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  • From: Steven Champeon <schampeo AT hesketh.com>
  • To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Where to take a wireless laptop?
  • Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 12:33:45 -0400

on Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 07:55:32AM -0400, Josep L. Guallar-Esteve wrote:
> On Friday 16 August 2002 12:10 pm, David Minton wrote:
> > As far as OS for your Powerbook goes, OS X version 10.2 will be
> > released on Friday. I would give that a shot before installing Linux.
> > Maybe the hardcore Linux/OS X enthusiasts like Dave Matusiak and
> > Steve Burnett will offer an opinion.
>
> I recommend you to go and use OS X *and* Linux apps. You can have both
> at the same time. There's something called "fink" that lets you do the
> trick. I've seen Powerbooks with OS X running Linux applications. And
> now, OpenOffice for OS X is getting ready.

Um, no. 'fink' is just a version of the debian apt system. The apps
you've seen are X apps, probably running under OroborOSX or something,
not Linux apps. OS X is a BSD-derived system, not a Linux system.

Steve

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