 | | | Favorite Linux Distribution | Favorite Linux Distribution 2005-02-08 - By Jean-Marc lachaine
Please note the HOME DEVELOPMENT WORKSTATION portion of what I wrote in
reply to a Windows user's request for a transitional system suggestion for a
development system.
Now before this becomes a series of arguments for and against of worse yet a
series of insults that lead to a flame war, PLEASE END THIS THREAD and
return the space to those who need help with httpd.
JML
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony G. Atkielski" <anthony@(protected)>
To: <users@(protected)>
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: [users@(protected)] Favorite Linux Distribution
> Jean-Marc Lachaine writes:
>
> > My last suggestion depends on if you have a few bucks to spare. If you
do
> > the ultimate solution for a transition from Windows to a *NIX based
system
> > is to get a Mac with OSX. I have gone that way for my personal
development
> > workstation at home and well ... "Once you do Mac you never go back!"
> > (again MHO)
>
> Note that servers and desktops are two very different things. The same
> OS cannot fill both functions well. You have to decide which you want
> to emphasize and go with that.
>
> UNIX is traditionally a server operating system, and that is still where
> it shines. Windows and the Mac are desktop operating systems. Mac OS X
> has UNIX underpinnings, but it has been modified almost beyond
> recognition in order to support a desktop GUI and I don't know that I'd
> feel too sanguine about running it as a server (although it would be
> probably be a better choice than Windows, if you really _must_ run a
> GUI-oriented OS as a server).
>
> I run FreeBSD with no GUI at all. I don't need the security or
> performance headaches of supporting pretty pictures on the screen. I do
> all work with SSH terminal sessions and FTP (connected from my Windows
> desktop), and that works beautifully. No need for a GUI or X servers or
> clients on the FreeBSD machine.
>
>
>
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