Well, I have some bad news and some really good news. First, in an ironic sense of things, command lines are the future in some computing cases, so you're probably gonna have to learn to like 'em, or at the very lease tolerate them. Crappy, I know, but as a Mac user since I had an SE in 6th grade, I found it to not be too bad if you go in positive.
Next, since you plan on setting up a webserver/router, you don't need any graphical desktop, just the good ole command line. And then, as long as you're not doing any compiling, it should be fine. I mean, I had debian 2.2 installed on an old Q950 and you can't notice any slow down or lag in the command line. Now, I run my firewall on a Q800 with OpenBSD as the OS. No GUI, just the prompt. So, bad news, command lines here to stay. Good news, almost anything can run a linux/BSD/Unix command line w/o a GUI just fine. Matt --- Tina Holm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Excuse me for being totally ignorant of anything but > the classic Mac > OS. Just to let you all know that I haven't got the > slightest idea on > anything command-line like stuff, and unfortunately > I also hate it. > I'm one of those stubborn enough to refuse to ever > run Mac OSX. > > So, there you have me :-) > > Faith though, seems to have something else in store > for me. I have > found my self, al of a sudden, in a chair labeled > "co-superadmin" on > a combined webserver/internet gateway for the > largest wi-fi community > in Europe (500+ users as of now, end scenario some > 16.000 users). > > The other superadmin is a programmer/nerd/linux > enthusiast with some > basic webserver skills, who happily dives in and out > of little black > boxes cowered with scribble. I've streched myself as > far as using > MacSFTP and login as root, and have succeeded (more > than once :-)) in > installing cgi stuff and such. > > We're doing fairly well I guess, without too many > screw ups, but as > users increase, the screw ups are not very welcome. > The gateway and > webserver will eventually be split into 2 seperate > systems, but as of > now, if I screw up the webserver, I also screw up > internet connection > for all the users. Not popular...! > > Bottom line, I need a safe test environment! > > The server is running Debian, so that's what I'd > like the Mac to do > too. I've been to the debianppc website, and thus > know that it's > possible. And that's about it. > > I'd rather not have to deal with pc hardware, and I > can probably get > my hands on several older pci Macs for next to > nothing. Mainly in the > 85xx-96xx range. Will it be not only possible, but > also bearable (I > don't find MacOSX on beige Gs bearable mind you) to > run Debian on > such old Macs? > > And if not, what should I then look for instead? > > TIA > Tina > -- > *^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^* > War hasn't ended - Claim your right for Peace > http://www.moveon.org/moveonbulletin/ > Tina Holm, Pederstrup Djurs, DK. > http://www.nehaia.dk/ > *^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^* > > -- > 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> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > 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 Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! > http://www.applelinks.com > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- 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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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 Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
