[Gllug] Apple

[Simon Faulkner]

> 
> OS X is based on a *BSD(darwin), using the Mach kernel. So it's all open 
> *nixy goodness beneath the (closed) desktop.
> 
> Fink (1) is the most widely used ports collection, with which you can 
> run Gnome, KDE, Gimp, etc, on OSX, using Xwindows (Xfree86 or Apple's 
> own X11) - but not with the lickable-but-proprietary Aqua interface. 
> There's a version of OOo as well. Also a (growing) number of natively 
> ported free apps are turning up. (*alpha* binaries of various 
> KDE/Koffice apps have recently been made available. (2))
> 
> (1) http://fink.sourceforge.net
> (2) http://kde.opendarwin.org/
> 
> OS X was my escape from windows and introduction to gnu/*nix/free 
> software - I'm very much enamoured of it.
> (dons flame-retardant *pinstripe* suit.)
> 
> John
> 
Thanks John,

Looks like I'll get a PowerMac G4 - aren't they expensive compared to 
beige box PCs?

Simon
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