Original Sender : Ari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------- http://www.mactimes.com/bin/news/index.pl?read=1498 Linux and OS X Server Compared Head To Head Simon Helton has posted an excellent point by point comparison of Linux and OS X Server, examining each platforms strengths and weaknesses. It's an interesting read, especially for anyone pondering which of these alternatives to Windows NT to adopt. Performance-wise, Simon notes that "Out of the box OS X can be setup very easily to become a high performance web server," but a Linux box can perform just as well in most circumstances, but it does take more technical knowledge to get there." He rates them a tie on performance. Comparing Interfaces, he notes that OS X has "a mature, hybrid GUI from the NeXTStep OS and MacOS," and "offers a lot to the novice system administrator, or for the office that can't afford an in-house or freelance tech to set it up and maintain it," while "Linux has no GUI, but a command line interface," which "gives it a low over head, not having to draw windows and buttons.". Although GUI add-ons are available for Linux, "it doesn't always work as smoothly as OS X, although they do "look and act better than Windows NT/98." Overall,Simon rates OS X Server a better solution for the graphically inclined. As for software support, Simon observes that Linux has a large software library, ans software exists for about everything you could want to do, while "OS X is new and its selection shows it." However the OS X version of Apache "comes with unparalleled performance though, and WebObjects is one of Apple's prize technologies." Additionally, using BlueBox normal MacOS apps. work in OS X, "expanding its library considerably." (a bit of an understatement, I would say)." Simon does give OS X the winning point for having had Quake 2 running on it. As for stability, a major Linux bragging point, Simon says he hasn't "heard too many problems from OS X users, but it is a 1.0 release and takes a huge amount of RAM, often times causing the need to restart fresh." Linux's scalability allows it to run on a diversity of hardware, as compared to the G3 required OS X. Linux can be had as a free download, and the "impressive performance garnered from old hardware gives it the advantage", and its "tried and true performance is incomparable." Overall, Simon advises choosing the OS that will do what you need best. Linux can supply "a totally custom system that performs one task insanely quickly by being stripped to do that task." OS X provides a "friendly box that can be administered by anyone in the office, [and] works ideally with all those Macs being used throughout the office." "Linux is only free if your time is worthless," says Simon. "It offers great stability, but OS X is ready to go NOW, and anyone who has used the MacOS or NeXTStep can probably set up a server using it in an afternoon." ---------------------------------------------------------------- Compu-Mania MailingList is provided by PT Centrin Utama Maintained by : [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Post a msg : Send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe : Mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] BODY : unsubscribe Compu-Mania For more information, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "HELP" in the BODY of your mail (without quote). ----------------------------------------------------------------
