jekillen wrote: > Hello; > I have Mac OSX 10.4.2 running on G5 and I want to install > either KDE or Gnome. I assume I need the X11 package > installed (which I do). Is there a complete KDE or Gnome > package that I can install on this machine? It is not clear > to me from browsing the Fink web site. If there is only > a source tarball and it has enough installation instructions > I'll use that. > My plan b would be to create a dual boot system with > Yellow Dog Linux, but that may be outside of the scope > of this list. > thanks in advance for responses. > Jeff K. > Once I get the hang of this list I'll change over to fink-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Fink-beginners mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners > > I'm not one of the maintainers but I have a dual boot TiBook with Ubuntu on a partition and OS X on the other. I can run Fink ported apps on OS X using XOrg or X11 if you like. You need to install Fink in OS X and then you'll be able to install gnome-bundle or KDE-bundle which will give either or both desktops that run in X11 depending on how you set up your .xinitrc file to call the window/desktop manager, either of the 2 (or fluxbox or enlightenment or what ever you install and run). I run MacOnLinux in Ubuntu to use Mac apps when I'm booted into Linux. I can access either partition from the other. OS X automounts the Linux volume with an exts manager in System preferences which needs to be installed separately. Can't remember what it's called now as it just works and I haven't futzed with it since I first used it 2 years ago and I almost exclusively use Linux now. It's all very flexible, perhaps too much so. I run Linux because it is pure open source but if you want to run Linux/Unix apps on OS X then a dual boot set up is really overkill if you are going to use Fink in OS X. I have been saved though when I hosed my Linux partition but could access it from OS X and make repairs but watch out for permissions and ownership issues and the fact that the partitions use different formats, Linux and OS X. Ubuntu is the most supported ppc Linux distro now and is generally thought to have better support than Yellow Dog. Probably outside the scope of this list.
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