GraphicCommand Shell:
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InternetServices:
“Linux uses internet and industry standard components andprotocols giving a system with complete network integration. The operatingsystem can act as a server for most major file serving protocols, and provideall the major internet applications.”w25
“Yesterday’s college students learned their UNIXexpertise on Linux and FreeBSD. Today they’re working in IT departments,and many of them are openly hostile to both Microsoft and Windows NT. As aresult, Linux, BSD, Solaris, and other forms of UNIX are finding their way intoIT departments, both overtly and on the sly. “Forexample, are you sure that’s an NT server you’re connecting to at work? ISemployees in many corporations have secretly installed UNIX servers that providenative NT services. Why take such a risk? Linux and FreeBSD are free, as isSAMBA, the software that provides NT services. So the IS department savesmoney. And managers are unlikely to find out UNIX is behind the scenes becausefewer people will complain about server downtime. “Fewer people will complain because the servers aremore stable than Windows NT. Linux, FreeBSD, and BSDI UNIX outperformWindows NT by a wide margin on limited hardware, and under some circumstancescan perform as well or better than NT on the best hardware. Once behind inscalability features, UNIX on Intel is catching up and may soon surpass NT inthe number of processors it can use, and how it uses them.” —Nicholas Petreley(editor-in-chief of NC World and columnist for InfoWorld and NTWorld Japan), “The new UNIX alters NT’s orbit: The re-emergence of UNIXthreatens to modify the future direction of NT”, NC World, April 1998
“Since these operating systems [Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD,and OpenBSD] are free for use even in commercial environments, many ISPs run onLinux or FreeBSD. Linux is the most popular and will run on a wide rangehardware: Sun, Intel, DEC Alpha, PowerPC, PowerMac, etc. Paul Krill’s recentarticles in InfoWorld (Linux picking up steam and Linux supporters rally aroundfreeware OS) focus on the ever increasing support of major vendors and futureplans for added functionality, i.e. support for Intel’s 64-bit Mercedprocessor. Currently, Linux is perhaps the fastest growing operating system onthe market. For more information, see Linux Resources or Red Hat Software.”—“Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 versus UNIX”
“Meanwhile, Windows NT already loses on many morecompetitive issues. Linux, FreeBSD, and other forms of Unix can be configured as a firewall right out of the box.Windows NT cannot. Free Unix operating systems have built-in features like IPmasquerading. Windows NT doesn’t even do basic IP filtering without additionalsoftware.” —Nicholas Petreley, “The new Unix alters NT’s orbit”, NC World
Businessesand organizations with servers powered by Linux: 1st-Netcard.com, DejaNews, Etoys, free-dvd.org.lu (SuSE/Linux), Google.com, HomeStore.com,LinuxSucks.org, MP3.com, Napster.com (Red Hat), NetBroadcaster.com, NetWare,PayPal.com, PlanetofMusic.com, Rackspace, Real.com, Red Hat (Red Hat SecureLinux), royal.gov.uk (the British Royal Family), Slashdot.org, Yahoo.com (alsouses FreeBSD)
ftp://ftp.eng.auburn.edu/pub/doug/“bootp-DH2.x” free, patched CMU BOOTP-DD2.4.x server from Doug Hughes ofauburn.edu. Supports DHCP, even for Win95 clients. Adds the patches from theSamba mailing list to support PCNFS and Win95 simultaneously. For SunOS 4.x,Solaris 2.x, Linux, and NetBSD servers.