On Mon, 2002-12-23 at 16:50, Mark Weaver wrote: > Jack Coates wrote: > > On Sun, 2002-12-22 at 22:57, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > >>I've got to put in my 2 cents here. For me... 8.2 bit bad. Why, I was > >>running i810 and i815 chipset motherboards and having all kinds of > >>stability problems with 9.0 these boxes have all been rock solid. any > >>funky hassles I've had have been either due to pushing the box too hard > >>or trying to do something I shouldn't have been trying to do. Not due to > >>a weakness in 9.0. Actually I've found it to be the most solidly tested > >>version since 7.0. Yes there are problems with programs that run ON > >>Linux. KDE - Gnome - etc etc. Many of these aren't so much MDK > >>problems as just... problems. If you ever want something that will > >>drive you nuts trying to get it to do what you want... try RH 8.0... > >>Blue blows. > >> > >>James > > > > > > Heck, I haven't even touched the new distro or the new GUI -- but I do > > have to work on a number of RH 7.x servers, and man do I miss urpmi. I > > also think Mandrake RPMs are generally better put together. That is, > > less likely to be broken and more likely to have the configure options I > > wanted. > > In response to James...I've noticed the exact opposite. I'm so fed up > with trying to do server with 9.0 I've vowed it will never see any more > of the servers I administrate. Whether at home or at the office. 8.2, on > the other hand works exceptionally as either a workstation or a server. > 9.0 does just dandy as a workstation, but there appears to be a lot > needing attention when it comes to the server end. Networking is at the > top of the list right now. > > Mark
Well I will admit that Desktops are more of a concern for me than plain servers... And that with MDK it wants a heavy footprint. But I just de-commissioned (by force the hardware died) a 7.2 Mandrake box that had run without a hiccup or a breakin for over 2 years. 24-7-52 ... MDK RH or Slack... each has it's fun points. (slack is very unforgiving ) Biggest problem with RH is that it installs tooooooooo many problem rpms (telnet r services finger etc) by default. With Mandrake the hassle is for me getting it installed sans gui.(again fewer services .... fewer holes.) For Laptops....... MDK all the way... 2 identical dell boxes the other week... MDK ... installed and running in 30 minutes... RH ... 3 days and only limping. RH and MDK run neck n neck on one point ... I've got updates set up on a cron job... if it comes out I get it and an e-mail to boot. One thing though... MDK does have more options. James > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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