> I'm hoping to generate more interest in Mac OSX in the > BRLUG, since it is UNIX at its core. The move by Apple > to an open source based kernel was one of the biggest > events in the last few years to support the open > source movement. I am very surprised that there hasn't > been more excitement about it in the open source > community. The PowerPC chip is very fast for the > price: I paid $100 for the PowerMac 8500 (128MB RAM, > 8GB ext drive) and monitor. I plan to make it a > development server running either Linux for PPC or > OSX. >
Although they've based their OS on an Open Source kernel, Apple has been pretty good at alienating the Open Source community since (and before) the release of OS X. Threats to sue creators of OS X-like XFree86 themes is the biggest example I can think of now. I've also heard reported that Apple has made their UNIX 'easy' by setting a lot of binaries setuid root. Maybe the benefits the OSS community can receive by this is by getting more users to eventually move to a Free OS. -Tim ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
