On Wednesday 03 Nov 2004 15:21, Rui Miguel Seabra wrote: > On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 09:29 -0500, Scot L. Harris wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 09:11, linux r wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > 1. I need to set up a mail server and also apache with a tiny site. > > > Can I run this on a G4 or G5 without too much of a headache? I have > > > never really messed with Mac's but I know there is a lot of friendly > > > overlap between the linuxes/BSDs etc, and macs in terms of software. > > > I am not a developer, more of a sysadmin, and if I have to spend too > > > many hours messing with it, forget it! > > > > Why not use the software that Apple provides with OS X? > > Many reasons come to mind. One of them, is to use Free Software, instead > of mainly proprietary software. > > > It is a BSD type unix system. > > Not really. It is based on one such, but its behaviour has been severly > hampered. Why get a toy BSD-based os when you can get a serious BSD? > > > So all of the standard packages you would need for a > > mail server and web server should be available, if not bundled with OS X > > then certainly compilable or installed via what ever package system OS X > > uses. Give the hardware that would be the best option IMHO. > > You're giving it more hope than reality. The hardware is really nice, > though. And I've considered getting an Apple laptop in the future, but > only to use with Free Software. If you do, YellowDog will sell you one with their GNU/Linux already installed, with all the usual Apple harware warranty etc. see http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/products/apple/
