[TriLUG] Mandrake business server- opinions?

[Michael Hrivnak]

Thanks!  That's great information.  Just for clarification, are you using 
standard Desktop releases, or are you using the Mandrake Corporate Server or 
something else?

Michael

On Sunday 11 July 2004 09:26 pm, Jason Tower wrote:
> virtually all of my clients are currently (or soon will be) running
> mandrake.  after using redhat for a couple of years, i switched to
> mandrake and have been extremely pleased with it, both as a desktop and
> a server.  it has proven to be stable, secure, and easy to manage and
> update.
>
> - excellent implementation of KDE (unlike rh/fedora - i don't care for
> gnome and i don't care for bluecurve)
>
> - standard command line tools work as they should, unlike suse (witness
> the useless useradd command, among others)
>
> - a huge collection of RPMs are available, most of them right on the
> CDs.  *WAY* more than rh/fedora deliver
>
> - a "loaded" kernel with lots of available modules (when trying to
> rescue a client's mac hard drive a few months ago, mandrake was the
> only distro that could read the HFS+ filesystem out of the box)
>
> - urpmi, though a tad difficult to get working sometimes, does a great
> job of handling updates, rpm dependencies, etc
>
> - a fast, flexible, powerful installer.  far more flexible than
> fedora's, and accomodates network installs much better than suse's
>
> i've tried almost all of the major distros out there and mandrake has
> the best pro/con ratio (debian was close though).  and this isn't just
> an academic discussion for me either, my business depends on my ability
> to install, configure, and manage linux servers.  if they fail - i
> fail.
>
> jason
>
> On Sunday 11 July 2004 20:36, Michael Hrivnak wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > In conversations here and elsewhere, it seems to me that Mandrake has
> > been labeled a good competitor for the desktop market, but I rarely
> > hear them mentioned or considered for use in business applications.
> > Since I know many of you are involved in making decisions about what
> > software a business will use, I'd like to hear opinions on Mandrake's
> > business server software.  For a refresher:
> >
> > http://www.mandrakesoft.com/businesses/
> >
> > So, what has your experience been?
> >
> > If you don't have any experience with it, why have you chosen other
> > solutions instead?
> >
> > I'm just looking for some productive discussion about the ups and
> > downs of why Mandrake does or doesn't get used in business settings.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Michael