Hi Rob
Food for thought. I'm certainly not "gung ho" and have no real
Terminal experience. I've now got Ubuntu running in Fusion, along with
XP2. I've done it just to prove to myself (and to some disbelievers at
school) that it can be done. Are you indicating I could run Ubuntu
'native' in OS X? I'd like to try that too, given the time to set it
up, but there's no really practical reason for me to do so. I'm a
happy Leopard user who likes to occasionally play around with other
stuff. I've never used any Linux OS before this weekend.
Reg
On 16/11/2008, at 11:59 PM, Rob Davies wrote:
Why the need when OS X is just that, A UNIX based operating
environment, linux programs are already running with significant
amounts binary coded if not installed. (some require X11 installed)
http://developer.apple.com/unix/
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/10/22/macforunix.html
http://www.osxfaq.com/tutorials/LearningCenter/
Compiling of said programs is definitely possible if that way
inclined as compilers and libraries are already installed. I f not
so gung-ho try Mac Ports.
http://www.macports.org/
Terminal is the door to the window (GUI's) or said programs if
command line based. Lots of shell variations and configurations to
personalise.
Oh by the way all these operate whilst OS X is loaded no rebooting
necessary just launch relevant program it will launch in its own X
window or blend into Aqua-Apple style. Daemons will launch and do
relevant job or task pending on daemon required. One can even load a
new GUI desktop environment like KDE, Gnome or others as an
associate of Aqua or to replace totally.
Cheers!
`Rob...
On 15Nov2008, at 7:57 pm, Reg Whitely wrote:
Hi all WAMUGgers
I'm messing around with our brand new and very nice school MacBook
Al and want to install Linux as a VMWare Fusion engine, just for
fun ;-))
I've already got Windows XP2 Pro installed.
I know nothing about Linux.
What version would be best to install and trial for mere mug adults
and school kids?
Regards
Reg
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