Re: Replacing Windows with FreeBSD (was: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...)

2008-03-24 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:33:30 -0400 Robert Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Respectfully, the list of things WINE will not - by its own > documentation - run and has no expectation of running in the > foreseeable future is immense. Seasonal example for Americans: > TurboTax. sure. and nei

Re: Replacing Windows with FreeBSD (was: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...)

2008-03-24 Thread Robert Huff
Norberto Meijome writes: > And dont forget WINE as well :) Respectfully, the list of things WINE will not - by its own documentation - run and has no expectation of running in the foreseeable future is immense. Seasonal example for Americans: TurboTax.

Re: Replacing Windows with FreeBSD (was: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...)

2008-03-24 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:16:35 +0800 (HKT) "Gelsema, P \(Patrick\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I do agree that microsoft has the benefit of everything together where you > will have to install port and port and package to end up with the same > result. the problem is that you get 'everything toge

Re: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...

2008-03-21 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 08:57:01AM -0700, mdh wrote: > It's been my experience that finding drivers for > hardware created for open source operating systems by > developers within the communities is quite easy, while > such community doesn't exist for windows and you are > 100% reliant on the vendo

Re: Replacing Windows with FreeBSD (was: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...)

2008-03-21 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 01:01:35AM +0800, Gelsema, P (Patrick) wrote: > On Fri, March 21, 2008 00:39, Chad Perrin wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 10:50:34AM +0100, Nejc Å koberne wrote: > >> > >> So you are saying that merely setting up an OpenLDAP server with proper > >> DNS > >> configuration

Re: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...

2008-03-21 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 06:29:09PM +0100, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > Hello, > > 2008/3/20, Nerius Landys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > You could make it a video game server. That's why I set up a FreeBSD > > server. I run games/iourbanterror, but there are other games you could > > run. > > And cou

Re: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...

2008-03-21 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 11:40:53AM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 11:32:08PM -0800, Donald Laniohan wrote: > > > My task is to build a BSD server and do something with it. That is all the > > information he gave me, that, and any questions I have to make Google my > > bes

RE: Replacing Windows with FreeBSD (was: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...)

2008-03-21 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Nejc Škoberne > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 1:51 AM > To: User Questions > Subject: Replacing Windows with FreeBSD (was: my brother is making me > learn FreeBSD...) > > >

Re: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...

2008-03-20 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 02:56:02PM -0400, Edward Capriolo wrote: > For a kick, tell you brother that free BSD is no good. Install linux > on the server and start your own consulting company! > > I mean seriously! 14 replies to a thread about nothing. Let it die everyone! Hey, you old grouch. S

Re: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...

2008-03-20 Thread Reid Linnemann
Written by Edward Capriolo on 03/20/08 13:56>> > For a kick, tell you brother that free BSD is no good. Install linux > on the server and start your own consulting company! > > I mean seriously! 14 replies to a thread about nothing. Let it die everyone! > > On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 3:32 AM, Donald

Re: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...

2008-03-20 Thread Edward Capriolo
For a kick, tell you brother that free BSD is no good. Install linux on the server and start your own consulting company! I mean seriously! 14 replies to a thread about nothing. Let it die everyone! On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 3:32 AM, Donald Laniohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My task is to build

Re: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...

2008-03-20 Thread mdh
Sure, check out the icecast and darkice ports. Icecast is a server, darkice is a client. There're also some other useful ports like icegenerator (automatic mp3 streaming client software). Take care, mdh --- Zbigniew Szalbot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > 2008/3/20, Nerius Landys <[E

Re: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...

2008-03-20 Thread Reid Linnemann
Written by Zbigniew Szalbot on 03/20/08 12:29>> > Hello, > > 2008/3/20, Nerius Landys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> You could make it a video game server. That's why I set up a FreeBSD >> server. I run games/iourbanterror, but there are other games you could run. > > And could FreeBSD be used to bec

Re: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...

2008-03-20 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
Hello, 2008/3/20, Nerius Landys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > You could make it a video game server. That's why I set up a FreeBSD > server. I run games/iourbanterror, but there are other games you could run. And could FreeBSD be used to become a streaming internet radio station? Has anyone been doin

Re: Replacing Windows with FreeBSD (was: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...)

2008-03-20 Thread Gelsema, P (Patrick)
On Fri, March 21, 2008 00:39, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 10:50:34AM +0100, Nejc Å koberne wrote: >> >> So you are saying that merely setting up an OpenLDAP server with proper >> DNS >> configuration and Kerberos authentication could replace Microsoft AD >> controller? >> How about

Re: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...

2008-03-20 Thread Nerius Landys
You could make it a video game server. That's why I set up a FreeBSD server. I run games/iourbanterror, but there are other games you could run. On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 12:32 AM, Donald Laniohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My task is to build a BSD server and do something with it. That is all

Re: Replacing Windows with FreeBSD (was: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...)

2008-03-20 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 06:16:35PM +0800, Gelsema, P (Patrick) wrote: > > If I had the time I would have tried building an network with Active > Directory running on a Freebsd server. Probably would have failed due to > some microsoft specific thing. Point is still that all the features are > avai

Re: Replacing Windows with FreeBSD (was: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...)

2008-03-20 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 10:50:34AM +0100, Nejc Škoberne wrote: > > So you are saying that merely setting up an OpenLDAP server with proper DNS > configuration and Kerberos authentication could replace Microsoft AD > controller? > How about a group of controllers with all the failover features? Gr

Re: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...

2008-03-20 Thread Roger Olofsson
Donald Laniohan skrev: My task is to build a BSD server and do something with it. That is all the information he gave me, that, and any questions I have to make Google my best friend, which I have. i remember building my first whitebox, it was a 386 with windows 3.1. I remember when I built my

Re: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...

2008-03-20 Thread mdh
It's been my experience that finding drivers for hardware created for open source operating systems by developers within the communities is quite easy, while such community doesn't exist for windows and you are 100% reliant on the vendor to supply working drivers. If they supply crap drivers, go o

Re: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...

2008-03-20 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 09:18:25AM +0100, Nejc Škoberne wrote: > >everything you run on windows can be run on Freebsd and more. > > Huh? AFAIK FreeBSD can not act as a domain controller for an Microsoft AD. > And this is something you would need in a company full of Windows boxen. You're thinking

Re: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...

2008-03-20 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 11:40:53AM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 11:32:08PM -0800, Donald Laniohan wrote: > > > My task is to build a BSD server and do something with it. That is all the > > information he gave me, that, and any questions I have to make Google my > > be

Re: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...

2008-03-20 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 11:32:08PM -0800, Donald Laniohan wrote: > My task is to build a BSD server and do something with it. That is all the > information he gave me, that, and any questions I have to make Google my > best friend, which I have. i remember building my first whitebox, it was a > 38

Re: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...

2008-03-20 Thread Colin Brace
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 8:32 AM, Donald Laniohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My task is to build a BSD server and do something with it. To add to the Patrick's list: make it a DAAP music server. See mt-daapd: $ cat /usr/ports/audio/mt-daapd/pkg-descr daapd scans a directory for music files an

Re: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...

2008-03-20 Thread Bill Moran
"Donald Laniohan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My task is to build a BSD server and do something with it. That is all the > information he gave me, that, and any questions I have to make Google my > best friend, which I have. i remember building my first whitebox, it was a > 386 with windows 3.1.

Re: Replacing Windows with FreeBSD (was: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...)

2008-03-20 Thread Gelsema, P (Patrick)
Hiya, On Thu, March 20, 2008 17:50, Nejc Škoberne wrote: > Hey Patrick, > >> AD is nothing more than a big database accessible over LDAP. >> You connect to the LDAP database, and when you are authenticated you get >> a >> kerberos token. >> >> Clients use SRV records to check for AD services. SRV

Replacing Windows with FreeBSD (was: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...)

2008-03-20 Thread Nejc Škoberne
Hey Patrick, AD is nothing more than a big database accessible over LDAP. You connect to the LDAP database, and when you are authenticated you get a kerberos token. Clients use SRV records to check for AD services. SRV Records are supported by BIND. It is possible to run AD and have your DNS/AD

Re: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...

2008-03-20 Thread Chad Perrin
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 11:32:08PM -0800, Donald Laniohan wrote: > My task is to build a BSD server and do something with it. That is all the > information he gave me, that, and any questions I have to make Google my > best friend, which I have. i remember building my first whitebox, it was a > 386

Re: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...

2008-03-20 Thread Gelsema, P (Patrick)
On Thu, March 20, 2008 16:18, Nejc Škoberne wrote: >> everything you run on windows can be run on Freebsd and more. > > Huh? AFAIK FreeBSD can not act as a domain controller for an Microsoft AD. AD is nothing more than a big database accessible over LDAP. You connect to the LDAP database, and when

Re: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...

2008-03-20 Thread Nejc Škoberne
everything you run on windows can be run on Freebsd and more. Huh? AFAIK FreeBSD can not act as a domain controller for an Microsoft AD. And this is something you would need in a company full of Windows boxen. And don't tell me I can throw away Windows and install FreeBSD on hundreds of clients

Re: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...

2008-03-20 Thread Gelsema, P (Patrick)
On Thu, March 20, 2008 15:32, Donald Laniohan wrote: > My task is to build a BSD server and do something with it. That is all the > information he gave me, that, and any questions I have to make Google my > best friend, which I have. i remember building my first whitebox, it was a > 386 with window

my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...

2008-03-20 Thread Donald Laniohan
My task is to build a BSD server and do something with it. That is all the information he gave me, that, and any questions I have to make Google my best friend, which I have. i remember building my first whitebox, it was a 386 with windows 3.1. I remember when I built my 486 and stole a copy of win