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Windows 2000 Vs Linux
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17-03-2003 3:39pm#1
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Ugh. Sounds a bit minging.
Maybe they want you to compare them in terms of usage for programming. Or maybe they want you to do a very basic analysis of how they are.
If it's the latter, you'll probably only need to delve into a few areas;
Open Source;
Kernel Types;
Networking;
Security;
FileSystems;
for a more detailed report include stuff about process management and hardware drivers.
It looks like you have a lot of googling ahead of you my friend
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Originally posted by ando
And are most of these linux variations free to download? I remember going to the linux site and seeing prices for certain mods of the OS.
BTW, can linux do email iswell? I mean, does it do the job of a mail server like Exchange does for windows?
Most distros are completely free. You get absolutely everything in it too, you don't get more in a 'pay-for-it' version. Most times when you pay for it, it's because you're buying a book or a manual - the distro is free. Head over to the Unix board and anyone there will usually happily oblige in burning you a copy (which is legal).
You can install POP3 and SMTP servers with most distros (free of course). Linux loves being a server, and should do everything you need it to as a mail server, and more.
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....bearing in mind that the majority of the world's servers run some form of *n*x OS......I'd say yeah.Originally posted by ando
And are most of these linux variations free to download? I remember going to the linux site and seeing prices for certain mods of the OS.
BTW, can linux do email iswell? I mean, does it do the job of a mail server like Exchange does for windows?
RedHat 8 seems to be edging closer to a corporate desktop replacement OS.
Mandrake is user-friendly.
Which is not what you want if you're going to be using linux.
Dive in the deep end and forge your way.
BOT: Do as Seamus says. Google till your fingers bleed
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The other big question - which version of 2000 ? - they are all very similar - you just have to pay more for the versions with less features blocked. (Home / Pro / Server / Enter)
You can use most versions of linux as workstations or fileservers or by adding things like SendMail or MySQL or Apache they will do similar things to a windows 2000 application server.
Most brand name PC's come with Windows and probably Works bundled at no apparent extra costs. So windows sounds free.
But if you want to connect to a network you are supposed to use Windows 2000 Pro ( $'s) and windows 2000 server ($'s for CAL's). And if you want to upgrade to XP - well microsoft don't want people to upgrade - the want you to buy new licenses or preferably rent the software ... In most cases the cost of licenses needed to open the latest vesion of an access database on a server is more than the cost of the PC.... From a programming view point this means that a PC on a linux system can be of a higher spec than on a windows system..
It also depends on what level you are programming - at low levels linux open source wins. At high levels - it depends on the language and apps in use - Linux would not be the first choice for Visual Basic. But another point to watch out is microsoft gotcha's - where different versions of languages have different syntax and defaults on some commands and a whole host of undocumented calls...
If you need cross platform support then Linux is yer man - yes you can get windows CE - but it is not 2000, where as linux has been ported to just about anything that has a screen and a decent processor.
One goal of programming is of couse software reuse - write once - reuse forever - unfortunately in the case of windows a singnificant anount of time trobleshooting Apps is spent in sorting out incomapatibilites between different revisions of dll's and registry settings...
And then there are the relative costs associated with the programming languages ... 0 -
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