This thread is mostly asking those of us that run servers of one type or another whether we will update/switch to MacOSX/Darwin, not end-users.
I am in the process of converting MacOS 9 servers (web/dns, etc) to LinuxPPC. I went through the process of testing out MacOSX Beta, Darwin and LinuxPPC and finally settled on LinuxPPC.
This is simply because of stability and speed (of deployment). Despite what anyone says, I maintain that the filestructure and way of doing things of MacOSX is alien both to Linux and BSD users, and I don't have time to learn all the eccentricities of a new OS, and have to patch all my software to get it running on the box.
I just want to be able to download sources and keep my servers upto date, stable and serving - unfortunately MacOSX/Darwin doesn't give a simple and robust way (at least not for me) to do that as LinuxPPC does.
Also, I don't need a GUI to run a server, and it is an overhead that I can do without. And before anyone says "use Darwin then", I have used it and the compile and stability problems are still there - not to mention the fact that gcc happily has "gcc_hacked" named next to it in the official Apple distribution!!
So, me...I'll be happily using LinuxPPC for now. If Apple can prove to me that MacOSX can perform any better, or make it easier and more STABLE (which at the end of the day is the most important thing for me - and most people) then maybe I'll move, but until that day, I ain't moving.
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This thread is mostly asking those of us that run servers of one type or another whether we will update/switch to MacOSX/Darwin, not end-users.
I am in the process of converting MacOS 9 servers (web/dns, etc) to LinuxPPC. I went through the process of testing out MacOSX Beta, Darwin and LinuxPPC and finally settled on LinuxPPC.
This is simply because of stability and speed (of deployment). Despite what anyone says, I maintain that the filestructure and way of doing things of MacOSX is alien both to Linux and BSD users, and I don't have time to learn all the eccentricities of a new OS, and have to patch all my software to get it running on the box. I just want to be able to download sources and keep my servers upto date, stable and serving - unfortunately MacOSX/Darwin doesn't give a simple and robust way (at least not for me) to do that as LinuxPPC does.
Also, I don't need a GUI to run a server, and it is an overhead that I can do without. And before anyone says "use Darwin then", I have used it and the compile and stability problems are still there - not to mention the fact that gcc happily has "gcc_hacked" named next to it in the official Apple distribution!!
So, me...I'll be happily using LinuxPPC for now. If Apple can prove to me that MacOSX can perform any better, or make it easier and more STABLE (which at the end of the day is the most important thing for me - and most people) then maybe I'll move, but until that day, I ain't moving.
Lee.