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<<Does a plain vanilla (ie non-configured) Win2k3 server do anything useful straight away>>
if i want it to be a domain, DHCP, IIS (why??), ect server, click, and off we go.....
<<If you prefer to have a system that is a potential nightmare to bring back to life after a clitch, then go Win2k3!>>
bringing the thing back to life has never been a real hassel, i dont ask it to do much, therefor kicking it back to lif generaly means insterting the windows cd, and going to the restore prompt
<<and you prefer that said system should use resources to provide an GUI interface when it's never used, then go Win2k3!>>
The only non windows commponant installed on it is VNC Server, so i can do remote administation
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| On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 12:45:43 +0000 Philip McGaw | <skippy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | |> as Ben, and Gem, can probably testifie, i have been looking at |> installing linux for a while, however despite trying to get a |> working linux box, my server still runs 2003 server (upgraded |> from 2000 profesianal) i have tryed Debian, and FDC2 on it, |> however Windows has always been easer to set up, because it just |> works, | | | I suppose that all depends on your viewpoint of "easier to setup". | | If you prefer using a server system that requires a reboot every | time you add a task for it to do, then go Win2k3! (I recently had | the pleasure of installing a Win2k3 server on a virtual machine so | that I could help someone with an RIS problem they were having. | Installed the OS. Reboot. Promoted the server to a PDS. Reboot. | Install DNS services. Reboot. Install RIS services. Reboot. | Thankfully I already have a DHCP server on my home LAN otherwise I | would have had to do that aswell, and reboot!) | | If you prefer being given a pointy-clicky environment that has | (very) limited scripting ability should you need to perform regular | repetitive tasks, in order to configure and maintain your servers, | then go Win2k3! And I don't count using an abomination of a batch | file (using VBScript) in order to perform functions as "scripting". | | | If you prefer to have a system that is a potential nightmare to | bring back to life after a clitch, then go Win2k3! Why is damn | near everything stored in cryptic files or in the registry? | | If you run servers that are (almost) never accessed directly but | instead rely upon remote access for configuration maintenance... | and you prefer that said system should use resources to provide an | GUI interface when it's never used, then go Win2k3! | | Otherwise, I think that perhaps you might want to try something | else. | |> When i can find a linux distro that "just works" i may get shot |> of my windows usage, but untill i find a just works solution, i |> will have to continue using windows | | | As far as I am aware, there are no operating systems that "just | work". All of them *have* to start with a blank slate onto which | you create a system that suits you. Does a plain vanilla (ie | non-configured) Win2k3 server do anything useful straight away? | No, you have to mould it to your needs. Does *any* Linux system do | anything useful straight away? No, you have to mould it to your | needs. True, most Linux distros give you the option of installing | extra software (such as OpenOffice or server softwares) at | install-time, but if we're talking about server systems, you still | need to tweak them. | | There is no such thing as a perfect OS. | | Grant. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (MingW32)
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