Re: White Box /RHEL 3 on a Mac?

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On Thursday 04 Nov 2004 16:45, linux r wrote:
> On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 16:07:10 +0000, Rui Miguel Seabra <rms@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 12:06 -0500, Scot L. Harris wrote:
> > > I admit I have not used OS X but have been considering an Apple laptop
> > > the next time I get one.  I think you are being unfair calling it a toy
> > > BSD-based os.
> >
> > Get a *BSD os and compare first, please :)
> >
> > > Can't get much more free than Apache and sendmail.  :)  If you are
> > > talking about the OS I think you purchase that along with the hardware.
> > > So it is a sunk cost.  I don't think Apple sells systems without their
> > > operating system.  But I could be wrong about that.
> >
> > Yes I'm talking about the whole. It's just the same problem as when
> > buying a "pc" laptop, it almost always comes with Windows and you get to
> > pay for it even if you don't want it.
> >
> > > > > Instead of using expensive equipment (G4 or G5) you might consider
> > > > > using some cheap Intel or AMD based box.  You can get good boxes
> > > > > for 300 to 400 dollars that will be more than sufficient to handle
> > > > > a small site with low volume traffic.
> > > >
> > > > This might be a good option...
> > >
> > > If you are hung up on using "free" software I think that would be the
> > > best option.
> >
> > No one is "hung up" os using Free Software...
> >
> >      http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
> >
> > ... since that's not a limitation but a choice. And a much better one
> > than choosing to be a subject to "owners" of socially harmfull software,
> > like proprietary software.
> >
> > Rui
> >
> > ps: living in a Free House, where even non geeks like my girlfriend and
> > occasional guests use Free Software (namely the latest release of Fedora
> > Core) without any problem.
> >
> >
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> Hey guys,
>
> Thanks for all the detailed info.  It's really great.  This happens to
> be a school, and for all I know, I will get the hardware ONLY and thus
> not OS X or whatever, but I am not sure.  Not a big deal.  I agree,
> Mac OS is mighty cool, with the BSD kernel and all of that.
>
> The main thing is to get it up and running fast/stable/secure, so (in
> this project) I am not really wanting to learn a new distro, package
> manager, etc etc.  I am a Red Hat guy mainly, and I don't have 20
> years of UNIX and C programming experience (unfortunately for me).
> Although generally I love learning new things of course, which is why
> I am on this list ...
>
> I think I am gonna do my damndest to lobby for i386 and save myself
> architectural headaches.  If there is no i386 hardware available, I
> will get it running on the ppc based on some of the links and advice
> posted here.  I may give Yellow Dog a try, if it is reasonably easy to
> install it should do the trick for us.

Have you considered YellowDox Linux - Redhat-style distro on PPC:

http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/


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