux, also security related that might > help out (Check my homepage)... Anyone from Mandrake might want to comment ? AFAIK, there is no such program. That kind of work is done in-house unless you are certifying some external third party commercial app. -- MandrakeSoft Security; http://www.mandrakesecure.net/ Online Security Resource Book; http://linsec.ca/ "lynx -source http://linsec.ca/vdanen.asc | gpg --import" {FE6F2AFD : 88D8 0D23 8D4B 3407 5BD7 66F9 2043 D0E5 FE6F 2AFD}
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