Linux OKed for Use on Mission Critical Computers

No more Winbloat crashing all over the place!

We use at my company (not the gov) for web servers and application servers primarily but we are also looking into using it for high-availability clustering through a product called Convolo by Mission Critical Linux.

All the developers here are Unix developers and the sysadmins both use linux as their desktops.

In related news in a new study somewhere on ComputerWorld KDE came out in the test almost as easy to use as Windows XP. I say this having a much bigger respect for XP than I ever had with previous Windows versions.

Anyway, I use SuSE 8.2 on an old Dell OptiPlex GX110 and RH9 on my Dell Inspiron 4000 at home. BTW, my desktop preference despite the study is Gnome (faster and not as cruft).

Look down

on my FreeBSD machine. It is very Kood.

By the way, check this out:
http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/story/0,10801,83708,00.html?nas=AM-83708

"Linux, once viewed as an operating system that only computer geeks could appreciate, is today a much more user-friendly software that companies, public administrations and consumers can master almost as easily as Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP."

The DE (Desktop Environment) they used against XP was KDE. I am really amazed at the results.

Thanks.

It is cool. That is part of the reason why linux is so good for the hardcore geek. It gives us picky folks a great deal of choice.

My boss's boss likes KDE and I have all the programmers on it by default.

I just in his words, "have to be different"

and I quote Ian Murdock (Founder of Debian project)


Linux is not a product. Rather, Linux is a collection of software components, individually crafted by thousands of independent hands around the world, with each component changing and evolving on its own independent timetable.




To think of Linux as a product is to freeze an inherently dynamic thing in time and to close something that is inherently open. It cannot be done without losing something--and something significant at that.

No, Linux is not a product. It is a process.



http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107_2-5057755.html

and I agree with Linus's assesment that Linux is an evolution, weeding out the weaklings and perfecting itself along the way.


http://groups.google.com/groups?q=linus+torvalds+evolution+group:linux.kernel&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&group=linux.kernel&safe=off&selm=Pine.LNX.4.33.0111301825150.1296-100000%40penguin.transmeta.com&rnum=1

and I can't wait to try it out. I've been a MS app developer for years and really need to get out of sending those people my money.

I am a Mandrake/Gnome man myself. Linux has done nothing but improve since I started using it several years ago. I now use Linux 99.9 % of the time. It is typically faster and much more stable than Windows.

Let's give a cheer for the Penguin!

From boot up to desktop times are a bit longer for linux than XP in time tests. Yes, I know disable ignored services etc..

The startup times for some apps large C++ apps like Mozilla and OpenOffice are still disappointing. The issue here is the way the g++ compiler does the library linking for some such. There are preload utilities that are supposed to help this. I use a quick starter util for OpenOffice. I run galeon on startup in server mode so it is always in the background.

Ok, the responsiveness of the gui in comparison to other environments can be better. Some blame this totally on X but they are wrong. It is a combination issue with X, the widget designers (QT and GTK), the desktop designers (Gnome and KDE) and the app designers like the Mozilla and OpenOffice coders all sharing the blame and usually pointing the middle finger at each other like mad. It would be great to lock all these people up in a room till they come up with some UI responsiveness solutions overall.

I am really glad you like linux and Mandrake! Keep the faith.

I just received word of a low-cost four week class in Linux to be given next month at Winter Park Tech. I'm going over there tomorrow to get more information, but from what I'm told, the cost of the class will be under $100. Might be good for folks like myself who want to get a better understanding of Linux.