I have considered trying out BSD, but because my employer is using 
Linux I thought it would be make more sense to start there. OS X is a 
lot like BSD except for the Net Info system, which most BSD users don't 
like. I think besides that it's pretty close.
On Monday, February 24, 2003, at 11:29 PM, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Don Fitz wrote:
>
>> Hello all. I am new to the group and new to Linux. I got into Linux
>> from using Mac OS X and discovering the world of Apache, PHP and 
>> MySQL.
>> Naturally I found that the next step would be to actually use these
>> fine technologies on the OS they are famous for running on and I 
>> really
>
> What about running them on a *BSD operating system, like NetBSD, 
> FreeBSD
> or OpenBSD?
>
> Mac OS X is partially based on BSD (with a Mach kernel). This BSD (i.e.
> "Berkeley Unix") layer is what makes Mac OS X great for being able to
> build and run Unix and Linux software.
>
> The BSDs are very similar to Linux (and Apache, MySQL, PHP is just the
> same). Many of the top internet servers are known to run a *BSD.
>
>> like it. I am also going to be running a Linux dedicated server for my
>> employer so I look forward to the exchange of information. By the way,
>> what does the Linux world think of OS X?
>
> Many think that Mac OS X is not needed for them. The only purpose
> (considered by many) for Mac OS X is to run proprietary software 
> instead
> of using Windows (especially since Mac OS X also has the BSD layer).
>
> If you just want remote X (XFree86), openoffice.org, Apache, sylpheed,
> mozilla, et cetera, then just use regular *BSD (or Linux).
>
> Don, welcome to the world of open source!
>
>    Jeremy C. Reed
>    http://bsd.reedmedia.net/
>
> p.s. I am biased to open source and BSD: I'm teaching a NetBSD class 
> and
> an Apache class in Phoenix next week.
>
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