On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Expat <ian.prick...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi All > I'm setting up a home server (Xserve G4) to act as my main server for > data, itunes, web hosting and possibly mail etc. given the choice > between OS X Server 10.4 and OS X Client 10.5 which would you choose? > I really like the OS X server management tools as they make monitoring > and administrating the server incredibly easy but 10.4 doesn't have > Time machine , lack of budget is what's preventing me from choosing OS > X Server 10.5. > What do you think?
Don't waste your money on any version of OS X server. Instead use a client version that you already have (or even better, something like Debian for your server--OS X is much more suited for general desktop use then server use). Using a repository like macports you can install nongimped versions of Samba, Apache, Postfix, etc. Then you can use the following instructions (ignore the comment about it being for OS X server, it works fine on OS X client) to install Webmin which'll give you a web based administration interface for all the services you want to run on your server for free: http://www.webmin.com/osx.html. IMO the only benefit of OS X server is the ability to define security policies for macs in one central location as well as have a central source for login authentication, everything else it provides can be done for free without the purchase of a OS X server license. Since you don't seem to want to do either of those things OS X server really won't provide you any benefit. -- Best Regards, John Musbach --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
