[wplug] Linux on Mac questions

Jonathan S Billings billings at negate.org
Tue Feb 24 18:28:35 EST 2004


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On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 18:16, Robert E. Coutch wrote:
> Your response is very intriguing.
> 
> Obviously I can't expect a program written for X to work on the Mac (without 
> the X stuff you mentioned) but can I grab a tarball for something like nmap
> and build it on OS-X ?
> 
> Also, is there a website of opensource stuff for OS-X or at least some free 
> software sites?
> 
> 
> Thanks for the info,
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> 
> On Tuesday 24 February 2004 01:58 pm, Steven Leach wrote:
> > In regards to questions 2 and 3:
> >
> > Depending on your purpose, you might find (as I did) that OS X makes
> > installing Linux unnecessary or even counter productive.  I bought an
> > eMac when they were first released to the general public with the
> > intention of installing Yellow Dog.  After playing with OS X for a
> > while, I never bothered installing Linux.  OS X is a complete Unix
> > system, not just a Mac OS on top of some hidden BSD core.  Every tool
> > that you would expect to find under Linux or *BSD is provided.  You can
> > even run X on top of the aqua desktop (or presumably instead of the
> > aqua desktop).
> >
> > I now have two x86 systems running Debian and two Macs (an eMac and an
> > iBook) running OS X.
> >
> > On Feb 24, 2004, at 11:12 AM, Robert E. Coutch wrote:
> > > Just a couple of quick questions about running Linux on the Mac.
> > >
> > > 1 - Is anyone doing this?
> > >
> > > 2 - If so, how does it compare to the PC in terms of hardware support,
> > > updates
> > > and such?
> > >
> > > 3 - Some distro's offer install iso's.  Do these allow for leaving
> > > OS-X in
> > > place and adding Linux or do they attempt to overwrite Mac OS.
> > >
> > > 4 - Are hard disks partitioned on the Mac similar to the PC?
> > >
> > > 5 - Have you tried Mac on Linux and if so, how well does it work?
> > >
> > > Just toying with the thought of getting a Mac but not sure.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks for any info,
> > >
> > > Bob
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