>>> The 'Implication' being that you could swap the 'GNU' portions, and >>> still have operable systems. [Don't work that way.] >> >> Your implication being that tool=use [not quite] >> You can take a car from UK and "swap" it onto a US road. That does not >> mean you also carry over the laws from the UK with it. >> >> BSD or GNU tools will work in Linux or BSD or OSX. A nail gun or a >> screw gun will hang a picture, but dont put a nail in a screw gun. > > With a little work to take care of minor implementation variations.
NOW we are hacking ;^) >> >>> >>>> Nothing is an ideal swiss army knife >>> Agree! >>> >>> I was trying to make visible the fact that to run LINUX on a system >>> that was already running OSX, was in many ways ludicrous. >>> >> >> I agree, there is no reason to fix unbroken things. >> >> >>> Because most people seem to have forgotten just WHAT LINUX was >>> created for. [A UNIX like OS to run on the IBM PC & clones.] >>> And what OSX really is. [A UNIX like OS (originally for the PPC >>> chips, but recently also ported to the x86 family of INTEL chips.] >>> >>> Chuck D. >> >> So that logic says one should run OSX on PPC Macs and Linux on >> Intel Macs? > > A few of years ago, that would have been the only logical conclusion. > But OSX is now Intel x86 aware (a step backwards in my opinion, but > they didn't ask me.) > > OSX is now a valid choice for x86 based systems. > > My only concern with LINUX, is that design considerations that favor > the x86 architecture are inherent in it's design and execution. > Those (best for x86 arch.) choices are sometimes quite lousy for PPC > arch. IF those differences in approach have been looked for and > addressed (which I doubt, which is why I'm voicing these concerns.) > then it won't make any difference. > > Chuck D. > No arguement with you here, that falls in line with the swiss army knife point [ouch...LOL] Depending on your needs, the choice of OS can be merely a flavor preference and for others it is a deeper implementation issue because of the precise needs in the application. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
