Re: The Terminal utility of OS10

[Travis Siegel]

It will allow you to run shell programs that have been compiled under  
OSX.  It won't let you run linux programs directly, as they're a  
different binary type.  However, if you install the developer tools,  
you can get the source code to most linux apps (those that aren't  
already included) and compile them for use in OSX.
There's two different ports of source that has already been ported to  
the mac.  Think and Darwin ports.  I don't use either one of these,  
but other folks on the list do, so they can give you more information  
on them.  If I need an app, I generally go grab the source from the  
source, and compile it myself.  I find it works better that way in  
most cases, though it can cause problems too.  It's all what you're  
used to.