On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 09:53:27AM +0200, Erez D wrote: > i just passed in a store and saw a mac with OS X > it looks pretty, and i remembered i saw that a lot of linux > programs can be ported to work on OS X.
That's because OSX consists of 2 parts. Darwin and OPEN SOURCE version of BSD and AQUA a closed source GUI. Apple spent a lot of money on porting Linux to their hardware but gave up because they prefered the BSD artistic license to the GPL. There is an organized effort to port OPEN SOURCE programs to Darwin see www.darwinports.org. There are over 2500 programs ported and more in progress. Since 10.3 (10.4) is current, you can run X windows and manage them with Aqua, so that they are hard to distinguish from regular Mac programs. > as i do not like windows, but i need it for various resons > (ms office compatibility, sites that work only on explorer etc...) The problem with that idea is that Microsoft uses the Mac as it's "test bed" (more users with a clue about useability) and they are not 100% compatible. > i was wondering: is OS X the solution > e.g. : can it function as both linux (including all linux apps, shells, > daemons etc ...) > and windows ( internet explorer, ms office etc ...) There is also MOL, a FREE program that lets your run MacOS under Linux. IMHO it's not very usefull unless you MUST run Linux, because allmost everything you would want will run under MacOS. I've even seen a tutorial for running Asterisk under MacOS to replace Skype. > how is your impression ? I prefer it to Linux because I don't like KDE. On the other hand, I happen to be setting at a Windows/XP machine at the moment, using Putty, a program that emulates an X-Term and ssh, to type this on a Linux machine with MUTT and MicroEmacs (a very small Emacs clone). > btw: can OS-X run on non mac hardware ? No. The X86 version is not out yet. However once it comes out, it will not run without a DRM chip and the proper "rights". Since Darwin is open source, all of the pundits expect that this will be "hacked" in a few weeks. They also claim that it will be a good thing for Apple. Meanwhile a used Mac capable of running OSX Tiger sells for 500-1000 NIS for an slow but capable one. A new Mac MINI sells for under $600+VAT from Yeda. It comes without keyboard, mouse or montior, but it will work with a USB keyboard and mouse and a "VGA" monitor. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (077)-424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Support the growing boycott of Google by radio users and hobbyists. It's starting to work, Yahoo has surpassed Google. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
