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.
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