OK...This is going to sound like a really dumb question, but I'm really new at this, but liking it so far...
I've heard (and believe) that the Mac OS is built on a Linux kernel. Is this true? If so, does that mean that Macintosh\Applecompatible software can be installed on a Gentoo machine?
Right all the way, Trey, as best as I recall, my local brother has a
Mac, which I hadda help him with a couple of times, after drooling for a
few minutes at his wonderful 87-inch -- !! -- I mean 27-inch -- --
no, I mean **23**-inch Apple monitor ;) .
rgh.
Trey Gruel wrote:
I've heard
Look here http://developer.apple.com/darwin/ and
http://www.opendarwin.org/
The base is pretty much a linux but as has been mentioned before, they
have plenty of hardware-specific code and their cocoa which
realistically only works on their gear, so don't expect to run mac
software on anything
On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 13:24 -0600, Scott Taylor wrote:
The base is pretty much a linux but as has been mentioned before, they
have plenty of hardware-specific code and their cocoa which
realistically only works on their gear
What rubbish, Mac does NOT run linux. The fact that it a posix-like
Below...
Nick Rout wrote:
On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 13:24 -0600, Scott Taylor wrote:
The base is pretty much a linux but as has been mentioned before, they
have plenty of hardware-specific code and their cocoa which
realistically only works on their gear
What rubbish, Mac does NOT run linux.
Right!
rgh.
Mark Knecht wrote:
On Apr 12, 2005 1:44 PM, Robert G. Hays [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Repeating what has already been said here, the OS X kernel is (based
on?) BSD, which, technically, is not Linux'.
That said, yes, *some* linux-aps will run there...
rgh.
Like the joke says, only
On April 12, 2005 11:37 am, quoth Robert Persson:
There is an open source project called Gnustep which is
trying to replicate the Nextstep API (Cocoa).
Oops. What I meant to say was that the OS X native API is called Cocoa and is
closely based on the nextstep API.
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Robert Persson
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