Wait, I messed up. Jeff Raskin was one of the essential designers of the Mac, which for that platforms obviously includes the MacOS.
Regards, Dustin > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Dustin Puryear > Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 9:27 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [brluglist] Any LinuxPPC/OSX/BSD/Mac geeks out there? > > > 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. > ================================================ > ================================================ 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. ================================================
