ubuntu ppc rocks although the greatest pitfall in any linux
installment is the lack of support for the closed source airport
driver - that means no wireless if you don't buy a usb wireless
dongle.
Lior
On 10/11/05, Geoffrey S. Mendelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 10:40:40P
On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 10:40:40PM +0200, Peter wrote:
>
> What kind of Linux can be installed on an iMac 500MHz ?
Yellow Dog, Debian, and I think FC4. STFW on "ppc linux".
Geoff.
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On Tue, 11 Oct 2005, Oded Arbel wrote:
something close to 100% - and their support is horrible. It appears almost
like they are not interested in selling Apple merchandise. I wonder if
someone pays them a premium for behaving that way...
Apple is considered a premium merchandise and they try
On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 05:52:45PM +0200, Oded Arbel wrote:
> This seems to be the only way to go - if you want Apple's OS, you're
> going to have to shell out for Apple's hardware, and with the current
> local Apple distributer (Yeda), this is going to be quite costly: Yeda
> collects a large p
Ira Abramov wrote:
btw: can OS-X run on non mac hardware ?
No.
Not officially that is. No need to look too far with Google and other
tools, I found several locations around the web with torrents of the
Developper Release DVD and even a pre-installed VMWARE vDisk to download
and ru
On 10/10/2005, at 19:01, Ira Abramov wrote:
according to at least 3 friends of mine that run X apps like GAIM on
X11-in-Aqua it's a painful, slow solution, which lacks support for
lots
of stuff (Hebrew) and tends to crash
Why run GAIM on OSX? Use Adium- it is FLOSS, uses gaim libraries
(
Quoting Geoffrey S. Mendelson, from the post of Mon, 10 Oct:
> 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.
according to at least 3 friends of mine that run X apps like GAIM on
X11-in-Aqua it's a p
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Subject: Re: ot: OS X
Hi. Writing this from OSX :-)
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.
Yes. Many are available either as "Native" OSX GUI apps, or via
On 10/10/2005, at 12:42, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
Not true. I have a friend that is writing a book with Office 2004 on
his Mac. He mixes Hebrew, Arabic, English and several other languages
in his text.
Then he probably doesn't use more than a few Hebrew words here and
there. Office Mac'
On 10/10/2005, at 12:27, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
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.
Umm... No. Applications that use X11 still don't have the same "feel"
and the same level of
On 10/10/2005, at 11:02, Michael Green wrote:
This is not precise. It wasn't forked from FreeBSD.
Darwin is Mach kernel with FreeBSD-synchronised userspace tools.
Here is a very good site that explains about OSX and it's
relationship with FreeBSD in detail. It is meant for Linux hackers :-)
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Hi. Writing this from OSX :-)
> 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
>
> Not true. I have a friend that is writing a book with Office 2004 on
> his Mac. He mixes Hebrew, Arabic, English and several other languages
> in his text.
Oh?
At least according to several places I read, Mac Office 2004 does not
support hebrew RTL well. Here's a snippet from ThinkSecret web pa
On 10/10/05, Geoffrey S. Mendelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 10:37:44AM +0200, Michael Green wrote:
>
Hebrew support in MS Office doesn't exist.
> > Not a quality replacement for Windows Office imho.
>
> Not true. I have a friend that is writing a book with Office 2004 o
Hi,
> Apple have adamantly stated that they're not going to
> allow MacOS to run on non-Apple computers, and they're
> apparently going to use some kind of DRM hardware to
> try to enforce it. Given the history of DRM in the
> computer industry, though, I don't see how it will
> hold out for more
On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 10:37:44AM +0200, Michael Green wrote:
> IE for OSX is not being developed anymore. AFAIK current (last) version is
> 5.2.
> MS Office doesn't include all of the components of MS Office for Win
> (no Access, no Outlook). Hebrew support in MS Office doesn't exist.
> Not a
Hi Shlomi,
> You're right about the fact that they are not going to allow MacOS to run on
> non-Apple hardware. However, they neither confirmed nor denied trying to use
> DRM hardware. They may or may not do that. In any case, Mac OS X for Pentiums
> will only support the particular hardware prese
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
On Monday 10 October 2005 11:02, Michael Green wrote:
> On 10/10/05, Shlomi Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I'm replying best on my best knowledge. Feel free to correct me.
> >
> > Mac OS X is Darwin with the Mac GUI, where Darwin forked from FreeBSD
> > (and is now maintained separ
On Monday 10 October 2005 11:26, Alex Shnitman wrote:
> > > btw: can OS-X run on non mac hardware ?
> >
> > Intel has recently informed that it is going to
> > abandon the Power-based
> > architecture for Intel Pentium-based ones. the new
> > version of Mac OS X will
> > run on dedicated Intel hard
> > btw: can OS-X run on non mac hardware ?
>
> Intel has recently informed that it is going to
> abandon the Power-based
> architecture for Intel Pentium-based ones. the new
> version of Mac OS X will
> run on dedicated Intel hardware. It may be available
> for other computers, but
> may not s
On 10/10/05, Shlomi Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm replying best on my best knowledge. Feel free to correct me.
> Mac OS X is Darwin with the Mac GUI, where Darwin forked from FreeBSD (and is
> now maintained separetely).
This is not precise. It wasn't forked from FreeBSD.
Darwin i
On 10/10/05, Erez D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> as i do not like windows, but i need it for various resons
> (ms office compatibility, sites that work only on explorer etc...)
>
> i was wondering: is OS X the solution
> e.g. : can it function as both linux (including all linux apps, shells,
Hi!
I'm replying best on my best knowledge. Feel free to correct me.
On Monday 10 October 2005 09:53, Erez D wrote:
> hi
>
> 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.
>
> as i do not lik
hi
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.
as i do not like windows, but i need it for various resons
(ms office compatibility, sites that work only on explorer etc...)
i was wondering: i
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