---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: River Tarnell river@attenuate.org Date: Apr 25, 2006 6:55 PM Subject: Re: [Toolserver-l] new login server To: Gregory Maxwell gmaxwell@gmail.com

Gregory Maxwell:

Your feelings on Linux mirror mine on Solaris.

that's fine - i understand other people don't like Solaris, but until (very) recently, no-one was interested in doing *anything* with Zedler except me. and i prefer Solaris, so that's what it uses :)

Division of labor? The work I'm most excited about (other than my own projects) is helping with on toolserver is basically training toolserver users, creating tool parts and tools to make tools.. Front end stuff.

are you fine with running Solaris in that case (as an end-user), or do you still prefer Linux? recently i'm more interested in back-end administration, and leaving user support to other people, especially since other people have root/database access.

i've tried to make zedler "Linux-user-friendly" as far as installing GNU tools and so on goes. if something is missing here, i'm happy to try to fix it. (i haven't heard any complaints from users about this recently, but i understand people are sometimes unwilling to complaing about 'charity' services--please /do/ tell me if something is still not acceptable to most users.)

i am fine with acting as a sysadmin for Zedler with Solaris and leaving everything else (including database) to other people--in fact, that's pretty much what i do now.

if you (or DaB, or maybe someone else, if it's someone we can trust) is okay with handing over the login server, and running some form of Linux on it, i'm also fine with that. but in that case i won't be putting any effort into it at all (although i will continue to run the DB server.)

- river.