> i've generally found, that if one buying a Mac and one does not want to
use
> Mac OS X(of which some components of the GUI(Aqua) are under non free
> licenses), either fry the machine and put a GNU/Linux distribution on it
or
> don't use Aqua, install a Free GUI and the other Free app's with along
with
> Darwin. That's the way to go.
Sorry, could not understand what you wanted to convey.
Mac OS X = GNU(nearly everything) + Darwin Kernel + Aqua GUI + Some
Proprietary Apple Applications and Utilities.
O.K, now we have a system on top of which you can install X11(Apple has also
implemented X11 in Aqua but its highly customized to support Aqua alone, so
we install our own X11 and later other X stuff). Once you have that, you can
build(thanks again to GNU) Gnome, KDE etc etc etc on it. Then simply fetch
any app you want. In fact there are two projects out there aimed at getting
Free Software onto the Mac, one is Fink the other is Darwin Ports. Both
essentially let you fetch Free Software(resolving dependencies) from their
repositories.
Once you have that why use Aqua and Proprietary Apple Applications and
Utilities at all :-)
The other option is format the preloaded Mac OS X when you buy an Apple
machine and a GNU/Linux distro on it. Then you essentially have a Free
Operating system on the Apple hardware, this can be done just as easily on
both older PowerPC Mac's and the newer Intel Mac's.
Regards,
- vihan
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