on Sat, Mar 30, 2002, faisal gillani (fasi_74@yahoo.com) wrote: > i am a windows network administrator & about a month ago on one of my > network i placed a debian linux server + apache webserver on the other > hand i had a windows 2000 server running Ms ISA server the place on > which these servers are running have some power outage problems that > are beyond my control . > > the windows 2000 was a AMD athalon 750 mhz + 256 MB ram Debian Linux > 2.2 was cyrix 300 mhz + 128 mb of ram > > now since the day of installation i had to reinstall windows 2000 3 > times & that debain 2.2 is running as smoth as the day i installed it > .... amazing very reliable this is my first linux experience & i must > say i am very impressed .. debian totally RULES !!! :D > > & the best of all its freeeeeeee not like that M$ OS i think that day > isnt far away that ill become a LINUX administrator Largely OT, but of some use for those who're stuck with other OSs in their environments. I've created a standard "admin pack" of tools I install on every Legacy MS Windows system in the office: - PuTTY (current is 0.53). SSH client for Legacy MS Windows, includes both X11 and arbitrary port forwarding. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ - VNC -- "poor man's X client...and then some". If you're stuck on a 'Doze box, you can access your GNU/Linux session -- full-screen. You can also remotely admin a Legacy MS Windows system, or walk a user through issues. http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ - Cygwin + XFree86. If you haven't stayed up to date on Cygwin, it now includes a port of XFree86, including a full-screen X server. Having a _real_ command line on 'Doze is a real plus (though there are some features that other tools, e.g.: UWIN, have, like access to the system registry via a virtual filesystem). Also includes an ssh client (in addition to your PuTTY client above), and server, for remote access. Contributed ports (get these separately) include screen and w3m. http://www.cygnus.com/ OpenSSH configuration: http://tech.erdelynet.com/cygwin-sshd.asp I find there's stuff that's hella easier to do on 'Doze through a command line than the GUI. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Keep software free. Oppose the CBDTPA. Kill S.2048 dead. http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html
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