I run a windows server (SactoBox) and I have to say that it doesn't require a lot of technical expertise to run it or keep it going though there's pretty much no way to smoothly automate anything. I have some startup batch files and a wait program to keeping everything running, some regedit's to auto-login, and it works ok, but in no way is it elegant. If you spend some money on fire-daemon or use OGSWatcher you can get it automated but there are downsides to that too.
I have a pocket full of windows certifications and it still took a while to get it tuned--not that you need a cert. to do it--but that it takes a while to get it right given your server configuration and connection properties. On Windows, automatic updates are a pain and I have to keep some services disabled and re-enable them when running updates (which you had better do frequently on a Windows box) and the antivirus can be problematic as well for the same reasons. There's also false positives on the WGA if you try to turn off too many windows services (in regards to optimizing resources/performance) and you have to let Big-Brother watch a little and decide if you can keep running windows or not. I started out on windows, as it's my area of expertise, but I did consider using Linux (mainly because it's free) but, to be honest, I wasn't feeling up to the learning curve and just wanted to get my server running. Given all the hassles and limitations, primarily with getting it to run without intervention, I'd probably try Linux if I had it to do over again. I'd recommend using windows if you're more on the novice end of the novice-expert continuum AND you're main interest is in playing on your server AND you're not much interested in digging in to os configuration stuff. You'll find a lot of complete walkthroughs on the windows side and people that want to try and help. Given my novice in Linux (I've only worked with configuring some Linux-based firewalls) my experience has been that there aren't many walkthroughs and you'll have to do a lot more learning-per-task than you would under windows. I've also experienced that linux help tends to be more of the "go there, read that, figure it out, come back, and post your next question" and it can be a little more challenging to make progress. There are a lot of choices of Linux distros that will have to be weighed and there have been some outstanding Linux performance issues with source that you'd have to consider as well. (Can they get it fixed? When?) As you're at the beginning, I think you'd probably have more fun getting it working under Linux but it will be more work/learning. Server performance probably won't be too different given identical hardware but I haven't seen any direct comparison here to confirm that. (I would really like that info if someone can point me to it. Also processor cache level impact to performance in source if it's out there) Have fun and good luck!!! Rick (SactoBox.com) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rene Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 9:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: AW: [hlds_linux] What would you recommend? Yes I know that, but where should I ask? The Windows mailing list is not better. So please stop answering so stupid and give me a recommendation if you have tried both OS (Linux and Windows). I already have two servers running on linux but the development of CSS on linux sucks. And I have no experience how it will be running CSS on Windows. Thanks Rene -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Vlad (e-Plutonia Inc.) Gesendet: Mittwoch, 1. August 2007 18:15 An: [email protected] Betreff: Re: [hlds_linux] What would you recommend? Or me walk into a nightclub and convince everyone to stop drinking. On 8/1/07, Whisper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -- > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > Heh > > You are asking this question on the HLDS Linux list > > Mmmmm I wonder what people will say?? hmmmmm > > For my next trick, watch me go to a NRA meeting, and convince them to vote > for guns to actually be well regulated. :) > > On 8/2/07, Rene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Dies ist eine mehrteilige Nachricht im MIME-Format. > > -- > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > Hello everybody, > > > > > > > > what OS would you recommend for a CS Source Server? > > > > Windows or Linux and why? > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Rene > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > -- Vlad Fadyeyev e-Plutonia Inc. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
