liquidtenmilion |
08-28-2006 05:27 PM |
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Originally Posted by raska
I'd like to add something about Slackware that rocks and I think that no one has mentioned: The community is the best.
mmmm.... I had a spare cap somewhere around here... I shall look for it but don't hold your breath.
You should come here, I recently changed the mail server from a qmail installation on RHEL3 to one on Slackware 10.2 (for budget purposes). And we host several domains (30+), proan.com, proan.com.mx being the most notable ones for this region.
It's just a typical LAMP (Linux + Apache + Mysql + Php) installation.
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Don't get me wrong, i've seen Linux used on many different servers, and in many different officies, but I have never seen Slackware used. Companies almost always opt for the (more expensive) official vendor support and the ability to have a person to call if something goes wrong. They always go for Novell/Red Hat, or an entirely different commercial flavor of unix.(Or windows)
It doesn't have anything to do with the quality of slackware itself, it's just that if something goes wrong, the Boss is going to want to call an expensive and needlessly certified professional, and there really are no such people for Slackware.
Also slackware doesn't have NEARLY the amount of testing and quality control as Red Hat does, and it does not come with ANY warranty, implied or expressed, what so ever. It would take quite a lot to convince a company to switch to Slackware over redhat.
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