OT: Linux flavors...

[Chad McWilliams]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com 
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf 
> Of Jay R. Ashworth
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 11:48 AM
> To: filepro-list at seaslug.org
> Subject: Re: OT: Linux flavors...
> 
> 
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> Nope.  Avoid 9.1; it's not yet ready for prime time.  My 
> perception of the current concensus is Pro 9.0; that's what 
> we're using with good success.  The only problem I've found 
> so far is that filePro's idea of 'linux' isn't compatible 
> with the SuSE console driver.
> 

That won't really be a problem for us, as these are going to be
standard, stripped down servers.  We access filePro through PCs using
Anzio with ANSI emulation.

> > I am looking for "real world" input on these versions, as 
> opposed to 
> > the glossy details on the website.  I have 10 servers that 
> I will be 
> > loading the os on when I decide what to go with, and 4 of them will 
> > eventually host filePro applications.  One of the things that is 
> > important to me is the update facility for security 
> patches.  I don't 
> > always have the opportunity to manually recompile a program 
> the minute 
> > the patch comes out and install it at all locations.  That was one 
> > thing I liked about Red Hat's errata/update system.
> 
> YOU is *nice*.  The only thing I see problems with concerns 
> non-SuSE kernel modules; these may require manual juggling 
> when YOU updates a kernel unless there's a mechanism I 
> haven't learned yet -- I'm using ndiswrapper to manage a 
> client's laptop's Broadcom wireless card and it didn't track 
> the kernel upgrade from -226 to -231; I had to copy the 
> module manually and depmod.
> 

Rarely do I ever tinker with the kernel.  I've done it in the past while
experimenting with hardware, but these servers all have fairly standard
hardware, and nothing oddball in them.  I don't even run any kind of X
on them.

> Other than that, though, *sweeeet*.
> 
> Cheers,
> -- jra
> -- 
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-Chad McWilliams