[clug-talk] Query: Mac & Windows Diagnostics Tools

[TekBudda]

No it is a great post.  A reminder of what we are fighting for.  I was
taling with someon yesterday taht said Linux would be a great
operating system if it could "commericalize" itself more like Mac or
WIndows. whihc he stated both suck.  So I asked him, "you mean that
Linux would be "better" if it was more like WIndows."  e and I both
had a good laugh over that comment & ate another chickan wing.

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Greg Saunders <greg at taord.com> wrote:
> No offense (and I should probably refrain from this post) but there is no
> such thing as "preventative maintenance" on a Windows box. The Macs I have
> around here run about as good as my Linux desktops/servers so it's a moot
> point.
> As far as Windows is concerned, my experience with the likes of Norton and
> other similar utilities, is that it's simply a world of pain. It's not worth
> it. I sold my last Windows box at the beginning of the year and *will not*
> sell nor support another.
> My colleague, who has significantly more Windows machines in the field than
> I, is done as well. In fact, he will only ship Windows to clients if the box
> is running Linux and Windows is running as a VM inside the Linux O/S.
> Period.
> Windows goes sideways (which it *always* does) and proof, blow away the VM
> and restore to the last known good snapshot. And store absolutely *no* data
> on the Windows box.
> Then you'll have a life ... things will be sane. You'll have time for your
> wife and kids :)
> Ciao,
> Greg
> I know, I know, not the helpful post you want and I should have just kept
> this to myself ... sorry :)
>
> On 4 May 2010 14:07, TekBudda <tekbudda at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> The boss wasn't specific about the feature sets they were loooking for
>> & Norton Utilities was the closest thing I can thing of.  I think what
>> they are maybe are looking for is something that does the following:
>> * Disk Cleaner
>> * Registry Defragmenter/Cleaner
>> * System Optimizer
>> * Performance Test
>>
>> While not a core part I would imagine the following would be helpful as
>> well:
>> * Service Manager
>> * Startup Manager
>> * Hardware Profiler
>> * Partitioning Tool
>> * Data Recovery
>>
>> I did try and press for more details of excatly what they are looking
>> for, but he was prtty busy & couldn't really outline things much more.
>>  My best guess is that they are looking for some sort of preventative
>> maintainence product that could be used to diagnose issues & allow
>> tech's to be somewhat proactive  at addressing issues.
>>
>> I am kind of envisioing what you did Gustin...a single cd/usb that you
>> could pop in the drive & perform said functions.  I know it would
>> likely be possible to build something out of some protabl tools & such
>> out there, but I wanted to see if there was something already
>> available.
>>
>> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 4:36 AM, Gustin Johnson <gustin at echostar.ca> wrote:
>> > On 10-05-02 10:19 PM, TekBudda wrote:
>> >> Hey all,
>> >>
>> >> Haven't seen a post lately so I figured I would query a see if anyone
>> >> had some suggestions.
>> >>
>> >> A supervisor at work asked me if I knew of any diagnostic suites
>> >> (preferably) that could be used on Windows & Mac computers.  I am
>> >> probably looking at a couple of different solutions here, but if there
>> >> is somethign out there that accomplishs both...great!  The easiest way
>> >> I can describe the need would be something similar to or on par with
>> >> Norton Utilities.
>> >>
>> >> They are not afraid to purchase the needed tools, but if it can be
>> >> done for free even better, but cost would be a concern depending on
>> >> the licenses.  My boss is aware that I give preference to open source
>> >> technologies & he is open to that as well.  Essentially...whatever
>> >> does the trick.  I guess what I would be envisioning would be a
>> >> bootable CD/USB tool set.
>> >>
>> >> I have been googling around a bit, but haven't quite found what I am
>> >> looking for.  Although to be fair, my searches & investigation to this
>> >> point have been very peripheral.  If anyone has any ideas please let
>> >> me know.
>> >>
>> > I have not used Norton Utilities since the Dos 5.x days, so you will
>> > need to be a lot more specific about what tasks you want accomplished.
>> >
>> > For a swiss army knife of bootable Linux goodness, I am a big fan of
>> > systemrescuecd.  I always carry it with me on a USB stick.  I use this
>> > to recover just about any machine once it no longer boots (recover data
>> > that is, I don't really bother with repair any more).
>> >
>> >
>> >
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