TITLE
    Mac OS X Server: What Unix-Compatible Alternatives Are There?
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7/16/98
6/8/00
TOPIC

    My hardware will not support Mac OS X Server. What are my other options for accessing Unix-style functionality?

DISCUSSION

    Alternatives:
    • MkLinux, now part of The Research Institute at Grenoble, is still available from non-Apple mirror sites. The MkLinux web site at http://www.mklinux.org contains links to all non-Apple sites where MkLinux can be downloaded.
    • MachTen, from Tenon Intersystems, http://www.tenon.com , is a BSD Unix implementation that runs as a Mac OS application. Mac and Unix applications can be run side-by-side.
    • LinuxPPC is a non-Apple version of a Unix-style operating system that is available from http://www.linuxppc.org

    If intercommunication with non-Mac OS X Server Unix-compatible systems from within the Mac OS is your goal, an X11 server for Mac OS such as Apple's MacX, White Pine's eXodus, or Tenon's X-Ten are some of the solutions available. An X11 server gives a workstation the ability to display and interact with X11 applications ("clients": backwards from usual terminology) running on traditional Unix-compatible servers or hosts such as Sun, HP, Cray, linux, SCO, and many others.


    There are also a variety of Unix-compatible systems that are available for 68000 series Mac OS computers.


Document Information
Product Area: Mac OS System Software
Category: Mac OS X Server
Sub Category: General Topics

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