Re:I switched from macOS to Linux after 15 years of Apple
by vetinari on Friday August 27, 2021 @06:15AM
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Windows makes it hard, when you need to have credentials from multiple domains and these domains do not have configured trust. It's a hell then.
Both macs and linux can handle this fine.
Re:I switched from macOS to Linux after 15 years of Apple
by xupybd on Friday August 27, 2021 @04:51AM
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Yeah using samba is just as hard on Linux. I've struggled to get AD to work correctly with older PC's. We run CNCs with Win 98.
NFS is simpler and easier to manage.
Re:I switched from macOS to Linux after 15 years of Apple
by vetinari on Friday August 27, 2021 @06:18AM
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Windows 98 does not support AD out of the box; the contemporary solution was NT4 domain.
There is a solution for that, dsclient, but it is still missing Kerberos support, so you have to account for that.
Mounting remote file systems can be done easily in the GUI, as can sharing. Like any such software, it's going to have a learning curve.
I can't remember the last time I was on Linux and didn't have to start off by installing cifs-utils, and then hunting down instructions on writing an .smbcredentials file.
Windows also makes it (relatively) easy to administer file sharing if you're on a AD domain. All said and done, I personally use Unraid for my home NAS.