[openbeos] Re: Singleuser vs Multiuser
- From: Mark-Jan Bastian <markjan@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 21:54:27 +0100
On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 09:30:20PM -0500, Peter Mogensen wrote:
>
> On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Daniel Reinhold wrote:
> > In my mind, BeOS is a single-user, desktop OS. If we can make a few
> > minor changes to accomodate having different user settings with
> > separate logins, etc. that is fine. But trying to make BeOS into a
> > server OS (which is what mult-user entails) is a whole different thing.
> I strongly dissagree with this. Multiuser doesn't imply dedicated server
> OS and I'm not looking for a "single-user, desktop OS with a few changes
> to accomodate having different user settings". I'm looking for an OS to
> replace Linux in my home. I'm not looking for a industry strength Linux
> replacement, but I want to be able to software like Apache, PostgreSQL,
> named, postfix and so on, without missing features. An example would be
> the ability to run a suid CGI script on my home server.
Well, the source of NewOS is open, so if you want any of those features,
you can implement them... It will be a big job, that's for sure. And
then still, you have to work together with other skilled people who
share your views.
There are not that many people working on OpenBeOS right now. FreeBSD
and Linux are much closer to what you want than what OpenBeOS might
provide, in, say, a year or so.
Mark-Jan
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