On Aug 30, 2008, at 10:17 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 11:10 PM, paul beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> >> As for not knowing about Darwin, you seriously undermine your >> credibility as >> a serious Apple watcher/Mac user if you say you have never heard >> of it. > > I would say near ten years of mac use put me well behind others here. > As far as Apple watching I am not any more of one than i am an MS > watcher, Linux watcher or Amiga watcher. ( Oh , yes, that ship is not > totally sunk yet. It floats around like the " Flying Dutchman" of the > computer world. Haunting the genetic memories of computer users with > recollection of what a real GUI is meant to be .) > Hi Adrian; Next time you are booting your Apple OSX, hold the 'Ctrl' 'v' keys to turn on the 'Verbose Mode', and watch the references to Darwin float by on the screen. What you are seeing, is evidence of what you actually have. I.E. A 'UNIX' clone operating system, with Apple's GUI, Aqua [which they are justly proud of.] atop Darwin [Apple's contribution to the 'open source' cloning of UNIX effort for the PPC family of processors]. Chuck D. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
