Do you use Linux?

red-defender · 15th April 2009, 09:02 AM

Is it illegal to use command line?

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clyde · 15th April 2009, 09:55 AM

At least they have lawyers in the States who are not afraid to go up against this sort of activity.

kimox · 8th January 2010, 03:51 AM

No. I haven't even tried using Linux. I am much more comfortable in Windows. I have been used to it ever since and I cannot think of any reason to shift to linux from windows. Are there? If so, please tell me guys. Thanks!

mark.willis · 8th January 2010, 06:23 AM

All of the servers we use are in a flavour of linux, so i've always had a day-to-day use of it.

Although some windows ide's are really good (looking at nusphere PHPeD) and allow file transfer via sftp with RSA key authentication, trying to mount a linux drive in windows is slow at the best of times (things like sftpdrive)

I'm on ubuntu 9.10 now, and have customised gnome to look/act alot like mac os (as there GUI is much more user friendly then basic gnome. With this I can mount all my servers as folders and get the best project management and code completion (as in most ide's code completion doesn't work on remote files)

Also having the ability to use SCP + rsync to transfer files is much easier/quicker then S/FTP.

I know linux commands are available to windows through sygwin - but that's just cheating

terraGirl · 8th January 2010, 05:13 PM

I think I'm about to feel very, very old - when I went to school, we were taught in command line ... with green text on black background ... I still remember my first VAT calculation loop command in MS-DOS ...

thinkbizom · 26th February 2010, 09:22 AM

Yes I use Linux,
Linux is more than a hip buzzword in computing. It is more than the latest fad. It was modeled on the Unix operating system first developed by Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson at AT&T. Unix was developed to run the largest network in world, the AT&T telephone system, and it did. The Unix operating system was designed to be scalable, reliable, modular, secure and portable with network extensibility.

thinkbizom · 26th February 2010, 09:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mark.willis

All of the servers we use are in a flavour of linux, so i've always had a day-to-day use of it.

Although some windows ide's are really good (looking at nusphere PHPeD) and allow file transfer via sftp with RSA key authentication, trying to mount a linux drive in windows is slow at the best of times (things like sftpdrive)

I'm on ubuntu 9.10 now, and have customised gnome to look/act alot like mac os (as there GUI is much more user friendly then basic gnome. With this I can mount all my servers as folders and get the best project management and code completion (as in most ide's code completion doesn't work on remote files)

Also having the ability to use SCP + rsync to transfer files is much easier/quicker then S/FTP.

I know linux commands are available to windows through sygwin - but that's just cheating

Yes I agree with you.
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jejemon · 2nd June 2010, 02:03 PM

Well I am not sure if this is really the reason why most companies prefer to use linux over windows servers. They say that you do not need to reboot your linux server after a patch has been installed. Making the lives of the server guys a lot easier and no impact / service interruption to production as well. With Windows as we all know, almost every installation requires a reboot thus making this activity a very high priority and would require approvals from the bosses and letting them know that during this maintenance window production will be interrupted due to a reboot.

mark.willis · 2nd June 2010, 02:18 PM

an addition to jejemon...

Also for webservers - running a LAMP environment (Linux, apache, MySQL, PHP) costs £0 to licence and has a huge community base, so support is endless.

UH-Tony · 2nd June 2010, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by jejemon

Well I am not sure if this is really the reason why most companies prefer to use linux over windows servers. They say that you do not need to reboot your linux server after a patch has been installed. Making the lives of the server guys a lot easier and no impact / service interruption to production as well. With Windows as we all know, almost every installation requires a reboot thus making this activity a very high priority and would require approvals from the bosses and letting them know that during this maintenance window production will be interrupted due to a reboot.

This is mostly true in that only kernel level updates/patches generally require a reboot. Of course even those reboots may not be necessary thanks to kSplice.

O'Connor · 5th June 2010, 06:55 PM

Do I use Linux? Yes definatley and I luv it! I started out with Redhat Linux years ago and since then have tried many... My favourites at present are Slackware and Ubuntu but not limited to only those - anyone have any good flavours you like?

Many people would probably now call me a Hypocrite for saying this but... I am a software developer on Windows systems and sell my software using a Shareware model BUT.. I prefare Linux! There is no money in developing for it though and so with that I have to stay dev for Windows only.

What do I like with Linux over Windows? Flexabilty - you can do almost anything you like & as Root your GOD!(Providing you are not in the US.. apparently lol) so as mark.willis has said "...and has a huge community base, so support is endless."

This could not be more true - I have a LAMP setup on my Slackware system for offline use only for testing scripts etc and came accross a very strange and abstract problem a few weeks ago. I could not have solved this alone without the amazing support of other developers willing to devote their time to myself out of the goodness of their hearts.

Completley OFF topic but - when can we have Cpanel used for hosting here? Maybe I should cancel my hosting and sign up again would that get me Cpanel..?