Re: Building case for Debian in server room at a University

2006-05-27 Thread J.A. de Vries
On 2006-05-24 @ 22:15:00 (week 21) Donald Teed wrote: > If you have the time, I'd also appreciate any comments > you can share on pros and cons of Debian. I think > I'm aware of the basic features from my experience > running Debian, but I'm thinking of things that > might not come up until in a

Re: Building case for Debian in server room at a University

2006-05-26 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Donald Teed wrote: > Hi, > > I agree that Debian rocks. I've spent a few years with different > distros to figure that out. However this is a decision made > by committee of people, and so business logic must govern > the decision making process. >

Re: Building case for Debian in server room at a University

2006-05-26 Thread Donald Teed
Hi, I agree that Debian rocks.  I've spent a few years with different distros to figure that out.  However this is a decision made by committee of people, and so business logic must govern the decision making process. The big difference between commercial and non-commercial is obviously support a

Re: [UNVERIFIED SENDER] Re: Building case for Debian in server room at a University

2006-05-26 Thread Kent West
Donald Teed wrote: > Has anyone ever written a book like "The complete Debian handbook"? You might give Martin Kraft's book a try: http://debiansystem.info/ -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Building case for Debian in server room at a University

2006-05-26 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 10:15:00PM -0300, Donald Teed wrote: > Howdy, > > We are evaluating Redhat, Suse and Debian. I've > been working with Linux for several years, and my > preference comes down strongly on Debian fitting > in where BSD currently provides our core Internet services. > I have n

Re: Building case for Debian in server room at a University

2006-05-25 Thread lee
On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 10:15:00PM -0300, Donald Teed wrote: > It would be helpful if I could learn of other academic > institutions using Debian in core Internet service roles, such > as email and spam filtering, DNS, DHCP, web, etc. Hm, much could be said, but it all comes down to that Debian j

Re: Building case for Debian in server room at a University

2006-05-25 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Donald Teed wrote: > Howdy, > > My workplace is a small University currently working > with FreeBSD and Solaris for their *nix OS standards. > > I'm recently become the sysadmin. My boss agrees > that FreeBSD isn't serving us as well as it did. > To me, the big kicker is the dropping of our back

Building case for Debian in server room at a University

2006-05-25 Thread Donald Teed
Howdy,My workplace is a small University currently workingwith FreeBSD and Solaris for their *nix OS standards.I'm recently become the sysadmin.  My boss agreesthat FreeBSD isn't serving us as well as it did. To me, the big kicker is the dropping of our backupclient for networker from FreeBSD ports