Subject: Re: YDL vs. OS X
From: Paul J. Lucas (pauljlucas@mac.com)
Date: Sun Mar 11 2001 - 10:32:01 MST
On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Peter J Muhlberger wrote:
> I was just wondering whether anyone knows how YDL stacks up against OS X.
First, it's Linux vs. OS X; YDL is just a repackaging of Redhat
Linux.
> I'm thinking of getting X when it comes out, and am under the impression X is
> a unix OS.
It is based on Unix, yes.
> What I don't know is whether X would allow loading standard linux programs &
> desktops.
OS X, despite its name, does not have an X Windows server, so
you can't run anything GUI-based.
> I need to be able to program in Java / JSP for Tomcat / Apache using Forte as
> an IDE, & I like using KDE desktop. Does anyone know whether OS X's unix
> core would allow running these programs?
You probably can run anything that doesn't use a GUI. A friend
who works at apple has run Apache under it.
- Paul
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