Server OS for Mac

[philaweb]

I'm completely new to Mac but saw the relatively good price on the Mac Mini hard drive. Before I get in contemplating mode I would like to know if there is any server OS available for Mac out there (preferably open source)?

[PeOfEo]

server os? There is really no such thing as a server operating system for an operating system. Yes there are several free and open source server applications that will run on mac. You can use apache, mono (apache mod that runs asp.net), tomcat (another apache mod for java), and there are others. But apache is a very popular server, so I think the odds are you are going to end up using apache or an apache mod.

[philaweb]

Originally posted by PeOfEo
server os? There is really no such thing as a server operating system for an operating system.
Ooops... I was confusing Mac with PC since I'm also thinking about FreeBSD for a PC system.

Originally posted by PeOfEo
Yes there are several free and open source server applications that will run on mac. You can use apache, mono (apache mod that runs asp.net), tomcat (another apache mod for java), and there are others. But apache is a very popular server, so I think the odds are you are going to end up using apache or an apache mod.

I guess there's no way around Apache... ;)

Apache is my fav as well (even though I haven't actually installed one, yet). Am going to next week though when I'm off breadwinning for four days. ;)

[PeOfEo]

I tend to think in terms of x86 and ppc rather than pc and mac myself. I have always wondered if you could put AIX unix on mac box, or yellow dog linux on a mac box. Because both of those oss are for ppc and macs use ppc.