On Tuesday 02 July 2002 05:29 pm, you wrote: > On Tuesday 02 July 2002 09:02 am, you wrote: > > On Tue, 02 Jul 2002 10:01:41 -0400 > > Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said with temporary authority > > > > > Has anyone heard of or using Mandrake in an ISP environment? I have > > > taken over operations > > > for an ISP and the servers in place are running FreeBSD and I want to > > > covert them over to Linux. > > > I have been using Mandrake for home use, but have never used it in an > > > heavy production environment. > > > I scanned www.mandrakebizcases.com and did not see any ISP's. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > -Scott > > > > Scott, > > Consider this move carefully. FreeBSD is more than just reliable. > > Like Linux it is a Unix clone, but instead of being designed to mimic > > minux it grew from ATT Unix. (not better or worse just different roots) > > I recently decommissioned a FreeBSD Firewall / file server in an office > > we closed that had 622 days uptime. The last time it had been rebooted > > was due to an extended power outage (2 days) due to an exploding power > > transformer (Lightning strike) in the neighborhood. In fact the last > > time the box had been accesed was 6 months ago to open a port on the > > Firewall for VNC routing. I love my Linux desktop. Over the years it's > > served me well and it has all the bells and Whistles I could desire. > > But if you've got FreeBSD working and running well .... why change. A > > friend of mine runs a server serving websites for about 30 organizations > > and e-mail to over 200 users ..... one box, for years it was running > > 2.2.1 BSD and he finally upgraded it when the hardware decided to crap > > out. (Mobo developed a crack in one of the power couplings and .... > > died. Unless you held it down just right) Any of the software running > > on the BSD box should be convertible to Linux just by compiling on a > > Linux box. (sometimes you can just move the binaries and it works) So > > at least 95% of the software should be an easy transfer. Otherwise I > > would recommend only switching to Linux if: > > > > 1. Your really need something and there is no way FreeBSD can offer it. > > 2. You are adding a new server and really want to run Linux. > > 3. Hardware is dieing and you are building a replacement box and you > > really want to run Linux. > > > > For the boxes that run and run well. Leaving well enough alone is my > > advice, since you aren't loosing security, reliability or choice. > > > > James > > > > PS hope no one takes offense but to me Open Source and Reliability are > > more important than brand on servers. Just don't expect me to run > > anything but Mandrake on my workstation except under gunpoint. > > I think I would add that as long as the bsd security was kept up to date.. > same with an older version of MDK. the security updates are as important as > hardware, in my opinion not to mention the netcraft survey showing " Apache Advanced Extranet Server" ie.; the one shipped with MDK, (I believe boxed exclusively but downloadable open source) has like the most new servers on the net for some time now.... correct me if I am wrong...
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