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