Move over Macintosh & Windows

Here comes the penguin
Tux the penguin is the official logo of Linux, a free Unix-type operating system.

Linux (prononounced leenicks) is quickly growing in popularity:

  • based on Unix a preferred system for academic and other medium sized groups
  • is an alternative to Microsoft Windows NT, particularly the upcoming Windows 2000
  • has the developer support of millions across the Internet
  • is freely distributed
  • brings new life to old computers
At WSU-TFREC, we presently are experimenting with Linux on a Power Macintosh 6100. We also have NetBSD, another Unix flavor, running on a Macintosh Quadra 650. The grand plan is to convert all of our Internet server computers currently running the Macintosh OS to Linux. This is not a reflection on the Macintosh OS as Apple themselves sponsored the development of MkLinux, the Linux port for Power Macintosh computers, and is moving the Macintosh OS toward a Unix-based (BSD) system with a Macintosh look and feel. We choose MkLinux because there is no version of BSD for the Power Macintosh 6100/7100 computers we're using as servers.

Principal software advantages for Linux at TFREC

(these are in various stages of implementation)

Apache -- the most widely used web server

PHP3 -- on the fly web page generator

Postgresql -- an advanced database application

Samba -- Linux support for Windows networks

Sendmail -- the principle E-mail server on the Internet

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