Thread: Linux
Hi,
Background :
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I am just a user of Windows and am trying desperately to make a career in Software. The only thing that I am trying to concentrate on is making fundamentally good small-time applications on VB in the front-end and a very stable back-end.
I have been a member of the Postgres mailing lists for about a month now and so far as I have learnt out here , it is only the fact (besides others) that a) Windows is unreliable and b) SQL Server is unreliable.
That is why I am trying to ensure that my applications work on Linux as the back-end at least because I am in India, where Windows owns virtually the entire country... well, at least 98% of the small-timers, who are not into high-end solutions, which is effectually my target-audience.
The only way I can make a mark is by providing cost-effective solutions, that is why I intend shifting to Linux / FreeBSD and Postgres.
Problem :
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Though I found extensive documentation on the Postgres web-site for Postgres, where can I get a similarly extensive docket for Linux... please... including how to make linux behave as a server for Windows clients... remember, that though my targets may not mind taking Linux for server, getting Linux on the desktop would be impossible for them.
Thanx a lot in advance,
Kapil
> > Problem : > ======== > Though I found extensive documentation on the Postgres web-site for > Postgres, where can I get a similarly extensive docket for Linux... > please... including how to make linux behave as a server for Windows > clients... remember, that though my targets may not mind taking Linux > for server, getting Linux on the desktop would be impossible for > them. Want a nice server install, why don't you give Trustix a try..;-) http://www.trustix.net. As for making Linux behave as a server for Windows... I'm not quite sure I understand your problem... If your talking about File and print server, then I believe you'll be wanting the SAMBA part of things... If your talking about a web server, perhaps APACHE would be more to your liking. If your talking about ftp, then perhap ProFTPD would fit your bill... E-mail, perhaps Postfix..;-) Database Server, PostgreSQL or whatever. Now if you're talking about trying to have your Windows Clients talk to your PostgreSQL server, and if your clients are programmed using Visual Basic and the like, then perhaps you may want to download the ODBC driver for PostgreSQL for Windows, and install it in the windows client... Setting the proper parameters for your ODBC source. http://techdocs.postgresql.org has some very nice documentation about these and other subjects related to PostgreSQL...;-) And for the ODBC thingy... why don't you try http://odbc.postgresql.org ..;-) Cheers, John Clark -- /) John Clark Naldoza y Lopez (\ / ) Software Design Engineer II ( \ _( (_ _ Web-Application Development _) )_ (((\ \> /_> Cable Modem Network Management System <_\ </ /))) (\\\\ \_/ / NEC Telecom Software Phils., Inc. \ \_/ ////) \ / \ / \ _/ phone: (+63 32) 233-9142 loc. 3112 \_ / / / cellphone: (+63 919) 399-4742 \ \ / / email: njclark@ntsp.nec.co.jp \ \
I would like to recommend using Delphi instead of VB and use ZeosDBO www.zeoslib.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Clark Naldoza y Lopez" <njclark@ntsp.nec.co.jp> To: "Kapil Tilwani" <karan_pg_2@yahoo.com> Cc: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 3:52 PM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Linux > > > > Problem : > > ======== > > Though I found extensive documentation on the Postgres web-site for > > Postgres, where can I get a similarly extensive docket for Linux... > > please... including how to make linux behave as a server for Windows > > clients... remember, that though my targets may not mind taking Linux > > for server, getting Linux on the desktop would be impossible for > > them. > > Want a nice server install, why don't you give Trustix a try..;-) > http://www.trustix.net. > > As for making Linux behave as a server for Windows... I'm not quite > sure I understand your problem... If your talking about File and print > server, then I believe you'll be wanting the SAMBA part of things... > > If your talking about a web server, perhaps APACHE would be more to your > liking. > > If your talking about ftp, then perhap ProFTPD would fit your bill... > > E-mail, perhaps Postfix..;-) > > Database Server, PostgreSQL or whatever. > > Now if you're talking about trying to have your Windows Clients talk to > your PostgreSQL server, and if your clients are programmed using Visual > Basic and the like, then perhaps you may want to download the ODBC > driver for PostgreSQL for Windows, and install it in the windows > client... Setting the proper parameters for your ODBC source. > > http://techdocs.postgresql.org has some very nice documentation about > these and other subjects related to PostgreSQL...;-) > > And for the ODBC thingy... why don't you try http://odbc.postgresql.org > ..;-) > > > Cheers, > > > John Clark > -- > /) John Clark Naldoza y Lopez (\ > / ) Software Design Engineer II ( \ > _( (_ _ Web-Application Development _) )_ > (((\ \> /_> Cable Modem Network Management System <_\ </ /))) > (\\\\ \_/ / NEC Telecom Software Phils., Inc. \ \_/ ////) > \ / \ / > \ _/ phone: (+63 32) 233-9142 loc. 3112 \_ / > / / cellphone: (+63 919) 399-4742 \ \ > / / email: njclark@ntsp.nec.co.jp \ \ > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 12:56:56PM +0530, Kapil Tilwani wrote: > Though I found extensive documentation on the Postgres > web-site for Postgres, where can I get a similarly extensive > docket for Linux... please... including how to make linux > behave as a server for Windows clients... remember, that > though my targets may not mind taking Linux for server, > getting Linux on the desktop would be impossible for them. there's a lot of HOWTO docs at linuxdoc.org, and you might also look at http://rute.sourceForge.net and see if it gets you started... -- I'd concentrate on "living in the now" because it is fun and on building a better world because it is possible. - Tod Steward will@serensoft.com http://sourceforge.net/projects/newbiedoc -- we need your brain! http://www.dontUthink.com/ -- your brain needs us!