> How is it that native Aqua app's don't launch X11/Xterm before running,
and
> GNU/Linux based X11 apps which have been ported do ?
:)
That's just a matter of configuration. You can change that behavior in
the .xinitrc. For more details you can read a recent blog post [1] I
made about how to configure your OS X to behave in a more Linuxish way.
cool, i didn't know that :-)
Absolutely. Freedom is paramount. Although DRM was Apple's idea in the
first place; they are reconsidering their stance [2] and hopefully Apple
should be DRM-Free in a few years.
It is a hope i share.
Out of curiosity which one do you use? i had tried some stuff with Bochs,
> but that was just to see what works and what dosn't. On the intel macs
> parallels is an option, but a proprietary one.
Parallels gives excellent performance, but Q-Kju: [3] is also an awesome
open-source VM solution for the Mac.
i'll check that out. Thanks :-)
Cheers!
- vihan
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