On 27Dec2007 10:52, Roy Charles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | OS/X and Linux share common roots, but OS/X is a proprietary OS. Linux | is open source. Linux does not run either OS/X or windows programs | natively. [...]
They're both UNIX. Many programs will compile on both. Indeed, the MacPorts stuff is little more than a bazillion UNIX programs recompiled for the Mac. You need the program source (or a macports install), but many many apps are available for both. -- Cameron Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ | I'm the female partner of a climber (I don't climb) and until now, I was | under the impression that climbers are cool people, but alas, you had to | ruin it for me. *REAL* climbers are crude, impolite, solitary, abrupt, arrogant. Sport climbers are cool. - Rene Tio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in rec.climbing To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
