White Box /RHEL 3 on a Mac?

Rui Miguel Seabra rms at 1407.org
Thu Nov 4 16:07:10 UTC 2004


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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