Linux Links for Mac Users

Archive - 2001

• Is OS X the real user friendly Linux?, Charles Moore, Applelinks, 12.21. "...with the ascendancy of Mac OS X, prospects for a desktop Linux breakthrough look bleaker than ever."
• Mac OS X is the death of Linux on the desktop, Kimbro Staken, XML Databases, 12.17. "I think Apple has hit the right balance of open and closed source development and the tide is turning with Mac OS X stealing from the Linux community."
• Amazon says saving money with Linux, digitalmass.com, 10.30. Amazon.com cuts technology costs nearly 25% after switching from Windows.
• Open War, Russ Mitchell, Wired. "Linux is highly reliable, but unfortunately that's about all it offers the typical desktop user."
• Linux popularity breeds more worms, Aoife White, vnunet.com, 10.04. Can worms and viruses for Mac OS X be far behind?
• Linux for die-hard Mac users, MacGuruTemple. An introduction to Linux for Mac users.
• Pipes in Linux, Windows 2000, and Windows XP, Dr. Edward G. Bradford, IBM [Slashdot]. Which OS has faster pipes? Well, Windows XP is very disappointing.
• AppleShare on Linux, L. Victor Marks, Online Tech Journal, 08.28. How to set up an inexpensive Linux file server for Mac users and overcome the limitations of File Sharing.
• PC recycling charity says to heck with Microsoft, Charles Moore, Applelinks, 08.27. New computer users don't find Linux hard to use.
• Yellow Dog Linux 2.0, Maximum Linux.org, 08.25. Linux distro tested on a PowerBook G4.
• How to create a Linux-based network of computers for peanuts, LinuxWorld.com, 08.23. First in a series on how to repurpose old Windows PCs. (And Linux can support AppleTalk....)
• How Linux can breath new life into antiquated hardware, Charles Moore, Applelinks, 08.15.
• Marc buys a Linux box, Marc Zeedar, Less Tangible, Mac Opinion, 06.27. No, not that kind of Linux box -- a Tivo PowerPC-based, Linux-running, intelligent video recorder.
• GPL Pacman will eat your business, warns Gates, The Register, 06.20. Timely warning from "The Great Engulfer" himself.
• Tux: Built for speed, ZDNet, 06.18 [Slashdot]. Web server software built especially for Linux trounces Apache, Microsoft IIS. (More on Tux.)
• Apple and Linux: We need each other, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 06.15. "If we . . . turn our back on Linux, both the classic Mac OS and Mac OS X will go the way of the Amiga, NeXTstep, and OS/2 - all amazing operating systems that have been almost completely marginalized."
• The campaign against Linux is uphill battle for Microsoft, Wall Street Journal, 06.14. Microsoft attack has united open source advocates.
• Linux server share: Gartner goof-up or Microsoft meddling?, Kelly McNeill, osOpinion, 06.13. Skewed survey ignores "white box" clones, only counts OS installed at manufacture. (Yes, Microsoft really is scared of Linux.)
• 90% Windows, 5% Mac, 5% Linux? Not true!, Robin "Roblimo" Miller, NewsForge, 06.12. Let's look at what people use daily, not just market share.
• Learning Linux on the Mac, Charles Moore, Applelinks, 06.01. "...it is a fair question to ask why one should consider running Linux on a Mac at all."
• Darwin source less than open, Scott Atkinson, My Turn, 05.30. Linux, Mac OS X, and why the Darwin source code is less than open.
• Perfect pair: PowerPC and Linux, Henry Keultjes, LinuxJournal, 05.09.
• Should you run Linux instead of OS X?, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 05.09. Why you might want to run Linux on your Power Mac or PowerBook instead of Mac OS X.
• Linux, the modern OS for the rest of us?, Charles Moore, Applelinks, 05.08. "I've been doing a lot of thinking about Linux lately, especially after my unsuccessful attempt at getting OS X to install on my WallStreet PowerBook...."
• The best I can say, Ceolaf, MacinThoughts, Applelust, 04.24. Mac OS X better than Linux, but not nearly as good as Mac OS 9.
• Virus hits both Linux and Windows, Reuters/ZDNet, 03.28. "W32.Winux" a world's first, but still ignores the Mac OS.

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