Re: MacOS X (was Re: What *is* Gnome/KDE?)
On Tue, Feb 22, 2000 at 02:16:34PM -0700, Gary Hennigan wrote:
> kmself@ix.netcom.com writes:
>
> > On Tue, Feb 22, 2000 at 03:49:59PM -0500, Joe Block wrote:
> > > kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
[...]
> > > I'm kind of curious - what makes you say MacOS X isn't a full unix? I
> > > run OSX Server on a couple machines and it seems pretty full to me -
> > > most stuff builds with ./configure;make
> >
> > Interesting. My understanding was that MacOS X wasn't a full Unix. I'm
> > often wrong.
> >
> > Could you provide pointers to the Unixy features of MacOS X? Are the
> > standard Unix features and utilities provided or do you have to obtain
> > them independently
>
> Aren't you running things together here? Unix does not equal X.
We're wandering well off the primrose path here. I *know* that. "X is a
networked, multi-platform, windowing environment". 'Nuff said.
> My understanding was that MacOS X was a full X-windows implementation
> for MacOS.
No. MacOS X == Mac Operating System 10 (X == Roman numeral 10)
There is a Mac X server with a distressingly similar name, minus the OS,
IIRC.
The question is how much Unix there is in MacOS X, not how much X there
is in the Macintosh X Terminal Emulator.
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