[nlug] Re: BSD vs Linux

2009-06-18 Thread Steve
On Jun 17, 4:53 pm, Greg Donald gdon...@gmail.com wrote: Linux makes great application and database servers.  You can't beat Debian for a server, and Ubuntu for a desktop.  I try to steer clear of the RPM-based distros as much as possible. Right on! We use Ubuntu LTS for our servers b/c we

[nlug] Re: BSD vs Linux

2009-06-18 Thread Andrew Farnsworth
Just thought I would thank everyone for answering this and for keeping it professional and exactly in line with my question. This is one of the main reasons that I have remained an nlug member as I have traveled the world. Keep it up! Andy Farnsworth

[nlug] Re: BSD vs Linux

2009-06-18 Thread Ken Barber
On Jun 18, 2009, at 8:59 AM, Andrew Farnsworth wrote: Just thought I would thank everyone for answering this and for keeping it professional Sorry about chiming in late here, but I just wanted to say that people only choose BSD or Linux because they're stupid. HAW HAW HAW

[nlug] Re: BSD vs Linux

2009-06-18 Thread JMJ
Ken Barber wrote: people only choose BSD _or_ Linux because they're stupid. [emphasis added] I.e., Smart people use both BSD _and_ Linux. :-) JMJ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups NLUG group. To

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[nlug] Re: BSD vs Linux

2009-06-18 Thread ./aal
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Sky Dogskydog...@gmail.com wrote: Here's my unsolicited .02. I have FreeBSD running a 25.5 terabyte array at Vandy. Actually, I have two identical systems, that rsync each other every 4 hours. Within 3 feet of that, is a box running Ubuntu, which then has

Fwd: [nlug] Re: BSD vs Linux

2009-06-18 Thread Chris McQuistion
*you can swat flies with a shotgun, but a flyswatter is better you can spread spackling with a flyswatter, but a spackle knife is better* you can kill zombies with a spackle knife, but a shotgun is better. -- Forwarded message -- From: ./aal aalh...@gmail.com

[nlug] Re: BSD vs Linux

2009-06-18 Thread Chris McQuistion
LOL! Actually, I really like Windows 7, too. It's no Linux, of course (pardon me, while I put on my flame-proof jacket...) On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Chris Faulkner cfaulkne...@gmail.comwrote: Flame me if you like but I really like Windows 7 so far...lol

[nlug] Re: BSD vs Linux

2009-06-18 Thread Alex Smith (K4RNT)
Oh, we will... ;) On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Chris Faulknercfaulkne...@gmail.com wrote: Flame me if you like but I really like Windows 7 so far...lol -- ' With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied,

[nlug] Re: BSD vs Linux

2009-06-18 Thread Chris Faulkner
lol On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Chris McQuistioncmcquist...@watkins.edu wrote: LOL! Actually, I really like Windows 7, too.  It's no Linux, of course (pardon me, while I put on my flame-proof jacket...) On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Chris Faulkner cfaulkne...@gmail.com

[nlug] Re: BSD vs Linux (Windows7 Install-fest!)

2009-06-18 Thread David Cintron
I think we should have a Windows 7 install-fest. We could install it on some machines and then take hammers to them until the HDDs stop spinning. (I hope my love for Windows was easily conveyed) On Jun 18, 2009, at 12:01 PM, Chris Faulkner wrote: Flame me if you like but I really like

[nlug] Re: BSD vs Linux (Windows7 Install-fest!)

2009-06-18 Thread Chris Faulkner
hahahah I am not gonna destroy a hard drive that has the potential for having another operating system on it... :) On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:15 PM, David Cintronloudestno...@gmail.com wrote: I think we should have a Windows 7 install-fest. We could install it on some machines and then take

[nlug] Re: BSD vs Linux

2009-06-18 Thread ./aal
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Chris Faulkner cfaulkne...@gmail.comwrote: Flame me if you like but I really like Windows 7 so far...lol sniff sniff.is that smoke? -- -- NOT sent from an iphone,blackberry,Nokia, or any handheld. -- I'm a PC(x86 AND ppc) AND I RUN LINUX!!! Linux

[nlug] Re: BSD vs Linux (Windows7 Install-fest!)

2009-06-18 Thread Alex Smith (K4RNT)
By George I think he's got it ! :) On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:58 PM, ./aalaalh...@gmail.com wrote: how about having an install fest, but call it THE GREAT TENNESSEE WINDOWS UN-INSTALL FEST -- ' With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought

[nlug] Re: BSD vs Linux (Windows7 Install-fest!)

2009-06-18 Thread ./aal
I see a conjunction of Wndows7 and Dante's 7 levels of hell hmm maybe a Shakespearean adaptation (or porting LOL) On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 1:07 PM, David R. Wilson da...@wwns.com wrote: Anybody have a camera? youtube could probably use a Windows promotion right about now. Dave On

[nlug] Re: BSD vs Linux (Windows7 Install-fest!)

2009-06-18 Thread ./aal
oh and the 7 cardinal sins.. On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 1:11 PM, ./aal aalh...@gmail.com wrote: I see a conjunction of Wndows7 and Dante's 7 levels of hell hmm maybe a Shakespearean adaptation (or porting LOL) On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 1:07 PM, David R. Wilson da...@wwns.com wrote:

[nlug] Re: BSD vs Linux

2009-06-18 Thread Ken Barber
On Jun 18, 2009, at 11:09 AM, Sky Dog wrote: In my office, there are several laptops running Backtrack 4, which was based on Debian originally, and should now be based on Ubuntu. There's a MacBook Pro with OS/X which is based on FreeBSD. There are also four other machines in my office

[nlug] Re: BSD vs Linux

2009-06-18 Thread Andrew Farnsworth
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Ken Barber mountain...@peak.org wrote: On Jun 18, 2009, at 11:09 AM, Sky Dog wrote: The moral to the story? The moral to the story: Always buy more air conditioning than you think you'll need. Oooh, them is fightin' words!!! Running an overrated

[nlug] Re: BSD vs Linux

2009-06-18 Thread Brandon Valentine
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Ken Barber mountain...@peak.org wrote: The moral to the story: Always buy more air conditioning than you think you'll need. Not so! Always size your air conditioner appropriately for the room. Thou shalt not short cycle an A/C unit lest ye desire frequent

[nlug] Re: BSD vs Linux

2009-06-18 Thread Jim Peterson
ANY air conditioning is better than your servers sitting in front of a South-facing window in the middle of Summer. Or during a hail storm. My office has a high pucker-factor. Jim Peterson Technology Coordinator Goodnight Memorial Library 203 S. Main St. Franklin, KY 42134 (270) 586-8397

[nlug] Re: BSD vs Linux (Windows7 Install-fest!)

2009-06-18 Thread Ken Barber
On Jun 18, 2009, at 1:12 PM, ./aal wrote: oh and the 7 cardinal sins.. Let's see... lust-- as in lust for power which is what Windows users have because they don't have that much; gluttony-- as in the way Windows eats memory; greed -- as in the dictionary

[nlug] Re: BSD vs Linux

2009-06-18 Thread Ken Barber
On Jun 18, 2009, at 2:06 PM, Andrew Farnsworth wrote: Oooh, them is fightin' words!!! Don't bother. I'm a former HVAC tech. Running an overrated airconditioner is much more expensive energywise, than running a correctly sized one. If you have an AC unit I never said anything about

[nlug] Re: Great presentation about 64 Studio!

2009-06-18 Thread JMJ
I thoroughly enjoyed the presentation and was excited about trying a couple of distros that I wasn't aware of before. Now that I've tried to install 64Studio, Ubuntu Studio, and Musix I'm just about pissed off. Could not check the integrity of the disk with any the 64Studio versions,

[nlug] Re: Great presentation about 64 Studio!

2009-06-18 Thread Bucky 'Igneous' Wolfe
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 4:56 PM, JMJ roadr...@gmail.com wrote: I thoroughly enjoyed the presentation and was excited about trying a couple of distros that I wasn't aware of before. Now that I've tried to install 64Studio, Ubuntu Studio, and Musix I'm just about pissed off. Bring whichever

[nlug] Re: BSD vs Linux

2009-06-18 Thread ./aal
air conditioning wars are err .heating up? well we aren't flaming about OS's ;^) On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Ken Barber ken.bar...@gmail.com wrote: On Jun 18, 2009, at 2:06 PM, Andrew Farnsworth wrote: Oooh, them is fightin' words!!! Don't bother. I'm a former HVAC

[nlug] Re: Great presentation about 64 Studio!

2009-06-18 Thread JMJ
Bucky 'Igneous' Wolfe wrote: Bring whichever distro you want installedworking the most to the upcoming InstallFest I don't remember the date, which tells me that I'm going to be out of town. Oh well... I miss all the good stuff. For some reason, Ubuntu Studio has made it past the previous

[nlug] Re: Great presentation about 64 Studio!

2009-06-18 Thread Howard White
JMJ wrote: I thoroughly enjoyed the presentation and was excited about trying a couple of distros that I wasn't aware of before. Now that I've tried to install 64Studio, Ubuntu Studio, and Musix I'm just about pissed off. After so many different things break, I start asking if the

[nlug] Re: BSD vs Linux

2009-06-18 Thread Jack Coats
I worked in one place where they decided to turn the 'old data center' into offices. All when well until they figured out there was no heat in that building. Only Air Conditioning. Even the 'heat' in the office area of the old data center was just 'reduced air conditioning' area of the

[nlug] Re: BSD vs Linux

2009-06-18 Thread Jack Coats
... Jack On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 4:48 PM, ./aal aalh...@gmail.com wrote: air conditioning wars are err .heating up? well we aren't flaming about OS's ;^) On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Ken Barber ken.bar...@gmail.com wrote: On Jun 18, 2009, at 2:06 PM, Andrew Farnsworth

[nlug] Re: Great presentation about 64 Studio!

2009-06-18 Thread JMJ
Howard White wrote: I start asking if the underlying hardware is the issue. Now that I've vented my frustrations, I'm think that it's some sort of intermittent hardware issue, probably involving the CD drive. The thing that puzzled me was that both 64studio versions consistently failed at

[nlug] Re: BSD vs Linux

2009-06-18 Thread Don Delp
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Chris McQuistion cmcquist...@watkins.edu wrote: LOL! Actually, I really like Windows 7, too.  It's no Linux, of course (pardon me, while I put on my flame-proof jacket...) On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Chris Faulkner cfaulkne...@gmail.com wrote:

[nlug] Re: BSD vs Linux

2009-06-18 Thread Alex Smith (K4RNT)
Then you use Solaris ! :) On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 9:43 PM, Don Delpnesma...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Chris McQuistion cmcquist...@watkins.edu wrote: LOL! Actually, I really like Windows 7, too.  It's no Linux, of course (pardon me, while I put on my