i'm interested in finding out who's out there on rhp and which linux (eg slackware, red hat, suse etc) you use.
i been freebsding for the past while and it's great, but i think i may head back to slackware in the near future and look at the possibilities the newest version offers 😲
also, anyone try clustering yet?
in friendship,
prad
Originally posted by pradtfI have been using the 7.3 Red Hat Linux the Vallahala one and did have my machine as a dual boot. I personally liked this version but everyone has their likes and dislikes. I have only heard good things about the Slackware and Freebsd so if you like either one...I won't stop you! 😀🙂 Hrmm about the clustering though, I am still a linux newbie but have found great help and it has a nice forum also at http://www.justlinux.com if you don't find any help there I am sure someone will give you a site to learn about clustering. Hope this helped you. 🙂 Also, check this site out. http://annapolislinux.org/about/
i'm interested in finding out who's out there on rhp and which linux (eg slackware, red hat, suse etc) you use.
i been freebsding for the past while and it's great, but i think i may head back to slackware in the near future and look a ...[text shortened]... ers 😲
also, anyone try clustering yet?
in friendship,
prad
hey fireNroses! nice to see that there are some of us around!!
thanks for the links! i was particularly amused see the thread on that person's linux finally crashing after 2.5 years! one guy suggested he videotape this novel occurence 😀
we've collected a large number of old 486s (my son liked to rescue old computers) and were thinking of trying some clustering experiments and i know there is a linux-how-to on it as well. let you know if we make any progress on it over the next few months.
thanks again!
in friendship,
prad
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Originally posted by pradtfhey prad,
i'm interested in finding out who's out there on rhp and which linux (eg slackware, red hat, suse etc) you use.
i been freebsding for the past while and it's great, but i think i may head back to slackware in the near future and look at the possibilities the newest version offers 😲
also, anyone try clustering yet?
in friendship,
prad
Yup, lots :-)
Usually i use Redhat on commercial gigs but recently they end-of-lifed all their free distributions 🙁 (http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/archives/).
Im moving a dozen or servers to Debian at the moment. Particularly because I like the Debian social contract (http://www.debian.org/social_contract). Debian is less polished but has an awesome package management system.
Suse was recently brought out by Novell (as was ximian) which has the potential for very interesting things - particularly if they get their apps running on linux (and why wouldnt they now they own a distro).
Clustering can be fun. Check out Mosix (www.mosix.org).
Or if your thinking more redundant services (like web or mail services) then
check out the linux virtual server project http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/.
If you want to play even more :-) ... (Ok you cant shut me up now) then try Vmware's GSX server - You'll need something a little more highly spec'd than a 486 - but it'll let you run upto a dozen (depending on hardware) servers virtually (freebsd included) on the one piece of hardware.
:-) Enjoy.
cheers
richard
wow richard!!
this is amazing stuff!! (had a quick look at mosix) my son and i will look at this with great enthusiasm after we get our hardware sorted out this month!
btw, we love debian's social contract! my son really liked the sense of community there too. he asked a question and within 20 minutes he had several responses. quite frankly we are somewhat torn between going with slackware or debian - nice alternatives, eh?
what do you use clustering for?
om to you 🙂
in friendship,
prad
I'm an HP Unix Admin and have played with Linux some, and even (gasp) Solaris.
Running older versions isnt always a bad thing, especially if you're using 486s. I've read some requirements on the newer OS versions that need higher speed CPUs and memory.
With Solaris, there is a LONG list of drivers and requirements - Of course at the time I was looking to run it on an older laptop and that had some to do with it - the minimum load requirements list was a novel to get through.
Haven't tried clustering Linux yet, but do appreciate all the tips here.
Warm Regards, turtlex
Originally posted by turtlexnice to know you are around!
I'm an HP Unix Admin and have played with Linux some, and even (gasp) Solaris.
(btw, i see in your profile that the turtle story is attributed to william james. this is good to know since hawkings wrote that he thought it was bertrand russell but wasn't sure).
more penguin power!!
in friendship,
prad
Originally posted by Phlabibityes i know exactly who you are talking about - just never knew what her name was. and i know that song too.
She is the lead singer for The Eurythmics... Very strange yet very good band from the 80's 90's etc.
Ever hear the song "Sweet Dreams (are made of these)"?
i guess i must have tried to get lennox mixed up with the lennon sisters. 😀
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prad
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Originally posted by pradtfHey Prad,
wow richard!!
this is amazing stuff!! (had a quick look at mosix) my son and i will look at this with great enthusiasm after we get our hardware sorted out this month!
btw, we love debian's social contract! my son really liked the sense of community there too. he asked a question and within 20 minutes he had several responses. quite frankly we are some ...[text shortened]... ice alternatives, eh?
what do you use clustering for?
om to you 🙂
in friendship,
prad
I've used clustering for web and mail services (internet related) - generally that'd be via load balancing switches. (from Alteon, Foundry). I've got some friends who swear by slackware, but i havent used it for 5 or so years.
Im not clustering anything at the moment. :-)
Mosix had a few limitations when i last looked at it - that didnt make it suitable for our uses. It couldnt migrate shared memory apps across the network - which, unfortunately, seemed to be all the apps we wanted to use it for (apache comes to mind).
namashe prad,
r
Originally posted by elrichothat's pretty neat! so essentially through clustering you get several machines to act like one server?
I've used clustering for web and mail services (internet related)
i was looking at some of the applications mosix is used in and it looks pretty serious - a whole new thing to explore!
there's something exciting about having computers working together 🙂
we are headed towards slackware, i think, largely because you have more to work and think out. i figure this is a good thing in the long run since we want to understand things rather than just use them. it's where we started into linux, so i guess it is a little like coming home again 🙂
in friendship,
prad