Re: tlug: Fw: Linux Web Server

["linuxwiz" <linuxwiz@example.com>]

What would everyone recommend as the "best Japanese" distro to use for a
newbie (my wife) ? I run VMware, as I have to use Windoze NT, Win2k,Win95/98
as well as Linux and the wife needs a Japanese version of Linux.
thanks in advance
jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen J. Turnbull <turnbull@example.com>
To: <tlug@example.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 1999 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: tlug: Fw: Linux Web Server


> >>>>> "jb" == Jonathan Q <jq@example.com> writes:
>
>     >> As for software I am planning to keep my Windows 98 (for my
>     >> wife), and install Redhat 6.0, Cladera 2.2 (which I got from
>     >> the last TLUG meeting- Thanks), and Turbo Linux as my Japanese
>     >> software. I am hopping to convert my wife.
>
>     jb> Three different Linux flavors?  I would cut that down to two,
>     jb> I think.  After all, you don't want to be dual-booting a Linux
>     jb> box between Linux flavors - you'll never set any uptime
>
> Get VMWare (http://www.vmware.com/), and then you can say you haven't
> rebooted your Windows box in ages.  You'll still have to reboot
> Windows, of course, but the box can keep on running ;-).  You can also
> have multiple Unix systems running too.  I think this is a cleaner way
> to test different systems' UIs.
>
>     jb> records that way :-) If you need a Japanese system on your
>     jb> workstation, just put TurboLinux on it rather than Red Hat, I
>     jb> think.  Or you could, alternatively, put in Red Hat and
>     jb> install some of the Japanese packages from TurboLinux.  I
>     jb> guess that depends on how much Japanese you need in your Linux
>     jb> distro.
>
> This is _NOT_ recommended.  TurboLinux tweaks their Japanese packages,
> and last I saw had a funky file hierarchy too.  Sometimes they work,
> sometimes they won't.
>
>     jb> Finally, file system lay out.  I recommend partitoning your
>     jb> disk like this:
>
>     jb> /
>     jb> /usr
>     jb> /usr/local
>
> This is a good idea; a better idea given you goal of learning about
> sysadmin stuff is to learn how to make RPMs, install your local
> software into the main tree, and keep the RPMs around in an archive
> under /home somewhere, that gets burned into a CD-ROM every three
> months.
>
>     jb> /var
>     jb> /var/spool
>     jb> /home
>     jb> /var/log
>
>
>
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