Hi there everybody!
This is a slightly censored (hehe) copy of my e-mail that I originally
sent to Edwin Casimero privately. He requested me to post this in PLUG to
hopefully have a richer discussion. Plus of course so we can have the
information "open source". :-)
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Hi there Edwin,
First I'd like you to know that like you, I'm an "extremist". Gusto ko
purong Linux. Actually, hindi rin. Okay lang sa akin kung hindi lahat
Linux, basta walang Micro$oft Winblows. Unfortunately unlike you, I've
only got two Linux boxes in a network of 10 PCs. Yung isa pa dun sa dalawa
eh dual-booting Windows95. I was hoping you could give me some tips to
help me out para ma-wipeout ko yung mga Windows boxes dito.
On Tue, 23 May 2000 at 22:08, Edwin Linux Fan wrote:
>we're migrating all our apps to be web based. That way, it really
>doesn't matter what platform we're using.
So far the only software I've been able to migrate to the web was our
e-mail. Instead of having Eudora or something like that on each computer
(and having security problems and shit like that) I'm using Apache + PHP3
+ IMP (yeah I know, I have to go PHP4 soon). Would you have any other
recommended web-apps? Do you develop your own, or like me do you rely on
the open source community for help? :-)
>Installation... 15 mins (redhat 6.2)
>Administration... I only admin the application server,
> the rest are x-terminals.
I need some tips as far as this is concerned. Perhaps what I need is a
nitty-gritty-example type of kuwento from you. I don't know how you've
configured your X-Terminal <-> Application Server setup. What are the
specs of your servers? Terminals? What packages have you installed in your
X-Terminals? Servers? How do you handle logins? Are you using NIS/YP?
Pasensya na kung abstract ang mga tanong ko. Hope you'll have time to
elaborate on your setup. I'm planning to install RedHat 6.2 on some other
computers here dual-booting Win95 temporarily. Hopefully I can get things
working so that we can move most away from Win95 and into Linux.
(Note to everyone: considering speed, congestion of the Network, bogging
down of the application server AND ease of administration, what setup
could be recommended versus an Application Server <-> X-Terminal pairing?)
>Applications... StarOffice, Acrobat, Applixware, Netscape
Nga pala, would you by any chance have a shared printer that you're
printing to? We only have one LaserJet 5L here, connected to our Linux
server. Now print sharing is done via Samba because the network is
primarily Win95, however if we move to Linux, I will HAVE to enable
printing. Any tips? :-)
>Scanning... MS still better, but I can now scan in Linux!
> Just did it with my Scanmaker X6EL and Mandrake 7.0
Way cool! What software are you using? :)
>I never slept soundly with all MS.
I feel this way with our file server. Definitely! NT used to be a f*cking
pain in the neck. Hahaha!!! :-)
(Note to everyone: flames "praising" NT to /dev/null please. I know that I
should have used better hardware, but then I'm using a similar setup for
my file server now, using Linux and it's running MUCH better)
>FEATURES? Geez, what features am I missing w/ Windoze? Blue screen of
>death? Themes? (Mandrake has lots more!) Crawling? Scandisk? Viruses?
>Is that a feature too?
I don't agree with Fooler's statement that Linux is trying to catch up
with the features of WIndows. As a matter of fact, considering we're in an
office environment, to HELL with all these bells and whistles. It's time
to treat computers like tools and not like toys. They're toys at home,
here in the office everything and everyone is a tool. (Wow, scary,
hahaha!) :-)
>I've got one little fax machine that does NT and Winfax.
I've opted to go HylaFax for incoming faxes. Unfortunately just like any
other computer fax software, nagkakaroon ng misinterpretation (high
sensitivity) sa transmission errors so paulit-ulit pinapadala. Sabi namin
traditional fax na lang sa outgoing. So far that's how it's been so we
don't need WinFax. Just my 2 cents worth. If you insist, though, you can
set up HylaFax for outgoing, too. I tried it nga before, may Winblows
printer driver pa. :-)
Apologies for the long e-mail. I hope you can find time to help me out.
You've got my word that I'll do the same for you if and when I can in the
future. Thanks! :-)
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Federico Sevilla III
Network Administrator
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