Thanks Rob, I will book mark the two sites and read when I have some time :o)
I do not profess to be knowledgeable on OsX but believed a lot of the technical hype I read :o( Will be interesting when I get my hands on a legal copy to see the differences :o) Regards, Kat. > -----Original Message----- > From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Rob Findlay > Sent: Friday, 23 January 2004 8:26 PM > To: WAMUG Mailing List > Subject: OSX - BSD (was Automated FM Radio Recording) > > > > > > Anyone got a spare legal copy of OsX they are not using, > would be fun > > to put it on my G3 and have a play to see how close it is to my > > beloved FreeBSD (which all my servers run) > > > > Regards, > > Kat. > > > > Regards, > > > > Kat. > > > > > Whilst I can't help you with a copy of OSX (that I'm not > using) you might > like to read this. > http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/osx/ It's not a "head to head" but goes into much detail about what's under the hood. One of my friends who is a Debian nut is quite disparaging of the way that Apple have changed a lot of the conventions normally found in "nixes" as to him it seems unnecessary and it makes it harder to troubleshoot and configure than it need be for someone who knows a Unix system. There is also quite a detailed look at it here: http://www.arstechnica.com/reviews/003/panther/macosx-10.3-1.html Cheers Rob -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.560 / Virus Database: 352 - Release Date: 8/01/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.560 / Virus Database: 352 - Release Date: 8/01/2004
