Subject: Re: LinuxPPC+MOL versus MacOS X Public Beta
phandel@cise.ufl.edu
Date: Wed Sep 27 2000 - 03:31:27 MDT
On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Philippe Lelédy wrote:
> But you have no compiler. A bypass is possible by copying them from a Darwin
> partition.
The developer CD is coming soon. I'm not sure on the pricing, but I
believe I read (MacNN?) that it'll be free.
> Installing a new software is not easy.
Actually, it should be extremely easy ... double-clicking on a package
will launch the standard installer, which is very easy to use.
> You can add X11 (from Darwin), but switching betwen MacOS, console and
> X11 is very unconfortable, I think you have to reboot for switching
> between MacOS and X11.
Simply log in as >console if you're at the OS X graphical login window to
get the console mode. Once you log out, it will bring you back to the
graphical login window.
Also, check out the beta X server from Tenon at http://www.tenon.com.
> Under MacOS X GUI you can't execute any classic MacOS application if you can't
> boot from a Mac OS 9, which I've not got.
True, MacOS 9 is required for the Classic in OS X Beta.
Thanks,
Peter
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