On Thu, Sep 26, 2002, Ariel Biener wrote about "Re: linux 2.4.20-pre?-ac? kernels": > I'll make it to the point. It seems that from the reactions (except > Guy) I got on this list, no one really understands the nature of what a > production server means in terms of performance, while you do understand > what it means in terms of accountability and risk taking.
I am sorry, I didn't mean to imply that you didn't know what you were doing. I wasn't even replying directly to your post. It's just that over the last week, we've seen here a barrage of postings trashing Redhat. Everything from their choice of C compiler, choice of KDE/ Gnome customization, and now kernels. Some of the people saying those things (I never said all of them!) are not speaking from experience because they usually use a different distribution. All of them (including you, Ariel) were generalizing (I didn't realize you meant that Redhat's kernel was un-stable only on a specific sort of heavy-duty server with high VM load, I thought you were saying it was generally unstable). I just thought that this sort of defamation was unfair, and can bring a newbie reading this not to choose Redhat because "I read on linux-il that its C compiler doesn't work, their desktop interface is broken and their kernel sucks". From my experience with Redhat and their packages, for everything from a development workstation to a gigabit-throughput web server, Redhat, while not without any fault, is a good, reliable system for most uses that most readers of this list will want. -- Nadav Har'El | Thursday, Sep 26 2002, 21 Tishri 5763 [EMAIL PROTECTED] |----------------------------------------- Phone: +972-53-245868, ICQ 13349191 |The path of least resistance is what http://nadav.harel.org.il |makes rivers and politicians crooked. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
