Subject: Re: ox X and linux
From: Mr Spiffy (macuser666@home.com)
Date: Tue Nov 16 1999 - 17:49:10 MST
Remember that Mac OS X is not a finished product, even tho OS X Server
shipped it was really in a beta form then final form. The finished OS X
will be noticably faster, more stable, and much more like the classic Mac OS
as far as interface goes. Objective C, will not entirely widely supported,
is increadibly powerful and I think the move to support it is entirely
revolutionary. Rapid development is its strongest merit, the HTTP protocol
was written in Objective C on a NeXT box in under a weekend! Top that with
the porting of Quake 2 to Mac OS X Server in two weeks (verses almost a year
for classic Mac OS) and you see what I mean. Although I don't expect OS X
to conquer to world or anything, I do think it will be much more then a
niche player. Just give it time, Linux didn't really start to shine until
its third year into the project - OS X is even newer then that.
~Christopher
> I have used MacOS X Server since March when it became generally
> available. I have been using linux on my mac since September. I
> believe that linux is far superior to macos x. the kde is much easier
> to use than the workspace manager for everyday tasks. the main
> difference tho is the existence of an active developer community where
> infoormation about linux is readily available. you can go into any
> large bookstore and find dozens of current books on linux -- you can't
> find any on macos x. there are several active newsgroups for linux
> which can be quite helpful. while macos x is based on bsd, it is not a
> standard configuration -- there are pieces from free bsd and netbsd.
> the directory hierarchy has some differences. in my experience i have
> found it to be very difficult to get a tarball source distribution to
> build on macos x whereas on linux i have had very few problems.
>
> In addition, apple has based their macos x system software on objecitive
> c which, whatever its merits, nobody else has any use for. the c++ and
> java compilers supplied with macosx are old and it's not easy to get
> updated compilers to build on the platform. i think that,
> unfortunately, macos x is going to be a niche product that is not widely
> used by developers -- i know that there are some objective-c folks out
> there how are totally dedicated to the platform but they are certainly
> in the minority in the unix/linux community.
>
> personlly, i think apple would be much better off building on top of
> mklinux. now if only sheepshaver would show up we'd have everything we
> need.
>
> dave riedel
>
>
>> I have been using linux for several months now and am thankful to have
>> switched from Winbloz to Linux in a workstation environment. I have been
>> also contemplated a Mac architecture due to many recommendations from
>> developers as well as other obvious reasons.
>> I wanted to know if anyone with OS X and a Mac compatible Linux experience
>> has any info on the pros cons of OS X and the fact that it is BSD
>> based. Since I have Linux and BSD experience I would like to know more
>> about OS X and what benefits would Linux have over it. I have not found
>> all the applications that I use ported to Linux although there are only a
>> few. Hence, I use vmware for the occasional use of Winbloz.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
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