On Sat, 2 Oct 2010, Rob Cherry wrote: > - What admin task did you do in the last week that you consider a linux > specific thing? i.e. editing the password file doesnt count, dealing with > ReiserFS does....
Managing OpenVZ which is Linux-specific OS level virtualisation, although similar technologies are available for Solaris, FreeBSD and even MS-Windows. > - Linux War stories, What was the worst linux disaster you have had that I > should read up on to make sure I could fix it if hit with it in future. All of the war stories I could think of could be equally applicable in Solaris. > Dont have to go into much detail as these can get long, but a general > pointer to give me some reading homework would be ideal. > > Anything else I should know that you think I should spend some time reading > up on? I switch between Linux & Solaris often. To me they feel like I'm speaking different dialects of the same language. If I forget something in one dialect $SEARCHENGINE will deliver the answer in seconds. Notable differences include but are not limited to: * Package management systems * Filesystem layout * Low level tools Cheers, Rob -- Email: [email protected] Linux counter ID #16440 IRC: Solver (OFTC & Freenode) Web: http://www.practicalsysadmin.com Contributing member of Software in the Public Interest (http://spi-inc.org/) Open Source: The revolution that silently changed the world _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
