> Depends on what you want to do with Linux. Personally, I can't see how anyone could use Linux as a serious development machine without being at home with the command line
I set up a Dell SC420 with 2Gb RAM to run a Linux Server OS. After a lot of looking around I opted to go with Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server v-10. I subscribed to their annual update service ($300/yr), and their 5 x 12 Tech Support ($400/yr). I am still a Linux newbie "on the move", and wanted to use a Linux OS that was supported by Symantec's Cross-Platform pcAnywhere v-12.1 (Windows, Mac OS X, and Red Hat or Suse Linux) for remote desktop control. I ended up opting for Suse vs Red Hat for several reasons (annual fee being one of them, a nice graphical interface being another), and could not be happier. I do not do any actual "development" on the Server, per se. It is being used primarily as a File Server for a few VFP Projects that are running on Windows workstations. I still do my serious development in the Windows environment, and likely will for a long time yet. My objective with Linux was to learn to set up and use a File Server environment for clients that would let them escape the Windows Server OS, User CAL and new Terminal Service CAL fees from Microsoft (after having been burned with the new 2003 Server Terminal Server CAL additional fee). As a File Server Suse Linux does a great job, and the graphical interface let me get up to a functional level quickly. I have purchased several books on Suse Linux, and have used the Terminal interface quite a few times - but work within the graphical interface as much as I can. For the most part I have had little need to do much more than install pcAnywhere, set up some users and permissions, and configure the Ethernet card with a static IP Address. Could I have done that with Ubuntu Linux Server? Sure, I installed it on another server, and have several books on that also. But I could not have had pcAnywhere, nor as sweet a rapid File Server setup with it as Suse Linux (which is extremely robust, & comes with lots of goodies). So for me the $700 I invested in the Suse Linux OS has been worth every penny, as will be subsequent years with the maintenance/update fee only. As for workstation Linux, my target market is not going to be anywhere near Linux in the foreseeable future. But for my father and father-in-law I went to Linspire Linux several years ago, and have not had a single problem since then. Linspire is now using Ubuntu as their desktop core, but I have not yet tried to use it. One of the attractions of Linspire was its graphical interface, and its CNR (Click-n-Run) app that provides for OS & application updates, and makes installing new apps a snap for End Users. IMHO, graphical interfaces may be for wimps in the mind of some folks, but I tend to view CLI vs graphical interface much as I do with DOS vs Windows - the graphical interface lets more folks become productive for their needs faster than with CLI. I can get things done in a Command Shell (DOS), but I try to stay in the Graphical Interface as much as I can to get routine things done quickly and easily. Why suffer needlessly? Just because I am real good with DOS does not mean I have to use it when an easier tool is available. Ditto for Linux CLI and graphic interfaces. Gil -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul McNett Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 10:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [NF] Linux fans and command line familiarity (was Re: [NF] Versioncontrol of source code options) MB Software Solutions wrote: > Paul McNett wrote: >> Nothing beats learning the subversion command line interface, though. >> > > If you're not a command line fan, can you survive in a Linux world? Depends on what you want to do with Linux. Personally, I can't see how anyone could use Linux as a serious development machine without being at home with the command line, but I'm sure it's been done. Paul -- http://paulmcnett.com [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
