NewDude
Group: Members
Posts: 150
Joined: Feb. 2006 |
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Posted: Mar. 31 2006,03:50 |
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Hey guys, the forum I run is a poltical/military/hiking/computer/space stuff/ 4x4, etc.
I mainly set it up for me and my friends... but all are welcome... My hobbies include beer making, backpacking and day hiking, mountain biking, lifting weights,4x4 (JEEP) and of course computers I also work full time as a computer programmer/DBA/ Oracle Discoverer Administrator. So I am always wanting to chat with people with the same interests as me. So if you guys want to check out my forum here is the URL
PLANETX APPLICATIONS FORUM
Currently though, it is still running on my Dell Poweredge Server. I am still testing it on the old compaq laptop, last night I port forwarded 80 to the laptop to run tests... I won't put the compaq as full time server until I have the email server put on it fully running the way I want. I figure in 2 weeks...only.. 2 weeks I will have it fully running and ready to serve the world. Planetxapps is my domain. It is a name I call my side business that my friend and I do building small business networks on the side away from our full time jobs. About 7 months ago, something hit me... I got really tried of Microsoft... this has been coming slowly for the last few years, but 7 months ago that was it... I started looking into flavors of Linux... I messed with SuSE, Fedora, Ubuntu. I ended up really liking Ubuntu because it was only 1 CD to worry about... Then I stumbled on DSL and Puppy Linux and my world changed over night... I quickly ditched Puppy and went head over heals for DSL...
DSL has given me a new drive for computers because I can do just about everything I need with it on a system that is 10 years old. I don't have to spend lots of cash to keep up with the hardware. And when I did run DSL on my new system, it was incredible... I still get amazed at the speed.
I am still learning Linux, but since I bought a couple of books, things are getting more clear and I am doing well with it. It makes sense and searching the forum has answered so many questions. Most people asked the same questions.
ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS: WHEN YOU CAN HOST A MYSQL FORUM, WEBSITE, AND EMAIL SERVER ON A 10 YEAR OLD MACHINE THAT HAS ONLY 48MB(SOON TO BE 80mb) THEN YOU HAVE FOUND ONE DAMN KILLER OS...
I will keep you guys upto date. I am also going to post my procedures of setting up the whole thing. So if a newbe (Like me) wants to setup a website and/or Mysql DB and/or etc... they will be able to.
It really hasn't been that hard... I have made a few mistakes, but between DSL being awesome and XAMPP being easy, it has been easier so far than setting it up on WIN2K...
I am starting to try to learn Mosix to. I have been reading and trying to learn it and I want to get Mosix running on my network as a test. Maybe this summer I can get 2 test boxes together and test Mosix and try to get it going with DSL.
MOSIX
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