White Box /RHEL 3 on a Mac?

[Rui Miguel Seabra]

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.

> 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...

Rui
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