Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: vallor Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy Subject: Re: Sorry, Linux Fans: Mac Is Actually the Better Windows Replacement Date: 4 Sep 2025 08:31:34 GMT Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <%C7sQ.498128$6hp4.245923@fx17.iad> <_CqdnTj9wMJuHS_1nZ2dnZfqnPidnZ2d@supernews.com> <10904ju$2ucbi$1@dont-email.me> <3E0tQ.788055$l%O3.497736@fx18.iad> <1092vg5$3j3qb$1@dont-email.me> <1094kq6$3snn8$3@dont-email.me> <1099hgo$15ibu$1@dont-email.me> <109bf6u$1kigl$2@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 1E/+nzTMOjE76xgDBDq22gnrbj7jwz/LVcovqAlKGXAVRJ94or Cancel-Lock: sha1:Thg7AAlih311PX4sdE4g5qMhIHk= sha256:eiCUxSxer/a1BTd/X1jbkqMogPp/GZlngWRhCBb0SDM= X-Face: +McU)#<-H?9lTb(Th!zR`EpVrp<0)1p5CmPu.kOscy8LRp_\u`:tW;dxPo./(fCl CaKku`)]}.V/"6rISCIDP` User-Agent: Pan/0.164 (UA6; f8e650a6; Linux-6.16.4) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:696551 comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy:1380 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:137102 On Thu, 4 Sep 2025 07:30:38 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote in <109bf6u$1kigl$2@dont-email.me>: > On Wed, 3 Sep 2025 09:57:44 -0400, -hh wrote: > >> ... I want to provision a 10G switch, and since lot of $150 stuff that >> tends to have high failure rates, I'm leaning towards a $300 Ubiquiti. > > There is a lot of Cisco stuff on the second-hand market, still useful > even though it might be a decade or more old and no longer officially > supported. And the range of functionality is just breathtaking. > > I have been learning about some of it lately, for a client. One switch I > have here is running an OS called “Open IOS XE”, which uses a Linux > kernel and even lets you write Python code to run on it. The switch I bought that supports LACP is this thing: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CR5NBC3B That's to replace the Netgear that I have, which supports link aggregation, but only static (no LACP support). Furthermore, on a bonded connection, I can't talk to the management port on the switch. Will report on how well the QNAP works. (It's a little pricer than some alternatives, but it's not made in China.) -- -v System76 Thelio Mega v1.1 x86_64 NVIDIA RTX 3090Ti 24G OS: Linux 6.16.4 D: Mint 22.1 DE: Xfce 4.18 NVIDIA: 580.82.07 Mem: 258G "Hm..what's this red button fo:=/07