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Originally posted by Chooco:
it would rock if they managed to get that MacOS thing be CONSOLE BASED meaning you login as console and you can do stuff in console just like Linux. it would make AWESOME servers and there's tons of compatible stuff in terms of games
all Mac needs is FreeBSD with a GUI that is easy for dummies to use (like me). i don't mean that it wipes your ass for you but it would at least be simple.....simple as Windows but powerful as Linux (and actually include the console this time)
Hey Choco, sorry I havent been around lately or I would have set you guys straight on this
The MacOSX console is located under Applications->Utillities. Drag it to your dock to keep it handy. It works using the standard UNIX shell commands.
MacOSX is hevely based on freeBSD if you start up and hold down Apple+v you get to see the familiar UNIX debugging junk, and as someone has already pointed out you can run without the GUI in pure darwin mode by typing >console in the login.
Also, if you donn't want the GUI even installed on your system, Darwin is freely available for download. There is even a version fo XFree86 that runs both under Darwin and also rootless withing Aqua (the OSX GUI)! This to me is the coolest thing, I can actually be running KDE and MacOSX Aqua at the same time as if they were both the same GUI. Is that cool or what
Anyway...
OSX makes a great server, I use an old 233iMac G3 as a server and it runs great, even with the GUI. Granted, the GUI is slow, but it's webserving is not bad at all! Especially for the old hardware it is running.
Have a go at a Mac, their the best thing around as far as commercial OS's IMHO.