[geeks] Sun LX50

[Bill Bradford]

On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 04:09:22PM -0500, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> Question:  Is "Sun Linux" any different from / better than "Cobalt Linux"?
> Cobalt Linux is on my top 10 list of "worst OS distributions of all time".
> In fact, it's probably #1[1].  The earliest versions had numerous bugs
> that would cause vital files in /etc to be truncated (shadow, passwd, and
> inittab come to mind).  Later versions had far more interesting bugs,
> including race conditions in the administrative UI which could lead to
> users unexpectedly migrating between different virtual hosts--this became
> even more interesting if one of the users happened to be removing subsites
> at the moment.  Rumor has it that they finally got a clue about the time
> Sun bought them, but I've not used any of the newest boxes.

Sun Linux is:

:%s/Red Hat Linux 7.2/Sun Linux/

with minor tweaks and add-ons, and I think it will also ONLY install on the
LX50.

(according to internal Sun documents I've seen)

Bill

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bill bradford
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