I agree with you and Matt. I think FreeBSD is probably the server of choice. Any Linux can be a server, but BSD rocks.
Doug --- Abbott Mujica <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ive tried prolly most popular distros out there... > they all have their > fine points... just depends what im doing with a > computer... although i > like debian as a desktop, not a server > > On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 18:46, Doug Riddle wrote: > > Abbott: > > > > I love Debian. As soon as I heard it was the > "geeks" > > debian I had to try it. Then I found out how easy > it > > was and wow! I loved it. I use Libranet, as > everyone > > on the list is probably tired of hearing, but it > fits > > my needs perfectly. Knoppix is awesome as well. > > However, the slogan is not mine. > > > > The slogan, Debian for World Domination, is of > course > > the old tongue-in-cheek joke. It is also though > the > > name of a group on Distributed Folding's site: > > > (http://www.distributedfolding.org/teampages/team645.html) > > We are currently placed 218, out of 12,163 teams. > Not > > too shabby! > > > > If you ever do that sort of thing (distributed > > computing, made famous by seti) then please > consider > > joing Debian for World Domination. If not, > contribute > > to the greater cause by using and talking about > > Debian! > > > > Debian is the future for Linux. > > If you don't believe me, lurk on the Libranet > email > > list for a while. > > > > I am not a zealot. I am a user. I am working on > > being a contributor. I may be a pusher though. > > > > Doug Riddle > > > > --- Abbott Mujica <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Abbott > > > > > > Debian user since.... now > > > > > > On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 17:50, Doug Riddle wrote: > > > > Would this be a bad time to say "Debian for > world > > > > domination!" > > > > > > > > ;-> > > > > > > > > Doug > > > > > > > > Debian user since 1999 > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Abbott Mujica <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > thats exactly what i was gonna do for > teachin at > > > the > > > > > DOCE @ LSU! > > > > > lol sorry if ive been not postin... > > > > > im here! > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 23:04, John Hebert > wrote: > > > > > > Sue, > > > > > > > > > > > > Sorry for the delay in responding to your > > > > > excellent email containing your > > > > > > suggestions for the CCCC Linux class. Busy > > > > > fighting new email client... :P > > > > > > > > > > > > I've responded with comments interspersed > in > > > your > > > > > original message below. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 22:45:45 -0600, Sue > Smith > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > At that meeting, I said I would send to > the > > > list > > > > > some thoughts I had on > > > > > > > topics to cover, especially on finding > > > Windows > > > > > equivalents. All week at > > > > > > > work I've been jotting down ideas, I > typed > > > them > > > > > up this evening, then > > > > > > > found that I'm probably taking the cake > for > > > > > extreme wordiness. Okay, it > > > > > > > won't be the first prize I've gotten for > > > that, > > > > > so here goes my 5 1/2 > > > > > > > cents' worth: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Suggestions for a curriculum for new > Linux > > > > > users: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Start with simple easy things. Show them > > > early > > > > > on that they can get into > > > > > > > Linux and be productive without having > to be > > > a > > > > > supergeek systems admin > > > > > > > or programmer and without having to > totally > > > > > abandon Windows. (They may > > > > > > > arrive at any or all of those later on > their > > > > > own.) > > > > > > > > > > > > Agreed. The suggestion was made that we > use > > > > > Knoppix > > > > > > (http://www.knoppix.org/en) as the Linux > > > distro in > > > > > the class. A short > > > > > > description of Knoppix is that it is a > > > bootable CD > > > > > that runs Linux off of > > > > > > your CDROM drive without having to install > > > > > anything on your hard drive. > > > > > > > > > > > > We can easily make copies of the Knoppix > CDs > > > and > > > > > give them to class > > > > > > members, in return for a blank CD. The > > > students > > > > > can then take them home and > > > > > > try them out on their home PCs and > possibly do > > > > > practice exercises. > > > > > > > > > > > > Knoppix would allow the students to be > > > immediately > > > > > productive, as it has > > > > > > Open Office, Gimp, and many other tools, > > > games, > > > > > etc. It can even auto- > > > > > > detect network cards and modems and make > it > > > easy > > > > > to connect to the > > > > > > Internet. > > > > > > > > > > > > Are there any comments on this idea? > Unless I > > > hear > > > > > of a good reason not to > > > > > > use Knoppix as part of the classroom > > > materials, I > > > > > will assume it is > > > > > > mutually agreed upon. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hold off on teaching how to install and > > > tweak > > > > > the OS until an > > > > > > > intermediate level or on a separate > track > > > for > > > > > intermediate to advanced > > > > > > > users. Windows users nearly always buy a > new > > > > > computer with the OS and a > > > > > > > lot of apps already installed. Let's get > > > them > > > > > productive as fast as > > > > > > > possible, then start installing things. > > > > > > > > > > > > Again, agreed. However, I am realizing it > is > > > > > harder to teach the seemingly > > > > > > simpler concepts about Linux, and easier > to > > > teach > > > > > the harder ones. :) > > > > > > > > > > > > I think it would be best to start out with > a > > > > > beginner's level class and > === message truncated === ===== Warmest Regards, Doug Riddle http://www.dougriddle.com http://fossile-project.sourceforge.net/ http://www.libranet.com -- "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - George Washington -- __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
