Re: [nlug] MAC OS compatibility layer for Linux like wine?

2010-12-09 Thread Michael Chaney
> FreeBSD in itself is also not to be confused with OS X.  Like GNU/Linux, > FreeBSD is a Free & Open Source Software UNIX-family operating system, > but there are quite a few differences.  FreeBSD proper uses a > microkernel (called Mach) No, it doesn't. > and uses a different init system, based

Re: [nlug] MAC OS compatibility layer for Linux like wine?

2010-12-09 Thread Perkins, Jerry
On Tuesday 07 December 2010 16:38 in alt.os.linux.debian, somebody identifying as Aragorn, arag...@chatfactory.invalid wrote... > Aragorn wrote: > >> As I see it, the best chances at implementing Wine itself on OS X >> would be to have at least X.Org installed on it first. > > Admitted

Re: [nlug] MAC OS compatibility layer for Linux like wine?

2010-12-09 Thread Perkins, Jerry
On Tuesday 07 December 2010 22:49 in alt.os.linux.debian, somebody identifying as John F Morse, j...@example.invalid wrote... Lars Uffmann wrote: > Aragorn wrote: >> As I see it, the best chances at implementing Wine itself on OS X would >> be to have at least X.Org installed on it first.

[nlug] MAC OS compatibility layer for Linux like wine?

2010-12-09 Thread Perkins, Jerry
The following is a reprint of a couple of mails that were on alt.os.linux.debian newsgroup yesterday and today. I will not reprint all of the mailings, but the two replies that are interesting. Here is the original mailing that started the discussion: On Tuesday 07 December 2010 16:38 in a