A couple of guys at work have iBooks and they are cool as hell. Like something outta Star Trek. As all cool things are.
John Hebert --- Jerald Sheets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Once I can get ahead a bit, I'm going to buy me an > iBook. I've looked > at everything I can find, and the iBook just has it > all. So, by then > I'll be a Mac geek, from what I understand. > > --JMS > > > On Thu, 2001-10-25 at 10:56, John Hebert wrote: > > I recently bought a used PowerMac 8500 and > installed > > Yellow Dog Linux (http://www.yellowdoglinux.com) > on > > it. YDL uses RPM and has lots of neato features > like > > YUP (YDL Updater), etc. > > > > I also read that Darwin (the BSD core of Mac OSX) > now > > runs on some PowerPC chips, including my 8500! So, > I'm > > going to attempt to install Darwin and later OSX > on my > > 8500. > > > > Which brings me to my question: are there any Mac > > geeks on this mailing list? It's been a heck of a > > while since I played with a Mac at length, but it > > seems easy enough. I have a few questions, like: > Can I > > run some kinda video editing app like iMovie on > MacOS > > 8.0.1? Where would I download files? etc, etc. > > > > I'm hoping to generate more interest in Mac OSX in > the > > BRLUG, since it is UNIX at its core. The move by > Apple > > to an open source based kernel was one of the > biggest > > events in the last few years to support the open > > source movement. I am very surprised that there > hasn't > > been more excitement about it in the open source > > community. The PowerPC chip is very fast for the > > price: I paid $100 for the PowerMac 8500 (128MB > RAM, > > 8GB ext drive) and monitor. I plan to make it a > > development server running either Linux for PPC or > > OSX. > > > > John Hebert > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > > http://personals.yahoo.com > > ================================================ > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > your subscription information. > > ================================================ > > > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
