Today’s interesting Linux ’stuff’ that accumulated on my radar.
First of all, it was sure fun to stir up the hornet’s nest yesterday. It’s incredible how one well-placed crack of a whip can hit such a nerve with M$ zealots. My guess: they just can’t see the truth for what it is. Honestly, M$ did their own study that found that 86% of admins who knew both Windows and Linux preferred Linux. So, these pro-M$ guys can get hot and bothered all they want. That’s ok, I get a kick out of it. Based on the feedback, I’m not the only one.
I sure wish I had more time to post today, but I have been swamped all day. I just got back from picking up a new AMD 64-bit 3.2 Ghz setup. I’ll have to post more info. Downloaded the 64-bit Eval DVD and threw it on a disc to work some magic later.
I ran across some interesting stories, today. First, Tom Adelstein shared some findings from chatting with some admins around the field. He found that “Debian accounted for 44.6% of the Linux systems deployed while SUSE had 11.4% of the systems deployed. Fedora and Red Hat legacy distributions accounted for 9.2%.” I was slightly surprised at these stats. Though Debian is definitely known for its stability, so it does make sense. Previous to my working at Novell, the IT department used Debian on all their non-Windows boxes. Not being super familiar with Debian, I’m not personally acquainted with how easy it is to use. Can anyone fill me in?
I ran across this other story about SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10. If you’re in an enterprise, looking for a way to cut budget costs, SLED 10 may be something to consider. There are considerable enhancements made to this latest version of the newly-renamed Novell Linux Desktop 9.
For anyone who is familiar with Dave Kearns’ “tell it how I see it” writing style, here’s his take on SLED 10.
And finally, I feel that it is my duty to at least mention that SUSE 10.1 Beta8 has been released.
Everyone have a badass weekend.
April 8th, 2006 at 8:28 am
Chances are you’ve heard people extol the virtues more times than you can count and either ignored them or participated in the obligatory bash-Debian flamewar. If you have somehow missed out on this rite of passage, search the archives of just about any mailing list (PLUG would be a good one to start with), as most of us Debian users are tired of repeating ourselves.
April 8th, 2006 at 1:32 pm
Nah, dawg, I have no problems with Debian. I’ll check it out when my life slows down a little. I’m all about checking it out. As a matter of fact, when I was hired on at Novell, I had 6 different distributions (for a grand total of 18 partitions) on my desktop, doing some exploration of what made each one unique, better, worse, etc. Obviously, due to my employment situation, I became the most familiar with SUSE very, very quickly. The more you are exposed to a particular distro, the more fluent you become in it. Also, the more familiar you are with it, the better you can perform in that distro. Additionally, the better you are at that distro, the more likely you are to prefer it. It comes down to this: I love SUSE because that’s what I know the best (due to my continuous exposure to it). I’m sure that if I had Debian on the brain every minute, I’d probably dig that just as much. It’s like the ‘vim’ vs ‘emacs’ thing. You like what you know.
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