[rescue] Re: [geeks] THIS. MAKES. ME. SICK.

[mike dombrowski]

>Now, if you want to use BeOS as a server (and I might be the only 
person
>in the world actually interested in doing that), just use the plain 
VGA
>driver, and enable security for FTP, ssh, and whatever other services 
you
>want to run.  It is all there, and in theory, it should be nearly just 
as
>good as running a solaris box (I'm sure in reality it ain't nowhere as
>stable or secure since it wasn't meant to take on solaris).
>
>I keep considering buying a P75 type system to use to run  BeOS as a
>server.  But then I think, you know, BeOS is pretty much dead, and so 
what
>benifit would there be in trying to write server software for it, 
which
>they never intended for us to do anyway.

There are great reasons why people don't run BeOS as a server. It *
can't* network. net_server runs itself into the ground with any kinda 
load. Other than that it runs great. Running plain VGA is silly, gets 
you nothing. Put linux on the P75 and run BeOS on what it's designed 
for - modern, non-legacy hardware. No ISA, good GFX, >128MB ram, etc.

Mike