[Glastonbury] "the opencd" for apple OSX

[Cherry Mulliss]

Hi All

Yes, count me in :) 

As you know I use Mac OS X, and could do with downloading and testing 
Gimp. Blender et al. on Panther. But, we dont get broadband for a couple 
of weeks, so this will cramp my style a bit initially. Can also get Ross 
Wallis (head of Art at Sidcot School) to test stuff on the school eMacs 
- if I install it for him.  Lots of possibilities here, as we can then 
get some of the students to experiment with these programs too.

I think the idea of an open CD for Mac OS X is excellent. Particularly 
as there is a lot less free software about for Macs than for PCs. 
Obviously there is CarbonCopy, which is free and really good. I have 
tried a couple of other things that seem buggy. I will have a look for 
more stuff to test on our iMac and then, as appropriate in school 
(Sidcot and your school) on the eMacs.

Let me know if you want me to test any particular programs that you come 
across. I can test some things on both Jaguar and Panther if this seems 
to be a good idea. Hopefully we can get away with ignoring Mac OS 9 and 
earlier <G>.

BTW, I was very impressed by Bryns mastery of Blender. Can  you  find a 
student to  do Gimp too?

Just of to attempt Gimp / Blender downloads for OS X.

BFN

Cherry


steve wrote:

> hi folks.
> as we now have some apple emacs in school i have downloaded the 
> installers for OpenOffice, Blender and the Gimp and will be searching 
> for opensource software for apple platform which is now very close to 
> FreeBSD.
> anyone else interested in helping me research this?
> there may already be an "opencd" for apple but i haven't found one yet.
> we could compile one and release it via the lugog site.
> i am happy to produce an iso of all the installers.
> i just need to know what is out there.
>
> cheers,
> steve
>
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