Re: need some info on a small network...
From: warpman (warpman999_at_netscape.net)
Date: 12/07/04
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Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 20:25:00 GMT
That is some good information that you have provided.
I guess what I like suse and redhat more than slackware because they
provide a more graphical environment than slackware.
Have you try any other distros? How about Ebian, Mandrake? etc...
Lew Pitcher wrote:
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>>Hi Lew. Thanks for the reply.
>>I personally didn't know about the client server versions.This is good
>>to know.
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>Yah. In the Microsoft OS world, there is an artifically enforced
>distinction between 'client' and 'server' operating systems that just
>isn't the case in the Linux world. Even the Microsoft distinction is
>more based on marketting than OS design and implementation; IIRC, the
>only difference between Win2K Personal or Workstation edition (for
>instance) and Win2K Server was a couple of registry tweaks.
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>Red Hat has marketted their recent distributions in the same way as
>Microsoft markets Windows; the distinction between RedHat Workstation
>and RedHat Server is one of marketting and (to a lesser degree)
>packaging. The Server has all the features and facilities of
>Workstation, and Workstation has all the features and facilities of Server.
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>>Does slackware allows for easy update/upgrade installation of software
>>like suse and redhat?
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>In some ways, easier. The Slackware package management tools are simple
>commandline tools that can be scripted or executed through GUI or CUI
>front-ends. This makes automated installation and upgrade easier than
>with GUI-only tools like the other distros provide for "user
>installations". OTOH, Slackware requires that the system administrator
>be a little more aware of setup of the system than RedHat or Suse do;
>Slackware is intended to be mostly a classic Unix server setup.
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>In any case, any of the distros you've looked at can easily provide file
>and print services to a bunch of MSWindows systems. Slackware is my
>preference, but may not suit your personal tastes.
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>>I really like these features on suse and redhat.
>>Is slackware easy to configure for file and print services so that all
>>the windows clients will be able to access it?
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>Slackware is no different than Suse or RedHat in this regard. All three
>use the same tools to configure MSWindows file and print sharing. The
>tool can be accessed through a web interface, making it
>platform-independant.
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>>Keep in mind that we don't have any servers in the office so we are
>>basically looking to start from scratch here. There are no experts in
>>the office when it comes to servers.
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>We all were beginners once. Don't worry, there's plenty of guidance and
>help available.
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>An anecdote might help here: A couple of years ago, a friend called me
>up. He had just got a copy of SuSE in to his work (he owns a small
>software firm, specializing in HR software), and he wanted to get it set
>up for his network. One of his employees had installed the basic system
>(a simple, automated install right off the DVD), but they needed some
>help in getting it configured. I had /never/ seen SuSE before, but I
>told him that I'd give it a try.
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>I spent about two hours playing with their system. I had the networking
>enabled and Samba (the Microsoft File and Print Sharing environment) set
>up within the first half hour, the web services set up 10 minutes later,
>and by the end of the first hour, had every service they needed set up
>and enabled.
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>The remaining hour was taken up with trying to get their development
>platform installed on the SuSe box. We got most of it configured but we
>needed to install some Java packages that they didn't have available.
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>OK, so I've worked on these systems before, so I knew where to look.
>You might not know where to look, but these systems are no more
>difficult to set up than MSWindows, just different.
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>>Thanks for your info....
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>Lew Pitcher, IT Consultant, Enterprise Data Systems
>Enterprise Technology Solutions, TD Bank Financial Group
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>(Opinions expressed here are my own, not my employer's)
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