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3 <title>Introduction to Netatalk</title>
5 <para>Netatalk is an OpenSource software package, that can be used to turn
6 a *NIX machine into an extremely high-performance and
7 reliable file server for Macintosh computers.</para>
9 <para>Using Netatalk's AFP 3.3 compliant file-server leads to significantly
10 higher transmission speeds compared with Macs accessing a server via
11 SaMBa/NFS while providing clients with the best possible user experience
12 (full support for Macintosh metadata, flawlessly supporting mixed
13 environments of classic Mac OS and OS X clients)</para>