[s-cars] NAC: hard drive crash

[Vincent Frégeac]

Lee,

Linux is, AFAIK, the only viable alternative. There's a few other server OS
but none that has the support Windows and Linux has.

The pro with Linux is it's a real server OS, with domain, access rights,
etc. and, as a bonus, having a free copy of Linux is legal. The main con is
the ease of use. It has been vastly improved with interfaces like KDE or
Gnome but it's still way behind Windows. For mandatory Audi content, lets
add that VAG-COM does not run on Linux.

I've played with Linux for a little over 6 month, both on the laptop and the
file server and reverted back to Windows on both, simply because it's so
much easier. And, on my home file/media/FTP/VPN server, XP can run for month
without rebooting despite my bad habit of trying each and every piece of
beta crap I can put my hands on, so I don't see the need of "improved"
reliablity.

On the other side, I would not venture myself in some Vista based OS. Tried
the RC2 during a week, found that my P4HT was slower with Vista than the PII
300 with XP, so my Vista RC2 CD is now much better used for avoiding coffee
stain on my desk.


Vincent proud member of the HD/XP/Scirroco/M5 err, Audi? List

2007/4/3, Lee Levitt <lee at wheelman.com>:
>
> Shit Matt, we're all pretty freakin' geeky one way or another, and
> any server, Micro$oft or otherwise, will be used to store
> significant Audi content.
>
> So no worries. Most of us, well, me at least, have at least one
> ear open regarding this topic. Me, I run XP as a file server at
> home, am always wondering what would be better that wouldn't
> require further imersion into geekdom (I do have a day job or two
> that aren't related to actually physically touching the inside of
> a computer).
>
> :)
>
> Lee
>
>
>
> On Tue Apr 03 11:13:15 PDT 2007, "matt ludwig."
> <urs6avant at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > again, my apologies to anyone really not wanting to hear
> > computer/ server speak on this list, and not try to start a flame
> > war  additionally.
>
>
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