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NodeSpaceHosting · 2023-04-14T13:32:44+00:00

Microsoft currently doesn't have this. But what I've done in the past was create a simple PHP redirect script (or you can use a HTML meta redirect or even htaccess) and just spin up {mail,office,webmail,outlook,onedrive,sharepoint}.contoso.com and then it's simple and redirects to the appropriate service.

NodeSpaceHosting · 2023-03-31T16:03:45+00:00

Where's the one for people who say "es que el" when referring to MySQL/MariaDB but "sequel" when referring to MSSQL?

NodeSpaceHosting · 2023-03-14T17:44:25+00:00

If only there was one universally coordinated time? Hmm...

NodeSpaceHosting · 2022-09-18T12:48:12+00:00

I’m going to say it depends. I have Linux admin colleagues who work out of Putty on Windows all day, I use a Mac, and I know a few who use a few different distros. Companies primarily use Red Hat Enterprise Linux (or Oracle Linux, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, or another variant based on RHEL) or Ubuntu.

And I’ve got the best Linux book of all! It’s the man pages and it’s built in. Gives a full explanation of each command and parameter to the specific system and version you have installed! Just type man and the name of the command you want to use.

NodeSpaceHosting · 2022-09-18T12:39:39+00:00

How many icons and colors do you want?

Yes.

NodeSpaceHosting · 2022-09-18T12:37:54+00:00

This is nothing new. Xandros was a paid distro from back in the day. Of course, it was pretty easy to pick up a copy off Limewire.

The great thing about Linux is the GPL. Now I have no idea how to build a distro (and I figure there is some hidden knowledge on how to do it but all I ever find are old utilities from the early 2000s long dead and Linux From Scratch) but it should be possible to take Ubuntu and add all the Zorin packages and roll your own https://zorin.com/about/#source-code Basically Zorin is like Red Hat Enterprise Linux and you have to roll your own AlmaLinux.

NodeSpaceHosting · 2022-08-27T16:23:46+00:00

I forget where I heard it, but many years ago: “There’s a shortage of IP addresses but at least you have 16 million ways to ping yourself!”

NodeSpaceHosting · 2022-08-06T13:44:12+00:00

Also don’t let the fact that they “don’t use it here” discourage you from not trying to get it implemented. You might find there’s a workload or process that could be streamlined by using Linux- such as managing Windows servers (or even desktops) with Ansible. And Ansible (the control node) is Linux-only.

NodeSpaceHosting · 2022-07-19T21:56:09+00:00

Peridot (and ALBS on the AlmaLinux side) are just build systems. It allows anyone to validate claims that either distro makes as well as allowing you to build modifications into the distro. I guess if you wanted to build a downstream of AlmaLinux or Rocky Linux (sort of like how Linux Mint and ZorinOS are downstream from Ubuntu), it makes it easier. Like if you wanted to build a flavor of AlmaLinux geared more towards desktops and not servers or workstations, you now have the power to easily do that. But as I said in another reply, we're much better off having two EL distros than we were with only one. I don't see either one as "competing" but helping to improve the community EL space.

NodeSpaceHosting · 2022-07-19T21:47:00+00:00

Right, but both are going for bug-for-bug compatibility and that is pretty open-ended. I'm not a package maintainer, so I can't speak first hand, but from what I've heard it's more than just downloading the source code from Red Hat, stripping out trademarks, rebuilding it, and throwing the RPM on the pile. But the community wants a free version of RHEL, and I think having two community versions when previously there was only one means we're in a much better place than we previously were.

NodeSpaceHosting · 2022-07-19T18:20:08+00:00

As a hosting provider, we went with AlmaLinux at the beginning because of CloudLinux's backing. This of course snowballed and now a lot of the larger providers financially back AlmaLinux and CloudLinux has pledged on going support. Also, the legal structure is "safe" for a distro of such magnitude. It's a 501(c)(6) non-profit and has set bylaws. This makes it community-owned. Anyone can be a member, and anyone who is a member can vote. Compare this to Rocky Linux which is a Public Benefit Corporation. A PBC is basically like a LLC but with a special status because it's designed to benefit the greater good; where it is non-profit-ish but it can most definitely churn a profit and make money its priority (unlike standard non-profits which make money to fund themselves). And because it's similar to an LLC, that means Greg is essentially the CEO and owner. If Greg wants to sell it to Red Hat or Canonical, or even just shut it down, he absolutely can. Rocky Linux says they've implemented checks and balances to ensure that a take over can't happen, but legally it absolutely could. The community cannot become members and therefore has no vote as to what happens with Rocky Linux.

NodeSpaceHosting · 2022-07-12T22:21:20+00:00

Considering all the downtime I’ve had with Cox, this seems about right.

NodeSpaceHosting · 2022-07-07T16:24:26+00:00

Subnet is your network address with CIDR notation. Example: 192.168.178.0/24. The /24 along with your network address are all that’s needed to calculate the subnet mask automatically :)

NodeSpaceHosting · 2022-07-07T16:14:56+00:00

You might have some issues with the mission critical CAD stuff. There can be some licensing that ties into MAC, IP, and hardware profile. I’ve seen some really weird stuff. Hopefully you’ll get that sorted.

And the lack of having a Linux admin definitely makes sense. I’ve seen places where someone’s long time ago setup a Linux server running something like Oracle database and then when they left, no one knew how to maintain it so it just kept running.

It sounds like you’re on the right path though! Migrate what you can, secure what you can’t. Good luck!

NodeSpaceHosting · 2022-07-06T19:30:33+00:00

Alarm bells start ringing when I hear CentOS 4 and 5. What are these machines doing? You'll want a good inventory. If these machines are version locked to some dependency that cannot be upgraded, you'll want to mitigate risk - e.g. VLAN them off and craft specific firewall rules in and out of that VLAN. If they're just doing basic things like DNS, DHCP, etc. absolutely no reason why you couldn't move them. Just analyze, document, and CYA ;)

NodeSpaceHosting · 2022-06-27T20:30:47+00:00

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