> > Linux can be obtained for free, or for $49.95. Red Hat, Caldera,
> > Turbo Linux, SuSE all have versions for sale. The web server Apache is
> > included. It is UNIX based, which gives you a lot more power to build
> > things. And, it will run for weeks, even months without crashing if run
> > on stable hardware.
> Second point is, if you're going with a Linux box and you're *not*
> interested in learning the ins and ours of Linux, getting into the guts
> of the system, and parting your own box together, you may want to
> consider a Cobalt Qube or RaQ Microserver (www.cobaltmicro.com). I
> can't speak from personal experience but by all accounts I've
> heard so far, they're pretty solid, and very easy to bring up as a web
> server.
Cobalt has been spoken well of on the Linux lists. I have seen one,
but can't quite understand the advantage, since here in sillyclone valley,
you can pick up used 486's and even pentium boards and boxes for a lot
less... and the Cobalt does not have the ability to act as a firewall
box; it hooks to your LAN. People are so power hungry to hope to get NT
to work, that they keep upgrading. It isn't the processor, folks; it is
the disk drives that are slowing your system down -- the slowest thing
your computer does is the head seek, and NT thrashes swap a lot. Double
the speed by putting in a separate swap drive, not a faster processor.
Linux will run fine on a 486 with a fast set of drives and 32 or 64 meg of
memory; though it will run in about 8 meg, just not quickly.
<a href="http://www.linux.org/">LnxOrg</a>
<a href="http://www.redhat.com/">RdHat</a>
<a href="http://www.caldera.com/">Caldra</a>
<a href="http://www.linuxhq.com/">HQ</a>
<a href="http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/">LDoc</a>
<a href="http://www.ssc.com/linux/resources/ldp.html">LD2</a>
<a href="http://www.linuxnow.com/">LnxNow</a>
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