Re: YDL vs. OS X


Subject: Re: YDL vs. OS X
mbartosh@heretic.mabaleb.org
Date: Sat Mar 10 2001 - 09:40:34 MST


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On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Charles Eggers wrote:

>Indeed, OS X beta came bundled with Apache, if my memory serves me.
>I think you can build pretty much what you want at the command line,
>though I don't know what the situation is with gcc availability for
>it. I installed and messed around with OS X beta on my G4/350 when
>it first came out, but there were no dev tools with it that I could
>find. I'm sure it's come a long way since then. (Actually, it had
>/better/ come a long way as the public beta was fun, but was from
>prime time.)
>
>Cheers,
>Chuck
>
>>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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