Re: Good Linux books[Scanned]

2006-10-31 Thread Tom Chiverton
On Tuesday 31 October 2006 03:30, Dave Watts wrote: Honestly, I have no idea. I don't think you can get big OS X boxes, though. There is a special server version of OS X that runs on serious server boxes. -- Tom Chiverton Helping to efficiently generate high-yield metrics

RE: Good Linux books

2006-10-31 Thread David Low
From: Munson, Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 31 October 2006 16:17 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Good Linux books I'd agree, mainly because windows is a resource hog. Why does Linux shared web hosting almos always cost less than Windows? Because you can stuff a lot more sites

Re: Good Linux books

2006-10-31 Thread Jordan Michaels
Dave Watts wrote: would you guys say that Linux is good for running enterprise level web application? Absolutely. If you don't have any Windows-specific functionality requirements, I would say it's probably a better choice for web applications, assuming you're equally familiar with both

RE: Good Linux books

2006-10-31 Thread Munson, Jacob
Absolutely. If you don't have any Windows-specific functionality requirements, I would say it's probably a better choice for web applications, assuming you're equally familiar with both platforms. I'd agree, mainly because windows is a resource hog. Why does Linux shared web hosting almos

RE: Good Linux books

2006-10-31 Thread Dave Watts
I can't believe you're advising this Dave! First of all, that's a lot of if's. Second, what is the problem with knowing what your options are? Any competent programmer should be able to evaluate that tiny bit of conditional logic. And knowing what your options are doesn't require that you be

Re: Good Linux books

2006-10-31 Thread Jordan Michaels
Dave, I like you. You're obviously intelligent and you offer folks a lot of good advice. I'm just going to agree to disagree with you on this one okay? Enjoy the evening! ;) -- Warm regards, Jordan Michaels Vivio Technologies http://www.viviotech.net/ Blue Dragon Alliance Member [EMAIL

RE: Good Linux books

2006-10-31 Thread Dave Watts
I like you. You're obviously intelligent and you offer folks a lot of good advice. I'm just going to agree to disagree with you on this one okay? Enjoy the evening! You too! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber

RE: Good Linux books

2006-10-30 Thread Dave Watts
This will probably turn into a heated debate, but yes, Linux is good for running an enterprise level app, more so then windows, but you need to know how to administer it. It's much harder to administer then windows, but once you set it up properly, it usually keeps working, unlike

RE: Good Linux books

2006-10-30 Thread Dave Watts
would you guys say that Linux is good for running enterprise level web application? Absolutely. If you don't have any Windows-specific functionality requirements, I would say it's probably a better choice for web applications, assuming you're equally familiar with both platforms. If you're

RE: Good Linux books[Scanned]

2006-10-30 Thread Henry Wright
What about running enterprise on Mac OSX server? -Original Message- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 31 October 2006 1:27 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Good Linux books[Scanned] would you guys say that Linux is good for running enterprise level web application

RE: Good Linux books[Scanned]

2006-10-30 Thread Dave Watts
What about running enterprise on Mac OSX server? Honestly, I have no idea. I don't think you can get big OS X boxes, though. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in

Re: OT: Good Linux books

2006-10-30 Thread David Livingston
This is my favorite for folks that are new to Linux: http://www.nerdbooks.com/item.php?id=1593270356 How Linux Works by Ward, Brian Read chapters 1,2, 4 and you will be well down the road of Linux basics. Dave On Oct 26, 2006, at 4:36 PM, Doug Brown wrote: Hi all..There is so many books

Re: OT: Good Linux books

2006-10-27 Thread Jordan Michaels
Doug Brown wrote: Hi all..There is so many books out there, I thought I would ask the group if anyone can recommend a good one. I have never used Linux before and figured a good book can help me get started. I would like to run a web server off of it. P.S would you guys say that Linux is

Re: OT: Good Linux books

2006-10-27 Thread Eric Haskins
We run some of our Enterprise things on RH 3 4 and we are moving more over. Best way I found to learn was doing it grab an old pc hit centos.orgdownload the ISO's and hammer away. Many of your questions can and will be answered via google.com As for books I am partial to the O'Rielly books

Re: OT: Good Linux books

2006-10-27 Thread Oğuz Demirkapı
If you are looking for a stable and reliable Linux version for your server, I would definitely suggest Debian. http://howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_debian_sarge If you are new and want to try and learn Linux and test CF on a Linux box, go with Ubuntu.

OT: Good Linux books

2006-10-26 Thread Doug Brown
Hi all..There is so many books out there, I thought I would ask the group if anyone can recommend a good one. I have never used Linux before and figured a good book can help me get started. I would like to run a web server off of it. P.S would you guys say that Linux is good for running

RE: Good Linux books

2006-10-26 Thread Russ
shell commands to be able to do anything useful though. I don't know any good linux books, but the Dummies series of books really helped me out when I was just starting out with computers. I would check out what their Redhat book is like if I were you. Russ -Original Message- From

RE: Good Linux books

2006-10-26 Thread Munson, Jacob
books to study for the Linux+ certification a few years back (even though I've since forgotten most of that stuff because I'm rusty). -Original Message- From: Russ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:44 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Good Linux books

Re: Good Linux books

2006-10-26 Thread Oğuz Demirkapı
Here are some tutorials from me for GNU friends. :) ColdFusion 7.x Installation on Debian Sarge (3.1r1) Linux http://howtoforge.com/coldfusion_installation_debian_sarge ColdFusion 7.x MySQL 4.1.x Connection http://howtoforge.com/coldfusion7_mysql4.1_connection Oğuz

Re: Good Linux books

2006-10-26 Thread Rob Wilkerson
-Original Message- From: Doug Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 5:36 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: OT: Good Linux books Hi all..There is so many books out there, I thought I would ask the group if anyone can recommend a good one. I have never used