Adam Hewitt wrote: > I am about to purchase an Apple iBook and I have been having a quick > look around at the posibility of using Aqua with X11 and be able to run > linux programs. I know that there is the fink project which looks > awesome, and I believe that you have to install fink, XDarwin and either > OroborosX or Apples X11 and you can then use the Aqua window manager and > be able to use "Mac OSX" and have all the apps installed by fink look > and feel like OSX apps. > > My question is which is the better - OroborosX or Apples X11?? Are there > any other versions of X that I am missing?? Am I completely on the wrong > track??
I am not sure what is better but I have used Oroboros. Its easy to install fink and Oroboros and X11 - they come as normal OSX type installation packages (disk images) and you just clicky click and they install perfectly. I have been running Grass - a largish Geographics Information System under Orboros under X11 under OSX and the X11 apps run fine. http://oroborosx.sourceforge.net/ As far as I know you should be able to install Oroboros and Apples X11 together but obviously run only one at a time. Mike -- Mike Lake Uni of Technol., Sydney UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER ======================================================================== This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. ======================================================================== -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
