I've been using Red Hat since '99 (I think). Mostly for entertainment initially, and then Red Hat would manage to present itself as the sensible solution for a number of problems. Around 2003 or so I started to find more people suggesting Red Hat (or Linux) for a number of different things, seemingly because of "the buzz". It seemed the more diverse of a deployment landscape I started to support on Linux, the more diverse the problems were - and back then I was not terribly impressed by the support of the product. Red Hat was a quality distribution, but their support didn't necessarily seem to have answers I was seeking and they did not seem responsive. Roll forward almost 10 years and it's a completely different experience. These folks are on top of things. Take the following example(s): I recently posted to a Red Hat forum with a trivial question regarding implementing IPA and how to setup the supporting DNS. The forum was unre...
Linux: The whole world made it for you... This blog is a collection of things I come across either at home or at work as a Linux Administrator. I have worked as an Admin working with Solaris, SAN, Backups and Linux at the Enterprise level for over 16 years.