Re: [cobalt-users] Re: Kernel 2.4.23 (Last Stable) or Kernel 2.6.0

[Tim Larson <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/23/2003 12:59 PM, Chris Beaumont felt like writing:

> NetBSD runs fine on my cobalt qube2 and bluntly, administering it is 
> orders of magnitude simpler than administering RedHat Linux system, once 
> you do a little learning..

I like the NetBSD philosophy of only installing a base system, and 
letting the admin install software.  It forces you to learn things a 
little better, and also keeps unneeded cruft out of the way.

>  Pkgsrc rules..

Ditto.  The whole package system rocks.

> Updating software off the net and keeping abreast of all security 
> patches can similarly be completely automated.. You can set up cron to 
> check for security issues every night at 3:00 am or even several times a 
> day..then install patches automatically...

If you wouldn't mind, I'd love to hear how you do this.  I have a small 
NetBSD box that I'd like to keep updated, but haven't had the time to 
invest to learn how to do it.  Possibly straying OT for the list though...

> Performance seems much better than my qube2 running Linux 2.0x too..

That's very cool.

Tim

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