On Saturday 29 September 2007 19:56, joe wrote: > primm wrote: > > Thanks. It's good advice. I must admit to using out of the box > > applications and expecting them to just work. Usually they do. I suppose > > if I bought the windows server I'd get 24/7 support. > > If you bought linux server you'd get 24/7 support as well. > > > Maybe that's what I should be looking at > > in my situation. > > How would downgrading to windoze help? If you want paid support, it's > available with SLES or other linux distros. I work in a shop where the > managers would love to see an all windoze shop, but the reality is they > need unix in the server room because windoze doesn't "just work" in quite a > few situations - and support doesn't help. The only solution found thus far > is to let unix/linux handle those tasks. > > > I have however learned a lot from this experience, > > especially from the (free) advice given here. So I'm going to continue > > with my Linux setup until I understand enough not to have to trouble the > > list. I wish to thank everyone for their contributions in helping me > > solve this problem and I hope that I have not wasted your time on > > something trivial. > > Everyone has to start somewhere, so please don't feel bad about asking for > help. Just pass it on someday when the shoe is on the other foot. > > Joe
Hi and thanks Joe. You give me new hope. I run a photo studio here in Alicante and have precious little time to sort out computer matters. Fact is, since I put up a website our client base has grown a lot. It's a steep learning curve from point and click XP to firewall, port, Apache, ftp, ssh, MySQL, php, 3306, 80, the cli, the Linux permission system. . . for over 3 months we have had not one virus take us down. It just works without having to reinstall so frequently. I got the impression I was wasting the time of people on the list. In fact, looking back at my question it was not as trivial as it sounds as I also wanted to preserve the integrity of our system as we serve the web pages from our own PC's. I'm a secretary who left xp to install a proper server. Another doubt I had was as to whether this list was also for people using opensuse commercially. Maybe I'm breaking the law making money indirectly from opensuse. I don't mind paying for support but the advice here is all I need. I am new to the list having taken over the e-mail from my previous incumbent. If the list is simply for hobbyists then could you please point me in the right direction elsewhere. I looked at the opensuse list details but there is no mention as to it's use. Love and kisses from Lynn. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
