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Index of Subjects On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Kevin_Georgison wrote: > > My somewhat biased opinion is that Linux would be the way to go. > > Probably the two best reasons for using Linux are 1) it's 100% free > > and 2) you have the source, so security fixes or support for new > > hardware can quickly be compiled into the kernel. I don't know how > > Solaris handles the variety of hardware available for PC's. > > I am biased too. I've heard of one case where a Linux server was up > and running for about a year without a reboot. There are Linux > kernel versions that are considered "production" releases. I was > running kernel 1.2.8 and last upgraded to 1.2.13 both serve me > well. The current "production" kernel is 2.0.27. My PC running > Linux is a stand alone machine. > > Perhaps FreeBSD might appeal to you? It's development is slower > though. > > Lots of RAM will make the system perform better than lots of speed. we use linux as well. for us the biggest advantage is the that everything we use on the server is free, other than the 1 cd we bought. our host is also linux based so if we problems he can help us as well. the other nice thing we find is that it is easy to merge wfw machines in to the network with the linux box. *-------------------------------------------------------------------* | Mt. Arrowsmith Community Network | | admin@macn.bc.ca http://www.macn.bc.ca | | Providing low cost access to the Internet for the general public. | *-------------------------------------------------------------------*
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