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Using Linux at Work
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2006-12-03 05:31:16
Hi

"However, around 18 months ago, I built a file server
for my LAN, using 
a VIA Epia 800MHz motherboard and a couple of 200GB hard
drives. With 
Windows installed, it was so slow that I had 10 or 20 second
delays when 
trying to access the share across the network. The overhead
of Windows 
was just too great for it to work effectively – odd for such
a minor 
task. Finally I had the necessity and I decided to give
Fedora Core 4 a 
go. Fedora is the free version of Red Hat, and is actually
used on many 
web servers (including this one). It's use on web servers
was a key 
reason to choosing this, as I wanted an environment that was
similar to 
the Red Hat box I was used to, while also learning skills
that could be 
transposed directly over to web server administration.
Interestingly, a 
Fedora is the type of hat shown in the Red Hat logo
(something a 
girlfriend of mine had to point out to me), so it is in fact
a little 
play on words.

Installing Core 4 was painless and before I knew it, I had
set up a 
fully secure file server that was almost instant to access.
It was 
amazing how much difference in performance there was. When
mapped as a 
network drive, it felt like it was a drive in my
computer."

http://www.trustedreviews.com/editorial
/2006/11/11/Using-Linux-at-Work/p1

Rahul

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