[TriLUG] Re: Bought my first Laptop--a new Apple Powerbook with OS X--WithLinux software in mind I have three questions

[al johson]

I really appreciated your response to my questions. I'm actually enjoying
this laptop SO FAR. Their newest powerbook models have the greatest screen
I've ever seen. It is crystal clear regardless of the angle you view it from
(unlike their older models). As a result DVD movies look really great on it
as well. I'll let you know about my software opinions after I get a chance
to use the machine more. For the present, I'd have to say I really like the
machine, but I've just had it a few days. Thanks again.---Al Johnson
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----- Original Message -----
From: Roberto J Dohnert <webwarrior at mac.com>
To: TriLUG Mailing List <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 1:39 PM
Subject: [TriLUG] Re: Bought my first Laptop--a new Apple Powerbook with OS
X--WithLinux software in mind I have three questions


>
>
> On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 01:46:46AM -0400, al johson wrote:
> > I just bought myself a new Mac Titanium Powerbook 667MHZ G4. I'm
> curious
> > whether Linux software can be transferred from Linux to Apple's OSX
> system
> > (which as you may recall is a version of BSD).
> >
> > 1. Specifically, are there any cross compilers which can take Linux
> source
> > code and turn it into programs that will run on Apple's OSX system??
>
> Although many of the same tools are available with the developer tools
> CD the structure of OS X apps are very different.  I only bought a
> Powerbook for Cocoa but I have since gone to GNUStep under Linux which
> is based on the old Openstep standard the same that is used in Cocoa
>
> > Incidentally, I've discovered that O'Reilly's new OSX book (in the
> missing
> > manual series) has a super intro to using the Terminal in OSX for
> beginners.
>
> Yes it is a great book.
>
> > I'm told many people consider it better than other attempts to do this
> for
> > LINUX, which raises a second question:
> >
> > 2. How portable are Terminal "programs" or "scripts"  between Linux
> and
> > OSX??? For example, how many similarities are there between the
> commands in
> > OSX and Linux??
>
> I use it but I personally do not care for Mac OS X,  I consider Linux to
> be a much more innovative OS, The commands in OS X and Linux are
> basically the same, except in Linux you dont have netinfo and hostinfo,
> most scripts from FreeBSD and NetBSD can be run from Mac OS X terminal
> programs have to be recompiled from source
>
> > Finally, I have one last question:
> >
> > 3. If I wanted to put a version of LINUX on this laptop, which version
> would
> > everyone recommend???
>
> Yellowdog Linux.  Yellowdog is a superior PowerPC linux.  But Debian is
> available as well as Mandrake and Suse.
>
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