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Subject: Re: Anyone using Mac OS?

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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