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Re: Any teams use Linux?
We use GNU/Linux (and true UNIX like anything 4.4BSD-based and Solaris/HP-UX) for services that're going to be open to the outside world, like our Web site. I'm hoping to expand that all over, but I'm not sure exactly how well that'll work and how much time I'll have to do that since I'm pulling triple-duty this year: acting electrical head, Webmaster, and programming assist.

It's just a lot easier to maintain than Windows. None of my servers blink, and I have nice things like Real Scheduling(tm) and a Real Multi-User Environment(tm).

The only time I have to do anything with our network as it exists in the NOC is whenever one of the night techs is irresponsible, and that usually just involves a quick fsck of the filesystems to check for corruption or lost data.