iMacs and iBooks are cool. My one problem with Macs though is the whole 1-button mouse deal. I just can't get over it. I'm weak.
It's especially odd feeling after using X, which is geared for a 3-buttom mouse. I read a book by Jeff Raskin (the book is in the LUG library), one of the prime developers of the MacOS, and he actually commented on the 1-button mouse. If I remember correctly he thought it was a double-edged sword as well. Regards, Dustin > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of John Hebert > Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 6:18 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [brluglist] Any LinuxPPC/OSX/BSD/Mac geeks out there? > > > A couple of guys at work have iBooks and they are cool > as hell. Like something outta Star Trek. As all cool > things are. > > John Hebert > > --- Jerald Sheets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Once I can get ahead a bit, I'm going to buy me an > > iBook. I've looked > > at everything I can find, and the iBook just has it > > all. So, by then > > I'll be a Mac geek, from what I understand. > > > > --JMS > > > > > > On Thu, 2001-10-25 at 10:56, John Hebert wrote: > > > I recently bought a used PowerMac 8500 and > > installed > > > Yellow Dog Linux (http://www.yellowdoglinux.com) > > on > > > it. YDL uses RPM and has lots of neato features > > like > > > YUP (YDL Updater), etc. > > > > > > I also read that Darwin (the BSD core of Mac OSX) > > now > > > runs on some PowerPC chips, including my 8500! So, > > I'm > > > going to attempt to install Darwin and later OSX > > on my > > > 8500. > > > > > > Which brings me to my question: are there any Mac > > > geeks on this mailing list? It's been a heck of a > > > while since I played with a Mac at length, but it > > > seems easy enough. I have a few questions, like: > > Can I > > > run some kinda video editing app like iMovie on > > MacOS > > > 8.0.1? Where would I download files? etc, etc. > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > John Hebert > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > > > http://personals.yahoo.com > > > ================================================ > > > 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. > > > ================================================ > > > > > > ================================================ > > 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. > > ================================================ > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > http://personals.yahoo.com > ================================================ > 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. > ================================================ > ================================================ 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. ================================================
