KDE in mac os x

[Chris Kastorff]

> mascarasnake wrote:
>
>> Hey Jim -
>>
>> Jim Ricken wrote:
>>
>>> Is  there any way possible to  dump aqua interface and install 
>>> xfree86 and kde or gnome in osx ?
>>> Jim
>>
>> You can get most Linux apps on OSX  (and yes, that means KDE, GNOME, 
>> Blackbox etc)with either Fink:
>
> Does this mean I could boot my G3 iMac, startup X11, dump the Aqua 
> interface and run my usual cast on Linux characters: Gnome, TB, 
> Firefox, and PHPmyadmin? Is there a price -- in the way of overloaded 
> CPU or bloated memory -- for such a solution?
>
> Ed

It does. I run KDE and Aqua (switchable by Cmd-Opt-A) at the same time, 
both heavily loaded as compared to most people. You do have to do some 
.xinitrc hacking to get the clipboard right, but otherwise my system 
runs great. I do have 768MB of RAM, so that might make a huge 
difference.

	-Chris K.