NFB Net goes linux!

[Alex Snow]

I deffinattely wouldn't like a computer that I couldn't screw around with
it's configuration.
Explorer has caused a general protection fault in module kernel32.dll. I'm
sick of Winblows!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Darrell Shandrow" <nu7i at azboss.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 1:14 AM
Subject: Re: NFB Net goes linux!


> Hi Buddy,
>
> At the corporate headquarters of the company for which I am employed, we
> have 4 of these Cobalt boxes.  The boxes we have do run Linux.  They do
come
> preconfigured to meet the needs of the vast majority of anyone who would
> ever want to operate them, either as admins or as customers.  We use them
to
> provide domain e-mail and web hosting services.
>
> Though the admin is not locked out of any aspect of administering these
> boxes, it is definitely discouraged by their manufacturer, who indicates
> that use of the root user/password might permit alterations which could
void
> any warranty.
>
> Some of my co-workers don't really like these boxes very much; they're the
> geeks who like to be able to tinker with all aspects of a computer's
> operation.  I like to think I tend to take a more middle-of-the-road
> approach.  For our customers, who just want reliable and user-friendly
> e-mail and web hosting, they're just fine.
>
> Thanks.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Buddy Brannan" <davros at ycardz.com>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 7:39 PM
> Subject: Re: NFB Net goes linux!
>
>
> > On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 08:12:00PM -0400, Ann Parsons wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Naw, Alex, they can RTFM.
> >
> > It may be as simple as that, or maybe not. I know something about a
> > Cobalt box was mentioned. From what I understand, these are machines
> > made by a division of Sun (or something) as plug-and-play sort of web
> > server machines...which is to say...who knows how configurable they
> > are out of the box without some real know-how? I had an account on an
> > ISP who used one of these...and the Web control panel had some
> > gratuitous Javascript to handle account maintenance. The admins said
> > they couldn't change the interface as it came that way from the
> > factory pre-installed. I know nothing about these machines...but it
> > could be that all of the stuff is set up in such a way as to make
> > admin of the machine easy for those who don't know a lot about the
> > underlying OS...but hard to modify and get into the innards.
> >
> > On the other hand, it could be that Dave doesn't feel like reading the
> > manual after all.
> > --
> > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV/3   | "And if the ground yawned,
> > Phone: (814) 455-7333     | I'd step to the side and say,
> > Email: davros at ycardz.com  | "Hey ground! I'm nobody's lunch!"
> > http://www.ycardz.com/    | --Eddie From Ohio
> >
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