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Xref: sserve comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:5562 comp.os.386bsd.questions:8552 comp.os.linux.misc:8646 comp.unix.advocacy:563 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!torn!news2.uunet.ca!ionews.io.org!r-node.io.org!nobody From: crypt@r-node.io.org (Matt Harrop) Newsgroups: comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.advocacy Subject: Please help me select a unix for 486. Date: 9 Feb 1994 17:41:06 -0500 Organization: Internex Online (io.org) Data: 416-363-3783 Voice: 416-363-8676 Lines: 23 Message-ID: <2jboq2$2nv@r-node.io.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: r-node.io.org First off, I realize that this is a touchy topic, and I don't want to start a flame war with this posting. As the resident "computer expert" at my organization the job of setting up a 486 with a unix system and connecting it to the Internet has been given to me. To keep costs low, I'd like to use one of the free Unix systems. From what I can tell that narrows it down to Linux or one of the 386BSDs. The computer is going to be connected to our Internet provider via a 24 hour modem, using SLIP or PPP. My main interest is being able to maintain this link reliably as being cut off will cost us money. The systems main tasks in the begining will be the run a few mailing lists, and provide mail reflector service (you send me e-mail, I'll send back product info). If I can do this with one of the free unix systems that will be great. Later on we may want to upgrade to a 56K leased line and offer an FTP and a Gopher server. The ability to make this upgrade is not a major selection issue for me right now, as that is in the future. I don't think that there is any value in turning this into a flame war, so please send your comments, advice, misc. ramblings, etc... to me via e-mail. Thanks for your time, Matt Harrop crypt@io.org