From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 24 07:20:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA14002 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 07:20:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from bytor.rush.net (lynch@bytor.rush.net [209.45.245.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA13958 for ; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 07:19:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lynch@rush.net) Received: from localhost (lynch@localhost) by bytor.rush.net (8.9.1/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA09623; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 10:19:14 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from lynch@rush.net) Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 10:19:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Pat Lynch To: Terry Brady cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Apples and oranges? FreeBSD and MacOSX In-Reply-To: <199807222218.IAA04355@smople.thehub.com.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG heh I looked a little at MacOSX server, and there are a few differences, but its would probably be nice for you to learn a little UNIX before jumping into it, so my answer would be "yes" ___________________________________________________________________________ Pat Lynch lynch@rush.net Systems Administrator Rush Networking ___________________________________________________________________________ On 23 Jul 1998, Terry Brady wrote: > In the *very* near future (like next week) I'll be trying to set up a unix machine to act as router, proxy and web server for our Apple Reseller business. When it becomes possible to do so I intend to use MacOSX Server (aka Rhapsody) for the task, but I need to get something happening straight away. > > Given that MacOSX includes a full implementation of BSD4.4, is it reasonable to think that I could set up a FreeBSD box now and learn the basics... then make a transition later on without too much difficulty? > > Just looking for somebody to point me in the right direction. > > Thanks, > > Terry Brady > Technical Services Officer > Choice Connections (Brisbane), Australia > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message