[NBLUG/talk] recommendations for distro

[Steve]

I see this all the time.  It seems anythime there is a security update teh
demo accounts have to wait a day or 2 before they can download the patch.
This is the main reason I switched to debian on my home machine and all my
new builds at work are debian.

-Steve



On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 09:20:18AM -0800, Dave Rohling wrote:
> Speaking of RedHat...
> 
> 	I saw that there were updates available last night. When I tried to
> update my system with my demo account, I received a message that said "demo
> account disabled due to heavy usage". How come that's the first time I've
> seen that message in years? Almost seems like they're gonna leave everyone
> hanging if they don't pay. Same old story, I guess. I saw this coming. Time
> to switch distros for me.
> 
> - Dave 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: talk-admin at nblug.org [mailto:talk-admin at nblug.org] On Behalf Of Eric
> Eisenhart
> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 8:41 AM
> To: talk at nblug.org
> Subject: Re: [NBLUG/talk] recommendations for distro
> 
> 
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 09:16:15PM -0800, Mark Street wrote:
> > On Thursday 20 November 2003 19:04, Kevin Dwan wrote:
> > > I don't have any particular focus for using Linux. On Windows, I use 
> > > Borland'sJBuilder to code Java, and Delphi.
> > 
> > No focus.... no help.  Development tools...  IDE's for Linux -  Kylix 
> > from
> > Borland, Kdevelop, Anjuta, Komodo.
> 
> Don't forget JBuilder for Linux or the Eclipse Java IDE.  (Heck, try Eclipse
> on Windows, too...)
> 
> > > Red Hat says the  download is 650MB
> > that's per CD... and you need 3 for the install... buy a box set... if 
> > you
> > can.  Red Hat has stopped shipping a retail product as they are
> concentrating 
> > on the enterprise server realm.
> 
> Except, RH9's support ends this spring (no more security fixes).  For the RH
> line, I'd either go with Fedora (think of it as RH10, only not) or the
> enterprise workstation, depending on needs and budget...  Both Fedora and
> RHEL WS have recently had releases (Fedora most recently).  Unfortunately,
> Fedora's only available by downloading some large files.  You can probably
> find some nice NBLUG member that'd be willing to burn the Fedora discs for a
> small amount per disc.
> 
> (RHEL WS is $179/yr or $299/yr.  179 gets you downloads and updates.  299
> gets you actual media sent to you, an actual printed install manual, and a 4
> hour SLA for phone support.  Not worth it for most NBLUG members, but that
> or one of the server products (with support) might make sense if you've got
> business depending on the Linux box keeping running.  Otherwise Fedora or
> Debian or ...)
> -- 
> Eric Eisenhart
> NBLUG Co-Founder & Director-At-Large
> The North Bay Linux Users Group
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