here's a quick rundown for you: cli is comand line interpreter, as you'd use in DOS or unix, as opposed to a GUI like Mac OS
kde is a window environment which runs on unix-type systems, of which linux and BSD are members. It's an implementation of X-windows. nix box is a reference to a Unix or linux computer. The way X-windows is set up, you can run programs on one machine and have them display on another computer's monitor. This can be done in a completely cross-platform manner, so that as long as whatever machine you're displaying on can run some sort of X-window environment you can display the output from whatever type of machine you like. Exodus is one of those programs which will display X-windows on macintosh OS. I haven't used it in probably 8 years but it was good then so I'm sure it's great now. hope this helps. On Monday August 23 2004 10:35 pm, Dwight Hines wrote: > > > Mainly only good for cli, I've run kde but its way to slow. Netbsd is > > not much better or worse. Some of the light wieght desktop managers > > are said to work well, if a little slow. > > > > If you already have a nix box of some sort you could try a vnc client > > on the mac or Exodus which is rather excellent, even better if you > > know how to configure your firewall properly. :) > > When configured you can run nix programs at good speed on your quadra > > which is fun. Win4Lin runs well in a window, sometime I'll try > > Sheepshaver, OS9 on a unaccellerated quad, in a window. :) > > > > cheers > > > Need to parse this and make it intelligible for a wanderer in the wilderness > like me. > > So, please define the terms you use, like nix box and so on. -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
