[gentoo-user] Misconceptions about Mac\Apple?

2005-04-12 Thread The Disguised Jedi
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?

Re: [gentoo-user] Misconceptions about Mac\Apple?

2005-04-12 Thread Robert G. Hays
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Misconceptions about Mac\Apple?

2005-04-12 Thread Scott Taylor
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Misconceptions about Mac\Apple?

2005-04-12 Thread Nick Rout
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Misconceptions about Mac\Apple?

2005-04-12 Thread Robert G. Hays
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.

Re: [gentoo-user] Misconceptions about Mac\Apple?

2005-04-12 Thread Robert G. Hays
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Misconceptions about Mac\Apple?

2005-04-12 Thread Robert Persson
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. -- Robert Persson Don't use