rants and (hopefully) useful info
Category: Linux/BSD
CentOS VERY solid and stable. I have several servers that have uptime of >500days (the very few incidences of downtime were from power issues, not OS). I did get hacked a couple of times before I learned how to use iptables adequately. Debian SOMETIMES, compatibility calls for non-CentOS. I am not a fan of…
My objective when I started experimenting with Desktop linux, was to mimic a WinX station. I would hazard a guess that this is the most likely scenario for anyone switching away from M$-windows. If they can’t keep doing their work “productively” – they are NOT going to be interested in whether the propellor heads think…
To say the very least, this is a loaded question that often sets of flaming wars and petty squabbling – neither of which are useful. My objective is to offer some alternative to M$ for anyone who wants to learn and try new things, and escape the clutches of the proprietary BS we are…
If you’re looking to switch, maybe start by changing your day-to-day WinX apps to the multiOS ones…get used to using those, and then you’ll be (more) comfortable when you change the underlying O/S. I started this note/article >1 year ago – got sidetracked doing things (some of which are the point of it). It’s…