I deffinattely wouldn't like a computer that I couldn't screw around with it's configuration. Explorer has caused a general protection fault in module kernel32.dll. I'm sick of Winblows! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darrell Shandrow" <nu7i@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 1:14 AM Subject: Re: NFB Net goes linux! > Hi Buddy, > > At the corporate headquarters of the company for which I am employed, we > have 4 of these Cobalt boxes. The boxes we have do run Linux. They do come > preconfigured to meet the needs of the vast majority of anyone who would > ever want to operate them, either as admins or as customers. We use them to > provide domain e-mail and web hosting services. > > Though the admin is not locked out of any aspect of administering these > boxes, it is definitely discouraged by their manufacturer, who indicates > that use of the root user/password might permit alterations which could void > any warranty. > > Some of my co-workers don't really like these boxes very much; they're the > geeks who like to be able to tinker with all aspects of a computer's > operation. I like to think I tend to take a more middle-of-the-road > approach. For our customers, who just want reliable and user-friendly > e-mail and web hosting, they're just fine. > > Thanks. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Buddy Brannan" <davros at ycardz.com> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 7:39 PM > Subject: Re: NFB Net goes linux! > > > > On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 08:12:00PM -0400, Ann Parsons wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Naw, Alex, they can RTFM. > > > > It may be as simple as that, or maybe not. I know something about a > > Cobalt box was mentioned. From what I understand, these are machines > > made by a division of Sun (or something) as plug-and-play sort of web > > server machines...which is to say...who knows how configurable they > > are out of the box without some real know-how? I had an account on an > > ISP who used one of these...and the Web control panel had some > > gratuitous Javascript to handle account maintenance. The admins said > > they couldn't change the interface as it came that way from the > > factory pre-installed. I know nothing about these machines...but it > > could be that all of the stuff is set up in such a way as to make > > admin of the machine easy for those who don't know a lot about the > > underlying OS...but hard to modify and get into the innards. > > > > On the other hand, it could be that Dave doesn't feel like reading the > > manual after all. > > -- > > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV/3 | "And if the ground yawned, > > Phone: (814) 455-7333 | I'd step to the side and say, > > Email: davros at ycardz.com | "Hey ground! I'm nobody's lunch!" > > http://www.ycardz.com/ | --Eddie From Ohio > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
