Re: tlug: Fw: Linux Web Server

["Scott M. Stone" <ss8913@example.com>]

linuxwiz wrote:
> 
> 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

they all suck to one degree or another.  FreeBSD-J, anyone?  :)

Seriously, though, I'd probably recommend Debian-jp if you're going to
be using Linux.  I know this probably comes as a shock to most of you
(that I would recommend something other than TL), but they've been
having some development 'issues' lately, such as sticking their foot
directly into the pile of festering dog sh*t that is every 2.2.x kernel
since 2.2.6 without looking before leaping, etc, etc.  Plus some various
J issues that seem to be ... well, let's just say that I've heard some
nasty stuff about the latest TLJ.  See, I can't leave those guys
unsupervised for even one minute :)

> 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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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com>
UNIX Systems/Network Admin (Consultant)
Taos Mountain Software
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