Originally posted by: ProviaFan
Ok, so I could ask someone else for a copy... sure. And if they're willing to supply me with a copy, then who can say for sure where they got it from?
That's one way. But there are other ways too. MS, and other vendors know how it's done. And the network types don't get second hand images.
You aren't making a whole lot of sense here. Are you insinuating that merely the posession of a p2p client indicates that one must use it for illegal activities? How naive... :roll:
You'd love that would you?
BTW, Provia, what's this thread about?
Hopefully, I indicated clearly enough that the legality of obtaining Windows 2003 Server was not the only reason that I don't use it, though it is certainly one of the major factors.
But also by showing to the boys that you too are "hip" for not using Windows, you make a critical error of showing that you're an average end user.
Let's see... I need an OS that:
Is free, or at least affordable.
Read above. It's funny too, the ones who have a lifted copy of Windows on their rig and also using Linux complain about the price. Imagine that!
Can function as a web server, database server, file server, NAT, firewall, and print server.
Can do all of the above on a 500MHz system with 256MB of RAM, and quickly.
That 256MB of RAM wouldn't last on a web server at all, especially one with any traffic than hitting simple web pages. It's why servers of any worth have at least 2gigs of memory -- to run that database, file server, NAT, firewall, and security ware. Let's see, I had a straight install of Fedora on a VPS with 128MB (nothing else) and CPanel. It had like 64MB left over for anything else. With a 2mb seat for every forum connection, you can imagine that setup wouldn't work. On my dual Xeon system, out of 2gigs, there's alittle over 1.5gigs left after the essentials are loaded.
And a 500mhz processor would c-r-a-w-l on anything but serving web pages. With a database like mysql, it'll be crying for help. It's why it's recommended that a server running a board like here with more than a 100 active members online to have a dual Xeon processors, 2+gigs of memory, and SCSI drives.
It's fine bragging about *nix on a desktop, but in practice in the real world even *nix needs hardware and resources like Windows. This is the problem now with current TECHNOLOGY.
Offers quick and reliable remote access (good CLI is a plus - I grew up on old computers and DOS, so I'm not afraid)
Being legal
and free / affordable at the same time is a nice additional benefit.
What would
you suggest? (I know n0c would say OpenBSD
)
For what I do? Anything that works. I'm not OS loyal.
If I can bribe my relative for that Windows 2003 Server license pack he has laying around doing nothing, I'd use it (think the package also has MSSQL and other goodies too)
For a *nix? FreeBSD as it's the most secure in lock down mode (and why I'd prefer it over all other *nix flavors). It takes a lot of work for it to work on common web serving clients alone (why CPanel and it really conflict), but once done, it's a good platform for ecommerce (either with Zend or Curl modules).
BTW, don't judge folks by their clothing.