Thanks for the info. This answers my question very well. Cheers, Andrei
>Ok to save you some time the only differences are in the file system. >Linux can use the ext2, ext3, JFS, ResierFS or XFS file systems. All >except ext2 are journaling. Mac OS X can use the HFS+ (which is the >recommended one) or the BSD UFS filesystem. At the moment there are no >journaling capabilities available under OS X although FreeBSD's >SoftUpdates are under consideration. > >As for the rest I'll run it down item by item > >Connectivity? What do you mean by that? > >Multi-tasking: Both Linux and Mac OS X have pre-emptive multitasking. > >Multi-user: Both OS's can have multiple users logged in at any one time. > >Telnet: Thats a setting that can be changed on either OS. Suffice it to >say under normal circumstances no one will reach the limit on either OS. > >Crash recovery: What do you mean by this? It crashes, you reboot. You >can use backup software/hardware with either OS. > >User and group administration: In addition to the normal Unix users and >groups, you can use NIS on both OS's. OS X on its own has a unique >Netinfo Domain Database system that can be used to admin networks >consisting of clients of any OS. Additionaly SAMBA (SMB) can be >installed and used on both to replicate Windows networking capabilities >(PDC's BDC's...etc). > >Mac OS X is closely related to FreeBSD Unix (www.freebsd.org). The core >of OS X (Darwin) inherited a lot of technology/features from FreeBSD. >Since FreeBSD and Linux were already very similar (although not >identical) the differences the user would see were already very little. >This remains so on OS X. By comparing Mac OS X to Linux you're really >just comparing one Unix to another, like Solaris to AIX or HP-UX to >Tru64. What sets Mac OS X apart from other Unix's is its ability to run >regular applications in addition to Unix apps. Things like Microsoft >Office, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Freehand, Internet Explorer, >Quicken, and video games such as Quake, Doom, StarCraft, WarCraft....etc >that are all native to the platform. > >And no I don't know of any sites that have an exact comparison, if >anyone else does please post a link to it! It really would be redundant >though since more or less.... *NIX is *NIX. > > > > > > >-------------------------------------------------- >Blonde Klingons: Because it was a good day to dye! >-------------------------------------------------- > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
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