Re: Linux vs Jaguar (OSX)

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2002


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texte = On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Donovan wrote:> O.K., > If I do a linux box, I'm thinking about building it from scratch. > > I'm thinking quality fans, 500+ megs of RAM and perhaps > a mediocre SCSI drive and maybe sticking it all into a rackmount > unit. > > The other option is buying a pre-config rackmount unit. > Anyone know of good rackmount resources for building such > a beast? > > Last but not least, I am used to running DNS, MAIL, and WEB > all on the same box with my Mac machine. Does linux robustly > handle all of these services simoltaneously on one machine?and then some...> > thanks, > Donovan > > > dott@smithmicro.com wrote: > > > Linux!, IMHO and experience, by far is the better choice. Why have a pretty > > box that costs boatloads more that a generic PC if all you are doing is > > using it as a web server. > > As far as stability goes many variants of Linux are extremely stable (Free > > BSD, RH, Caldera, etc) One word in favor of the Mac, OSX is miles ahead of > > the old ver. OS9.x and prior releases. Still if $$ are the deciding factor, > > Linux hands down. > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > <><> Donovan Brooke <><>->ï > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Linux vs Jaguar (OSX) (John Peacock 2002)
  2. Re: Linux vs Jaguar (OSX) (Donovan 2002)
  3. Re: Linux vs Jaguar (OSX) (Kalin Mintchev 2002)
  4. Re: Linux vs Jaguar (OSX) (Donovan 2002)
  5. Re: Linux vs Jaguar (OSX) (Donovan 2002)
  6. Re: Linux vs Jaguar (OSX) (Clint Davis 2002)
  7. Re: Linux vs Jaguar (OSX) (Yo Weber 2002)
  8. Re: Linux vs Jaguar (OSX) ( 2002)
  9. Linux vs Jaguar (OSX) (Donovan 2002)
On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Donovan wrote:> O.K., > If I do a linux box, I'm thinking about building it from scratch. > > I'm thinking quality fans, 500+ megs of RAM and perhaps > a mediocre SCSI drive and maybe sticking it all into a rackmount > unit. > > The other option is buying a pre-config rackmount unit. > Anyone know of good rackmount resources for building such > a beast? > > Last but not least, I am used to running DNS, MAIL, and WEB > all on the same box with my Mac machine. Does linux robustly > handle all of these services simoltaneously on one machine?and then some...> > thanks, > Donovan > > > dott@smithmicro.com wrote: > > > Linux!, IMHO and experience, by far is the better choice. Why have a pretty > > box that costs boatloads more that a generic PC if all you are doing is > > using it as a web server. > > As far as stability goes many variants of Linux are extremely stable (Free > > BSD, RH, Caldera, etc) One word in favor of the Mac, OSX is miles ahead of > > the old ver. OS9.x and prior releases. Still if $$ are the deciding factor, > > Linux hands down. > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > <><> Donovan Brooke <><>->ï > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Kalin Mintchev

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