Author: pavel
Date: 05:56:55 06/16/02
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On June 16, 2002 at 04:08:53, Hristo wrote: >On June 15, 2002 at 17:44:57, pavel wrote: > >>On June 15, 2002 at 17:43:58, pavel wrote: >> >>>On June 15, 2002 at 17:26:41, Russell Reagan wrote: >>> >>>>Is anyone using Mac OS? Many have mentioned using Linux/Unix/BSD, but as I >>>>recall, Mac OSX is Unix, so I was wondering if anyone is using that when they >>>>said Linux/Unix/BSD. >>>> >>>>Russell >> >> >>MacOS X is not UNIX but it was based on Unix. >> > > >Pavel, >MAC OSX is UNIX as much as BSD is. >This pretty much makes it full out UNIX. >Yes things are different here and there, but do not confuse the GUI with the >actual OS. >Their OS layer is quite comfortable with anything UNIX related. >threads, multitasking, SMP, privileges, permissions model, shell (with all the >common stuff: >chmod, ls, cat, less, man, ls, nice, renice, top, ps, ... etc.). The process >model is very similar, if not identical, with BSD. The only major difference >with other nixes, I know about, is their Shared-Objects (.so) model. > >You can run NFS, XFree, apache and other common unix related software without >any trouble ... :-) >So, for all that it is worth, OSX is unix. > > >If you want to try the UNIX part of OSX go to (using their finder aka “Windows >explorer”): >/<HD>/Applications/Utilities >and run “Terminal”. > > >and Yes OSX is the most beautiful OS on the market today. It is simple and >elegant to use. > > >Cheers, >hristo Thanks for the details. I was not very familiar with OSX. cheers, pavs
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