What about Linux-on-Mac?

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Clinton MacDonald wrote:

> Mr. Roy:
>
> Steve Roy wrote:
>
>> I got Mac-on-Linux to run and it works fine with
>> my setup. However I can't help but wonder if it's
>> possible to do the opposite. Instead of running
>> Mac OS X within Linux, how about running Linux
>> within Mac OS X? Is there such a piece of software
>> out there?
>
>
> There is -- sort of. If you are running Mac OS X, Apple has an X11 
> server (client? server? I am never sure with X) built in:
>
> <http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/x11/>
>
> Then, have a look at the Fink Project, which is a repository for 
> hundreds of Open Source applications recompiled for Mac OS X:
>
> <http://fink.sourceforge.net/>
>
> You can even run KDE and Gnome under Mac OS X. The best of all worlds.
>
>> That would be tremendously useful for me because I
>> run Linux mostly just to test my Java software.
>
>
> Mac OS X already has Java built in. You can even use Java syntax to 
> code native Cocoa applications (or so they tell me -- I am not a coder).
>
> However, it is not my impression that Java is Open Source, which leads 
> me to go out on a limb and suggest that a Linux flavor of Java will 
> *not* be available for Fink.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Best wishes,
> Clint

This does work, but it was difficult to find the necessary software for 
10.2.x.  It either comes with 10.3.x or is available from Apple.  I was 
able to install it on my beige G3 266 Mhz DT and ran OpenOffice.org on it.  

Just a message from Doug...