[PDXLUG] FC2
Hi Once again thanks for all the advice. I think perhaps I really should resolve the dual boot situation before I proceed any further, and I will definitely be giving some serious thought to pdxcolo.net. As far as FC2 is concerned I will probably investigate one or two other distros (Gentoo etc) before I commit myself. Best Regards CS ___ PDXLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdxlug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxlug
[PDXLUG] Oh dear...3 votes for insane!
Hi Yes I realise that the dual-boot arrangement is not very practical to say the least. I was hoping to get around it by not spending a heck of a lot of time in Windows. Also I do not envisage getting a huge number of hits on the site and most of them would be "one-off's". But of course I really must get a second box, and soon. As far as storing customer info etc is concerned I was hoping to dodge that by accepting orders via email ( hotmail,yahoo etc) and payment by check, or maybe paypal.Surely I wouldnt need to store much customer info on the server if I did that? The site will simply act as a shop window for the goods and as a means to establish initial contact with the supplier. Am I wrong in thinking that FC2 would enable me to do this given that I eliminate the dual boot problem? Best Regards CS ___ PDXLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdxlug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxlug
[PDXLUG] FC2
Hi A million thanx for the prompt and informative responses. This is paticularly appreciated since I am in the middle of downloading the FC2 iso's as i write, and plan to install some time today. I am a little concerned about the mixed reviews that you have given FC2 and I wonder whether FC1 wouldnt be a better choice. The problem is , however, that while I want a certain amount of fuctionality I also want to be as "bleeding edge" as possible. I am indeed dual-booting with WindozeXP and whilst I would dearly love to consign it to the "dustbin of history" I still need it to finish a half completed Associate degree in web design and site administration, assuming I can ever find the time to go back to college and complete it. I am hoping that the dual boot problem can be easily overcome? Web Design and Site Hosting is the area that I am hoping to work in, so I guess the headaches associated with running a commercial site are something that I will have to get used to. I am reasonably ok with Apache and I am fairly confident that I can run the whole thing securely. So thats the plan. To run a commercial site on my FC2 partition with the entire package installed, on a dual boot system with XP, and all this on a PII 350. Am I insane or is this feasible given that I will probably relish all the time and trouble that it costs me. Best Regards CS ___ PDXLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdxlug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxlug
[PDXLUG] FC2
Hi I am new to PDXLUG but not entirely new to Linux. I have been running Redhat 9 for about a year and there are some areas that I am fairly proficient in and others that I am astoundingly ignorant about. Anyway what I wanted to ask was, how wise is it to upgrade to Fedora Core 2 right now? I have read a number of reviews, some favourable, others not so favourable. All in all FC2 sounds like it shares all the weaknesses and strengths of a earlier Redhat distros. Is my initial impression accurate? I am hoping to use FC2 to host a website which will be used to sell various merchandise ( mostly t-shirts, buttons etc) for some business associates of mine who, if they ever get their act together, are interested in selling online. The problem is that I currently only have one machine and my wife wants to use it for email, yahoo messenger, general browsing, word processing etc. That means of course that I will be installing the entire package thus making it harder to secure. I have heard that FC2 includes something called SELinux which is a security hardening feature. What does it do? How reliable is it? Does it work? Hoping someone can advise me. Best Regards CS ___ PDXLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdxlug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxlug
