Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-10 Thread Tyler Nally
On Sunday 09 April 2006 15:20, mouss wrote: > No. white and black aren't colors. they are absence of colour:) Well... according to physics... it really depends on what is delivering the pigments... When you paint.. and you combine a bunch of colors.. the colors get darker and darker.. to the po

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-10 Thread Johann Spies
On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 12:12:25PM -0700, Ask List wrote: >linux and unix is unix. So I would like to hear users experiences using >different operating systems. Pros/Cons/Problems/Headaches/etc. The >operating systems I'm most interested in are Debian, Ubuntu, Gentoo, >Slackware, F

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-09 Thread Jerry K
8 mail servers on Solaris 10 Sparc +custom compiled sendmail +clamAV This has been a stable combination for several years for me. Ask List wrote: We can not seem to come to an agreement on the best operating system to run spam assassin. So we have decided to post this question to the mailing

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-09 Thread mouss
Robert G. Werner wrote: Dimitri Yioulos wrote: [snip] Now, not to start a thing about real colors, but red ... [snip] I've heard that black is the new black (maybe the old one too). No. white and black aren't colors. they are absence of colour:) This reminds me of a story. WARNING. This ma

RE: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-07 Thread Brent Kennedy
I use Linux, slackware 10.1 to be more specific. I use it for two reasons. 1. Its stable, secure and probably the most like UNIX( but free ). 2. It acts as a mailbag and buffer for my internal exchange servers. I have two companies setup in this configuration and haven't had any problems. I ca

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-07 Thread Marc Perkel
My opintion is Fedora Core 5 running on Dual Core Athlon 64 bit OS. The dual core athlons are screaming fast but you need a newer Linux kernel to run on it.

RE: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-07 Thread Herb Martin
> From: Dimitri Yioulos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 2:23 PM > To: users@spamassassin.apache.org > Subject: Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why? > > (hmmm... top-posting) > > In truth, nothing I've read in this thr

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-07 Thread Robert G. Werner
Dimitri Yioulos wrote: [snip] Now, not to start a thing about real colors, but red ... [snip] I've heard that black is the new black (maybe the old one too). -- Robert G. Werner (Network Systems Administrator) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 559.244.3734 For God's sake, stop researching for a while and beg

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-07 Thread Dimitri Yioulos
On Friday April 07 2006 4:57 pm, mouss wrote: > Bob McClure Jr wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 11:51:05AM -0700, Gary W. Smith wrote: > >> Now we get to watch the body part's fly across the room. :) > >> > >> You know there are 3 things in life which you never ever talk about in > >> public; r

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-07 Thread mouss
Bob McClure Jr wrote: On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 11:51:05AM -0700, Gary W. Smith wrote: Now we get to watch the body part's fly across the room. :) You know there are 3 things in life which you never ever talk about in public; religion, politics and what OS is best. You forgot editors. No, wai

RE: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-07 Thread Gary W. Smith
2:23 PM > To: users@spamassassin.apache.org > Subject: Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why? > > (hmmm... top-posting) > > In truth, nothing I've read in this thread has seemed inciteful; not > inflamatory at all. I think we all understand the passion we hold for th

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-07 Thread Dimitri Yioulos
which you never ever talk about in > public; religion, politics and what OS is best. > > > -Original Message- > > From: Ryan Kather [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 11:24 AM > > To: users@spamassassin.apache.org > > Subject: Re: Wh

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-07 Thread Bob McClure Jr
On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 11:51:05AM -0700, Gary W. Smith wrote: > Now we get to watch the body part's fly across the room. :) > > You know there are 3 things in life which you never ever talk about in > public; religion, politics and what OS is best. You forgot editors. No, wait, that is a relig

RE: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-07 Thread Gary W. Smith
2006 11:24 AM > To: users@spamassassin.apache.org > Subject: Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why? > > > We can not seem to come to an agreement on the best operating system to > run > > spam assassin. So we have decided to post this question to the mailing >

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-07 Thread Ryan Kather
> We can not seem to come to an agreement on the best operating system to run > spam assassin. So we have decided to post this question to the mailing list > so we can have other opinions. I realize everyone will have a different > opinion on the subject and some will have none at all, linux is lin

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-07 Thread Claudia Herold
On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:47:01 -0400 Matt Kettler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ask List wrote: > > Ask List gmail.com> writes: > > > >> We can not seem to come to an agreement on the best operating system to run > > spam assassin. So we have decided to post this question to the mailing list > > s

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-06 Thread Kevin Golding
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mike Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >> The question is does FreeBSD make binary package updates, or are security >> updates source-patch only. > >From what I've observed, the base OS updates are source-patch only, at least >until the next full FreeBSD release. A

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-06 Thread jay plesset
Interesting answers. I'm using Solaris 10/X86.  Sun Java Enterprise Messaging Server.  Integration is built in.  easy to set up.  Dead stable,  but,then I work for Sun. jay Bowie Bailey wrote: Ask List wrote: We can not seem to come to an agreement on the best operating system t

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-06 Thread Vivek Khera
On Apr 6, 2006, at 6:13 PM, Ask List wrote: I want to continue to run FreeBSD in production. However we are currently running nagios on freebsd and weve ran into a problem, we believe its the same issue as described at this link: http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/2_0/whatsnew.html . Since

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-06 Thread Vivek Khera
On Apr 6, 2006, at 3:54 PM, Ask List wrote: I see RedhatEL,Fedora,CentOS is a common theme. Anyone not running a RedHat based distribution I use FreeBSD exclusively on servers. But the best advice given here is use what you are familiar with administering.

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-06 Thread jdow
From: "Ask List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We can not seem to come to an agreement on the best operating system to run spam assassin. So we have decided to post this question to the mailing list so we can have other opinions. I realize everyone will have a different opinion on the subject and some will

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-06 Thread Rick Macdougall
Gary D. Margiotta wrote: On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Gustafson, Tim wrote: I have been using FreeBSD in a production environment for almost 10 years now (since version 2.2.5!) and have absolutely NO complaints about it. I've regularly had servers with uptimes in excess of 6 months, and even those were

RE: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-06 Thread Gary D. Margiotta
On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Gustafson, Tim wrote: I have been using FreeBSD in a production environment for almost 10 years now (since version 2.2.5!) and have absolutely NO complaints about it. I've regularly had servers with uptimes in excess of 6 months, and even those were just rebooted for kernel

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-06 Thread Gary V
I can't say I'm a huge fan of Debian, but it is still my number one choice. The biggest plus is the apt package system and the ability to mix 'stable', 'testing' and 'unstable' packages. You can leave the heart of the system with tried and true (and constantly debugged) older stable packages and

Re: Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-06 Thread Ask List
l 06, 2006 12:54 PM > > To: users spamassassin.apache.org > > Subject: Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why? > > > > Ask List gmail.com> writes: > > > > > > I see RedhatEL,Fedora,CentOS is a common theme. Anyone not running a > > RedHa

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-06 Thread Andy Jezierski
"Ask List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 04/06/2006 02:12:25 PM: > We can not seem to come to an agreement on the best operating system > to run spam assassin. So we have decided to post this question to > the mailing list so we can have other opinions. I realize everyone > will have a different

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-06 Thread Michael Monnerie
On Donnerstag, 6. April 2006 21:12 Ask List wrote: > The operating systems > I'm most interested in are Debian, Ubuntu, Gentoo, Slackware, Those are all Linux, use what you like or know best. > FreeBSDs, and OpenSolaris. I've heard FreeBSD should be secure, OpenSolaris I don't know at all. Gene

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-06 Thread Mike Jackson
The question is does FreeBSD make binary package updates, or are security updates source-patch only. From what I've observed, the base OS updates are source-patch only, at least until the next full FreeBSD release. Anything that's in the ports tree should be available as either a source update

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-06 Thread Matt Kettler
Eric W. Bates wrote: > Matt Kettler wrote: >> Ask List wrote: >> >> FreeBSD - Never used it. Seems quite server ready, although I'm not sure if >> they >> do binary package updates, or only source-patches (like OpenBSD does). > > FreeBSD house for many years. > > Yes, you can install precompiled

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-06 Thread Eric W. Bates
Matt Kettler wrote: > Ask List wrote: > > FreeBSD - Never used it. Seems quite server ready, although I'm not sure if > they > do binary package updates, or only source-patches (like OpenBSD does). FreeBSD house for many years. Yes, you can install precompiled binaries if you prefer. However,

RE: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-06 Thread Gustafson, Tim
I have been using FreeBSD in a production environment for almost 10 years now (since version 2.2.5!) and have absolutely NO complaints about it. I've regularly had servers with uptimes in excess of 6 months, and even those were just rebooted for kernel updates and the like. The ports tree is exce

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-06 Thread Mark Martinec
> I see RedhatEL,Fedora,CentOS is a common theme. Anyone not running a RedHat > based distribution Our entire servers farm is FreeBSD-based. No complaints there, rock solid. The ports-based critical components like SA, ClamAV, Postfix, amavisd-new are very responsive and gives confidence that such

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-06 Thread Matt Kettler
Ask List wrote: > Ask List gmail.com> writes: > >> We can not seem to come to an agreement on the best operating system to run > spam assassin. So we have decided to post this question to the mailing list so > we can have other opinions. I realize everyone will have a different opinion > on > th

RE: Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-06 Thread Gary W. Smith
Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why? > > Ask List gmail.com> writes: > > > I see RedhatEL,Fedora,CentOS is a common theme. Anyone not running a > RedHat > based distribution >

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-06 Thread Moritz Kobel
Am Donnerstag, den 06.04.2006, 19:54 + schrieb Ask List: > Ask List gmail.com> writes: > Pros/Cons/Problems/Headaches/etc. The operating systems I'm most interested in > are Debian, Ubuntu, Gentoo, Slackware, FreeBSDs, and OpenSolaris. > > > I see RedhatEL,Fedora,CentOS is a common theme. An

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-06 Thread Lars Ringh
Ask List wrote: We can not seem to come to an agreement on the best operating system to run spam assassin. So we have decided to post this question to the mailing list so we can have other opinions. I realize everyone will have a different opinion on the subject and some will have none at all, li

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-06 Thread Mike Jackson
tem. At work, we got roped into using Redhat by Rackspace, where we host our boxes. - Original Message - From: "Ask List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 12:12 Subject: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why? We can not seem to come to an agree

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-06 Thread Jonathan Armitage
Ask List wrote: Ask List gmail.com> writes: We can not seem to come to an agreement on the best operating system to run spam assassin. So we have decided to post this question to the mailing list so we can have other opinions. I see RedhatEL,Fedora,CentOS is a common theme. Anyone not runn

RE: Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-06 Thread Thomas Mullins
We use OpenBSD. Works for us. Have absolutely no complaints. Shane From: news on behalf of Ask List Sent: Thu 4/6/2006 3:54 PM To: users@spamassassin.apache.org Subject: Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why? Ask List gmail.com> writes: >

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-06 Thread Ask List
Ask List gmail.com> writes: > > We can not seem to come to an agreement on the best operating system to run spam assassin. So we have decided to post this question to the mailing list so we can have other opinions. I realize everyone will have a different opinion on the subject and some will hav

RE: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-06 Thread Esman, Jason
[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 2:12 PM > To: users@spamassassin.apache.org > Subject: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why? > > We can not seem to come to an agreement on the best operating > system to run spam assassin. So we have decided to post this &

Re: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-06 Thread Dimitri Yioulos
On Thursday April 06 2006 3:31 pm, Bowie Bailey wrote: > Ask List wrote: > > We can not seem to come to an agreement on the best operating system > > to run spam assassin. So we have decided to post this question to the > > mailing list so we can have other opinions. I realize everyone will > > hav

RE: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-06 Thread Bowie Bailey
Ask List wrote: > We can not seem to come to an agreement on the best operating system > to run spam assassin. So we have decided to post this question to the > mailing list so we can have other opinions. I realize everyone will > have a different opinion on the subject and some will have none at >

RE: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-06 Thread Gary W. Smith
than the OS.   We use postfix and Cyrus (once again because we know them).  Implementation was fairly easy.       From: Ask List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 12:12 PM To: users@spamassassin.apache.org Subject: Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why

Which Operating Systems Do You Use and Why?

2006-04-06 Thread Ask List
We can not seem to come to an agreement on the best operating system to run spam assassin. So we have decided to post this question to the mailing list so we can have other opinions. I realize everyone will have a different opinion on the subject and some will have none at all, linux is linux and u