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Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!news From: stephen farrell <sfarrell@phaedrus.uchicago.edu> Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: phaedrus.uchicago.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID: <87d8s797hh.fsf@phaedrus.uchicago.edu> Lines: 26 Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: University of Chicago -- Academic Computing Services X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.4.37/XEmacs 19.15 References: <332c9a76.3278270@news.adelaide.on.net> <5i1216$gc4$1@news3.realtime.net> <33457087.6003026@news.sprynet.com> <5i2ahu$1mi@twin.wasatch.com> <5i3f1a$nc5@hermes.synopsys.com> <5i78ee$bcs@twin.wasatch.com> <3347c5d8.749407980@news.diac.com> <slrn5kfn6p.1s3.c_chaos@chaosnet.wahnapitae.on.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.89) Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 21:17:14 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.os.linux:19884 comp.os.linux.misc:168326 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38595 c_chaos@chaosnet.wahnapitae.on.ca (Andrew Costa) writes: > In article <3347c5d8.749407980@news.diac.com>, Sitaram Chamarty wrote: > >bobh@wasatch.com (Bob Hauck) wrote: > > > >I agree. On that note, has anyone used SAM (HP-UX) or SMIT (AIX). I > >haven't used much of either, but it seems to me in this case a > >commercial Unix has the lead over us (whether Linux or FreeBSD). > >Anyone who knows more about SAM or SMIT care to comment? Do they even > >qualify for this discussion? > > SMIT under AIX. Once I got used to the idea of leaving the config files > alone (not futzing about with them in vi), it worked pretty well. It IS > easy to use. The big problem is the ODM - some stuff is kept in a > binary database. I don't like THAT atall. I'd rather have the option > of editing a text file if SMIT goes wrong or if I want to fine tune > something. Not that SMIT has gone wrong on me, but there's no guarantee > that it never will. > > I think something SMIT-like, but operating entirely on the standard > text files, would be a big plus in Linux. There you'd have the option > of either method of administering the system, or a combination of both. i haven't tried this, but it looks quite interesting: http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf/