I'm planning on using linux for dns only. But I don't know if I want to get into linux, or just stick with mac os for ease of use and troubleshooting.
> At some point in time [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) wrote: > >>> I am curious about linux on ppc. I've tried yellow dog before and it was >>> neat, but nothing to shout about and it was a lot of work and was slow as >>> compared to system 8.x on a 80mhz machine. > >> I'd try it again, maybe on another machine. An 80 mhz machine ( even an 80 >> mhz mac) IS slow - plus, in spite of what is often said about ram >> requirements being minimal, I'd use at least 128 meg. > > An 80 MHz Mac is likely Nubus, and not supported by YDL officially. > > What isn't said about the 'minimum' requirements for Linux > distributions is that low figure assumes you have a large quantity of > patience to offset the small quantity of processing power you have ;) > Also, many of the 'minimum' requirements assume you _won't_ be > running X Windows. > > If you don't turn off background processes you won't use, don't have > much RAM, and don't have a fast hard drive, linux can seem slow if > you run X Windows. I have found linux in command-line only mode to be > much faster than OS 8.x on a 8100/110 or a 7300/132. On a 9600/233 > with 192 MB of RAM, Linux with X Windows is as fast or faster than > Mac OS 8.x or 9.x, and _much_ faster than OS X. Hard for me to > compare BeOS, it's been so long since I've run it. > > Linux won't magically turn your computer into a speed demon, > particularly if you don't take the time to optimize it for your > system. I like to run Mac hardware until it drops dead, but sometimes > I have to wipe a tear from my eye and say goodbye. > > It is _much_ harder to install/configure than any other OS available > to run on Mac hardware (well, maybe Darwin is harder). I use Linux on > Mac hardware because the services I want to run will run faster under > Linux than other Mac-hardware OS's. I generally only use the command > line on all of the Linux machines we have, both Intel and Mac. Lynx > is faster than Mozilla ;) > > I'm sure we'll hear from the NetBSD crowd about speed ... ;) -- Steve Vaught [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.highresolutions.com http://www.highresprinting.com ---------------------------------------- High Resolutions, Inc. 125 West Jackson Avenue Knoxville, TN 37902 ph. 865.523.3361 fx. 865.523.3763 Main email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Secondary: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Job Submission: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------- -- MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
