Can you help me to list out all the advantages and disadvantages of the novell over the unix. Thank you

Kelvin, Ok, I'm no Unix/Linux expert, but I do use Novell and Linux at my school and I will share what I've experienced. If you are like me, then you have years of DOS and Windows experience and very little or no Unix. If this is the case, you probably will find Novell easier to use once it is installed, which can be a real pain. I find Novell to be great for delivering files and distributing applications to the workstation. Now, I know that Linux has a program for doing this also, but I don't know how good it is. The thing that Linux has hands down over Novell is the Apache Web Server and the fact that it is free. Novell has a nice web server too, but I have had difficulties with certian web applications like CGI Scripts that require the linux/unix sendmail application to run. Novell will cost you Big $$$ to purchase, Linux can be download for free if you have a fast connection and allot of extra HDD space. Like I said, I use both and I wouldn't give up Novell Netware for anything as my primary Network OS, just because it makes my life so much easier when it comes to delivering applications. I also use the Novell Bordermanager Firewall software. It's pretty easy to set access rules and I haven't been hacked yet! But if you are on a very tight budget and just want to experiment, download Redhat Linux and install it on at least a P2/400 with 128 megs ram. It will set up really easy and it's pretty easy to use with the Windows LIKE GUI that it has. Hope this helps. WC

Depending on the version of NetWare, the HTTP and web application servers vary. With NetWare 6, both the older NetWare Enterprise Server web server and the Apache HTTP Server combined with the TOMCAT application server are supplied. NetWare strengths versus Unix: Administration advantages: - Use and integration of eDirectory/NDS. - Easier user account administration. - More flexible user access control features. - Easier to use and setup core OS services: - DHCP services (Applies to NetWare 5.1 and 6 only) - File services (Applies to all NetWare versions) - FTP services (Applies to NetWare 5.1 and 6 only) - HTTP services (Applies to NetWare 5.1 and 6 only) - Print services (Applies to all NetWare versions) - Remote administration services - Java and WWW standards based (Applies to NetWare 5.1 and 6 only) - More sophisticated file and print services. End user advantages: - Seamless, familiar and uniform end user interface of file and print services with Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP and newer Mac Operating System clients. - Support for multiple file systems: - MS-DOS/PC-DOS (FAT 12 and FAT 16) (All versions of NetWare above 3.0) - Intel PC based long file naming systems - FAT32 (NetWare 4 and higher) - HPFS (Traditional NetWare volumes only) - NTFS (NetWare 4 and higher) - NFS (NetWare 5 and higher) - Apple MacIntosh file system (NetWare 3.10 and higher) - Single password used if the end user is using eDirectory/NDS to access network resources. - Web based access to both file and print services. - This is only currently available to Microsoft Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP client Operating System users in a NetWare 6 environment. - Native file access for Microsoft Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP, Mac and NFS clients. (NetWare 5.1 add-on and NetWare 6 only) Unix strength versus NetWare: Application serving: - Excluding Java based applications run on the host platform, Unix platforms generally offer a more robust host platform environment for running third party host based applications writen in other languages that are likely to misbehave from a memory management perspective. Kernel reconfiguration: - The ability to reconfigure kernel services at a very low level can provide greater scalabilty of the host operating system if the person doing the reconfiguration knows what they are doing. Process management: - Application priorities can be adjusted more easily than on NetWare. Scripting tools: - Unix environments have more powerful text based processing tools and abilities available at the command prompt outside of using a any programming/scripting language based tool at the host's console.