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Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
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Mon, 3 Jan 2000 02:13:41 GMT
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On Sun, 2 Jan 2000 16:16:21 GMT, jasper@janssen.dynip.com (Jasper
Janssen) wrote:
> > > 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...
>
> Well, not yet. I don't know that much about your plans for the future
> ;)
Ok. So what do you mean by "completely different"? I'm curious as to
what you see as the differences betweeen "ISP" adminning and
"corporate" adminning. I've actually done ISP "helpdesk" stuff before
(in fact my last job was managing an office that did just that) but I
wasn't responsible for any of the essential servers...
> > 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.
>
> See email. One I'll mention right now is comp.risks.
Ok. I'll be looking for the email...
> > 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).
>
> Ouch.
>
> I mean, yes, nice machine, but $5.6k? In US prices, even. That would
> be around $7k if I wanted to buy it here... and it's only got a Mobile
> 266? And only 128M? :=)
Yup. Don't look for me to justify it - I didn't even ask for it. :)
> The tosh had it separate, and since the CD burned out, I've used it
> more than before. I reinstalled win95 from floppies, thrice.
UGHT. Installing anything from floppies sucks.
> Keeping up with the joneses, you know.
Or the Janssen's...
> [BO2K]
> > 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.
>
> $Free or OpenSores free?
$Free.
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