Re: why not like linux ?
From: David J. Craig (SeniorDriversWriter_at_shogunyoshimuni.com.net)
Date: 05/18/04
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Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 17:18:31 -0400
Red Hat does apply their own modifications to the kernel, but if you install
the sources from the full install CD set their update site does keep the
sources up to date too. That is required by the license for Linux. I use
Red Hat because I can use FTP on my box without having to install the full
IIS. I don't have to install or allow Apache just to have FTP. I know I
can buy a FTP server for Windows, but it comes with Red Hat. In fact there
are two FTP servers available - WU-FTP and vsftp. I like vsftp because I
can have several individuals share a common directory by making their user
IDs point to the same directory. It also prevents those users from
accessing other directories on my system. It doesn't have all the query
tools that WU-FTP has as to who is logged on and what is in progress, but I
can see what is uploaded and downloaded when it completes or is interrupted.
Both FTPs support the resume feature of good FTP clients.
It is a good distribution and I am sorry to see them drop it. I may switch
to SuSe later after I see how their 9.1 with the 2.6 kernel works. I need
the FTP capability for consulting, but I don't want a web site or all that
other junk. I also have used sendmail at times, but not at the moment.
"Maxim S. Shatskih" <maxim@storagecraft.com> wrote in message
news:uYJUxeRPEHA.3420@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Is this handbook updated since 1994? Most ( if not all ) of your
> > statements are either outdated or even where never true. Is this your
> > basis of discussion?
>
> The handbook is really around 80% obsolete, but sorry, X11, NFS and
swapping
> scheme are still such. To name a few.
>
> > Want to compare CMD with bash? Oh, come on.
>
> bash would only benefit if it would do no wildcard expansion, offloading
this
> to a C runtime call in the app itself. More flexibility for the app
writer.
> Lesser idiocies when the expansion result is treated as a flag.
>
> > You can not only use one swapfile, you can use multiple swapfiles
>
> In what UNIX? In FreeBSD?
>
> > Windows has a partition scheme? Windows installer has a clue on how it
> > can be installed on any partition on the drive? Come on, share your
> > knowledge!
>
> Just choose any partition formatted with Windows-supported FS, and all
will be
> fine. No such partition? Create one. No space to create? Sorry, you're out
of
> disk space, no OS can handle this.
>
> > Huh? You mention RedHat and say the bear no responsibility over the
kernel?
>
> Surely no. The kernel is not RedHat's. It is Linus's.
>
> Linus can be personally connected with RedHat, but sorry, I do not trust
such
> personal connections in the industry.
>
> > Ah, this is the answer. You do not really know what you are talking
> > about. If you use RedHat, you update the kernel with the RedHat update
> > functionality and it will run.
>
> Is it not open source? Can I take the source from the web, more so - from
> maintainer site! - and build it? No? OK, RedHat is no more open source,
and
> thus starting to combine worst sides of both software models.
>
> --
> Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP
> StorageCraft Corporation
> maxim@storagecraft.com
> http://www.storagecraft.com
>
>
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