Re: Newbie and Debian.
From: Andrea Raimondi (rainaple_at_tin.it)
Date: 09/17/04
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Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:27:42 GMT
Eris wrote:
> I have had it with Microsoft Server 2003 and Microsoft in general.
That's a common concern nowadays.
> I would like to switch to Debian.
That sounds good, even though I never used Debian myself, I've
always been told it's one of the best around.
Anyway, there's a question hanging around my mind since it
happened. I'm referring to Debian server's exploit a few
weeks ago( or was it a few months? Can't remember for sure ).
Did it get fixed? What was the problem?
> Debian is hard to set up from my experience and others.
Can't comment on this one really, but an educated guess might be
things have changed recently.
The only real problem I can see with it is that you must change POV
about file systems: you're used to handle logical units in M$ systems,
here you work in terms of devices.
Example: First Hard Disk = /dev/hda0
Second partition of the first hard disk = /dev/hda1
Second Hard Disk = /dev/hdb0
COM1 = /dev/ttys0
> Is there a good book or tutorial for setting up Debian. I would like
> to switch to Linux for life.
I guess there're a number of "HowTo"s explaining this stuff.
> Is it hard to set up Debian as a server, LAN or WAN?
IMHO: setting up any server in any environment requires at
least some knowledge about TCP/IP, routing and knowledge of the
daemons you're going to configure.
Aside from that, I guess there's not much difference among the
various OSes you can operate on.
Being it a GNU/Linux distribution, I would say that most
configurations will be accomplished through text files, but
please keep in mind that some of those might be sensitive to
padding.
> Linux equivalent for IIS?
Luckily, there's none! <g>
The standard webserver is definitely Apache and it's
available for Windows as well, so that you can practice
before switching.
Always remember though that you won't be able to use httpd.conf from
Windows directly to Linux because of the different file system
defaults.
> Is there a good alternative to Microsoft SQL Server?
Most people will surely suggest MySQL. I won't, though,
because there're a number of things I don't like.
I will suggest Firebird instead( http://www.firebirdsql.org )
> What is a good front end for a database in Linux?
Are you planning to use front ends? <g>
Please keep in mind that GNU/Linux power can be unleashed
only using the command line. I know that for Windows users
that is very difficult, but those who come from DOS( like me )
have no problems.
It's mainly a getting used to it issue.
> Thanks a lot
Welcome, just my 2c.
> Jim
Andrew
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