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Linux/UNIX Product Overview
Cobalt Multimedia dedicated servers
are fully customizable and offered in your choice of operating systems,
Free BSD, Linux Redhat and Linux Slackware. We will custom install
your choice of operating system and any hardware configuration that
you require. Click here for server
pricing.
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FreeBSD Overview - www.freebsd.com
FreeBSD is an open source BSD UNIX operating system. Developed
and maintained by a core team, FreeBSD came to life in 1993
and has grown in popularity ever since. This operating system
has earned a reputation of being very secure and stable, even
under the most demanding circumstances. It is for this reason
that many corporations have chosen it for their mission critical
servers. FreeBSD comes with full server functionality, including
web, DNS, email, FTP, news, telnet and encrypted telnet servers.
Additionally, FreeBSD comes with the extensive ports collection,
which allows for simple one-step downloading, configuring,
and installing of thousands of applications. FreeBSD is respected
for flexibility and reliability. If you're FreeBSD savvy,
this is the choice for you.
Sites that use FreeBSD-
www.hotmail.com
www.yahoo.com
www.mp3.com
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RedHat Linux Overview - www.redhat.com
RedHat Linux is an open source, UNIX derivative operating system.
Originally created by a Finnish university student, Linus Torvalds,
Linux has been further developed by programmers around the world,
and has become an excellent, low cost alternative to commercial
UNIX operating systems. RedHat Linux comes with full server
functionality, including web, DNS, email, FTP, news, telnet
and encrypted telnet servers. Yahoo! Servers also include an
easy-to-use, console-based configuration utility to simplify
common server tasks such as starting and stopping services and
creating virtual web accounts. RedHat Linux is an excellent
choice for people interested in administering their own machine,
who have had some experience with UNIX operating systems, and
who are looking for stability, scalability and versatility.
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Slackware Overview
- www.slackware.com
Slackware Linux is a complete 32-bit multitasking "UNIX-like"
system. It's currently based around the 2.2 Linux kernel series
and the GNU C Library version 2.1.2 (libc6). It contains an
easy to use installation program, extensive online documentation,
and a menu-driven package system. A full installation gives
you the X Windows System, C/C++ development environments, Perl,
networking utilities, a mail server, a news server, a web server,
an ftp server, the GNU Image Manipulation Program, Netscape
Communicator, plus many more programs. And Slackware Linux can
run on 386 systems all the way up to the latest x86 machines.
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