Yes, the larger installation will be very remote - in England! Downloading updates won't be a problem, but rpm hell might be! I've only had a few hours playing with RH9, so I've yet to encounter that particular torture.
I don't mind command-line admin providing I know how to drive the individual applications, and that's where this group is so useful. Tom On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 11:33, Jim Cheetham wrote: > Sounds like you're supporting this box from afar, then. Whatever OS you > choose, make sure you're happy with command-line admin, and as far as > possible, try to use the same OS in all your installations, to reduce > surprises when you're working in a hurry! > > But you need updates :-) If a company is paying for this box, they may > be happy to pay for updates from a third-party, like Red Hat. On the > other hand, if they're expecting you to do this as "part of the > service", free-as-in-beer updates are nice ... as long as you can > squeeze a few meg down their network connection without being hammered. > > In the case of limited bandwidth, it's better to check/download often > (daily?) than in batch. You don't have to have the actual > installations/upgrades done until you're available to monitor the > machine, if you like. > > -jim
