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Subject: Re: The correct operating system

Author: Michael P. Nance Sr.

Date: 09:24:11 08/24/03

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On August 24, 2003 at 10:58:29, Steven Edwards wrote:

>On August 23, 2003 at 21:51:50, Michael P. Nance Sr. wrote:
>
>>I'm just fixing to start ordering componets for a dual Opteron. I want to go
>>with Windows Server 2003 because it will run both 32 and 64 bit Programs. Does
>>Anyone see any problems with 2003 as a operating system for the Opteron. All
>>Your comments are welcome.
>
>I would go with Linux instead; that's what I have running on my dual P3
>rackmount.  It's running headless with Red Hat 9.0 using the standard SMP kernel
>and everything seems to work fine.
>
>    [sje@joni sje]$ uptime
>     10:51:43  up 20 days, 17:54,  1 user,  load average: 2.00, 2.00, 2.00
>
>Had a power failure three weeks ago due to a thunderstorm.
>
>At the very least, reserve a partition on one of the drives for Linux so that
>you'll be able to do performance tests on your chess software without Microsoft
>overhead.  Plus, way fewer viruses to worry about.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           I will check into this. I have never had dealing with Linux. Do all Your Programs run with a hitch? Reason I ask ,aren't all Programs built around Windows as a OP?



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