[slim] Windows to Linux to Mac...
Started in Windows years ago. Tried and found I really enjoy Linux. I live on Linux Xandros in a Win AD domain at work, (do ipTel & VoIP for a living). Finding that Mac actually has Linux under its hood, and that I have always liked their interface, I bought a Mac mini. I am extremely pleased. I see my mini has Apache already installed. With my Win box I installed Slim Server, but did not need IIs running. Does Slim Server run on top of Apache on my mini? Do I need to start the Apache server to use Slim Server in a Mac world? Not knowing the Mac as well as I do a Windows box, or my Linux desktop, I am gun shy to install Slim Server without understanding if it is anything more than download, click & install... My Mac mini blows away my home Dell Windows PC, and my Linux box at home is a laptop. I'm looking forward to letting my Mac serv as my Slim Server. My new Mac has sucked me in whole. Its hard to use the other boxes and almost painful to go back to the Windows box. It's interesting. I was explaining to an audiophile friend when asking about all the PCs at home that I felt Windows is mainstream "mid-fi", Linux is "DIY high-end", and Macintosh is purely "hi-end" product. He said "ohhh" and called me the next day becuase he was out Mac shopping. :) Mac users of Slim Server share your thoughts. Is it ok to just point, click, install, and enjoy Slim Server on my mini? Thanks in advance. JazzFan -- jazzfan jazzfan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=917 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20679 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Windows to Linux to Mac...
jazzfan wrote: Started in Windows years ago. Tried and found I really enjoy Linux. I live on Linux Xandros in a Win AD domain at work, (do ipTel & VoIP for a living). Finding that Mac actually has Linux under its hood, and that I have always liked their interface, I bought a Mac mini. I am extremely pleased. BSD actually, but let's not pick nits. It's *nix. I see my mini has Apache already installed. With my Win box I installed Slim Server, but did not need IIs running. Does Slim Server run on top of Apache on my mini? Do I need to start the Apache server to use Slim Server in a Mac world? Not knowing the Mac as well as I do a Windows box, or my Linux desktop, I am gun shy to install Slim Server without understanding if it is anything more than download, click & install... You don't need Apache, Slimserver does its own HTTP service. My Mac mini blows away my home Dell Windows PC, and my Linux box at home is a laptop. I'm looking forward to letting my Mac serv as my Slim Server. My new Mac has sucked me in whole. Its hard to use the other boxes and almost painful to go back to the Windows box. It's interesting. I was explaining to an audiophile friend when asking about all the PCs at home that I felt Windows is mainstream "mid-fi", Linux is "DIY high-end", and Macintosh is purely "hi-end" product. He said "ohhh" and called me the next day becuase he was out Mac shopping. :) All computers suck equally, they just suck in different ways :) Mac users of Slim Server share your thoughts. Is it ok to just point, click, install, and enjoy Slim Server on my mini? Should be, yes. -- Jack at Monkeynoodle dot Org: It's a Scientific Venture... Riding the Emergency Third Rail Power Trip Since 1996 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Windows to Linux to Mac...
jazzfan wrote: > Finding that Mac actually has Linux under its hood, and > that I have always liked their interface, I bought a Mac mini. I am > extremely pleased. It is not technically correct to say it is Linux. It is a Unix/*nix, but the Mac OS-X is son of NextStep which is BSD based. Linux is a separate development, from different sources. But to nearly all users, all *nix operating systems look and work alike. > Does Slim Server run on top of Apache on my mini? the SlimServer is not connected to Apache in the standard installs. That is one of the reasons it uses a separate port (:9000) for the UI. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Windows to Linux to Mac...
> Mac users of Slim Server share your thoughts. Is it ok to just point, > click, install, and enjoy Slim Server on my mini? Yes. I run it 24/7 on an old 700 MHz G3 without any trouble under 10.3.9. It serves 3 SB2s. Kevin ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
