Dear Linux Maniacs,
Which is better and why? It seems the quickest and cheapest entry is
yellowdog linux for $25.
iTools by Tenon is supposed to work with yellowdog. Maybe it works with
any linux including linuxppc. If you know the answer, you win a
million.....
Also, why might Tenon's MachTen be a better option than Linux?
Apparently, its real Unix running, not a scaled down version which is
linux. Right?
Anyway, I am interested in running mySQL and PHP and am looking for the
best platform to do so.
linuxppc vs yellowdoglinux vs MachTen
Humbly yours w/ Great Ignorance and Gratitude,
Dave
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On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, NTR wrote:
Which is better and why? It seems the quickest and cheapest entry is
yellowdog linux for $25.
iTools by Tenon is supposed to work with yellowdog. Maybe it works with
any linux including linuxppc. If you know the answer, you win a
million.....
*chuckles* Linux is linux. Stuff should be binary compatible across.
I'd be surprised if it didn't work. However, I've never heard of iTools,
so I can't say with certainty.
Also, why might Tenon's MachTen be a better option than Linux?
Apparently, its real Unix running, not a scaled down version which is
linux. Right?
First, Linux is _not_ a scaled down unix. It is a unix _variant_. That's
two totally different things. Linux and unix are kind of like two brances
from the same tree. They're different, and neither is necessarily better.
Second, MachTen runs on top of MacOS. As a result, it cannot be
considered to be stable. Sorry, but no points there.
Anyway, I am interested in running mySQL and PHP and am looking for the
best platform to do so.
Any of the above except MachTen.
David
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At 12:02 PM -0800 2/9/2000, David A. Gatwood wrote:
quoted
iTools by Tenon is supposed to work with yellowdog.
I think, from my last discussion with Tenon, that iTools on Yellowdog
is still beta. I could be wrong. But -- if you take a look at the
tools iTools ships vs. the tools on the standard linux distribution,
consider whether you really need it.
iTools is really a nice way to add stuff missing to MacOS-X-Server,
or add functionality that isn't fairly standard (like webmail or web
crossing), and Tenon has done some interesting stuff throwing in
squid as a web cache and doing the integration for you.
But if you're just looking for the standard stuff, like
Apache/php/mysql/etc, the value of iTools goes down, because that
stuff's more easily available than on macOS-X-Server, if you're at
all comfortable with doing your own integration. used iTools on
M-OS-X-S, but am not planning to on my Yellowdog machine.
First, Linux is _not_ a scaled down unix. It is a unix _variant_.
Heck, it's Unix, at least as far as I care from the point of view of
using it. Commands I expect to exist exist, do what I expect them to
do, and act the way they're supposed to act. If a duck falls in the
wood and nobody's there to laugh, does it still quack?
having just finished taking a close look at all of this, I went with
Yellowdog. So far, I'm quite happy with the result, and it's working
pretty well on my B/W 350 G3.
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