1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2<chapter id="intro"> 3 <title>Introduction to Netatalk</title> 4 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> 8 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> 14 15</chapter> 16