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Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
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Sun, 2 Jan 2000 05:47:15 GMT
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On Sun, 2 Jan 2000 03:12:40 GMT, jasper@janssen.dynip.com (Jasper
Janssen) wrote:
> That's fairly medium, yeah. It's certainly not small anymore.
>
> Beware of ISP adminning, though, the dynamics are completely different
> from corporate adminning, and you're unprepared for it.
ISP adminning? What do you mean? I don't work for an ISP. I don't
know that you'd call the adminning I do corporate right now, though...
> BTW, are you reading the sysadmin newsgroups (if you are, I haven't
> seen you post there yet ;) )? I personally find them funny a lot, and
> they're rather good at telling you what software to avoid (everything,
> preferably, of course, but some things rather more than others ;) )
Contrary to popular opinion, I'm really a quiet guy. I read a lot of
groups I never post in. But no, I can't say that I read many sysadmin
groups regularly. I do deja.com searches to find solutions for
problems sometimes, but I don't casually read them much. Which do you
recommend as useful? I can skip the amusing ones, but if you think
some actually have more meat than fluff, I'm game.
> > Still, I'd rather have the 128 megs of
> > RAM and 8 gig HD along with the DVD player in mine. And if I weasel
> > the Aironet wireless gizmos away from my partner I will soon be able
> > to sit in my recliner and surf there without running a 50ft jumper
> > down the stairs from my router.
>
> Give the thing a break, it's last years model. And did I mention that
> it was fl 3250,- only (though slightly used)(bit over $1500 or so -
> consider the 17.5% sales tax and general more expensiveness of stuff
> here in your answer, please ;) )?
Well, technically my laptop is last year's model also. :)
As for price, thankfully I didn't pay for mine. It was a "present"
from my boss, presumably to make up for the fact that I was underpaid.
I think the laptop itself was about $4500 as configured, not counting
the modem/nic or the dock I got with it (probably another $1100).
> The main attractive feature is that it's the enterprise model, which
> means that everything is integrated (TV video out, floppy, CD, PSU all
> integrated in the unit. No network, unfortunately, though), and it's
> very sturdy.
Yeah, I wish my floppy were integrated, but to be honest I can only
think of 3 times I've used it, so maybe it doesn't matter. Win2k Pro
runs like a champ on it, btw. Been running it since Beta 2 without a
single hang, crash, etc.
> Besides, if I find that the 64M is too little for mother-dear, I can
> buy a 64M upgrade for around $90 or 128 for $180. Since mother likes
> to single-task mostly, I doubt it'll be a big problem. (unlike myself,
> where I almost never have less than 15 items on the taskbar, and 64M
> is really too little, but I have too little cashflow at the moment to
> deal with it)
Hah! I'll have to tell my mom she needs to get a laptop. :)
>
> BTW, have you ever looked at BO2K? I'm seriously considering
> installing it on my parents' PCs for remote adminning and easy
> diagnostics (the LAN is physically secure and firewalled, before you
> ask).
Well, officially, no, I haven't looked at it. Unofficially and off
the record, I've used it once or twice. :) But I have no real use
for it. I have other remote admin options, although I'm going to take
a look at the SSH-enabled free whose name escapes me right now -
multiplatform, small, a little slow, but free, and free is good.
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