YDL 2.2 vs. Darwin/Fink

Paul Smith yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Fri, 10 May 2002 16:25:05 -0400


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The main advantage of Linux is that it runs better than OS X on older,
slower machines.  There are also programs available for Linux that have not
been ported to Darwin/OS X yet.

PSmith




On 5/8/02 11:33 PM, "Fritz Gutwein"  wrote:

> I have a Mac iBook 2001 version (500 Mhz, 384k RAM).
> 
> I am a newbie to Unix and am wondering what advantage YDL has over
> using the Darwin/Fink combination to run x-Windows in Mac OS X.
> 
> Thanks for the input.



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On 5/8/02 11:33 PM, &quot;Fritz Gutwein&quot; &nbsp;wrote:<BR>
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I am a newbie to Unix and am wondering what advantage YDL has over <BR>
using the Darwin/Fink combination to run x-Windows in Mac OS X.<BR>
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Thanks for the input.<BR>
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