[vox-tech] macos x questions

[Henry House]

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On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 07:03:25PM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> i've never seen mac os x, but it looks like i may have to use one this
> summer for work.   i have some questions about it:
>=20
> does it have gcc?  vim?  gnuplot?  gnu make?
>=20
> is there a shell i can use (preferably bash)?  or is the whole operating
> system point and click like windows?

Mac OS X consists of three parts: Mach (a microkernel, safely ignored by the
user, Darwin (a BSD hybrid OS with all typical UNIX parts except X under a
non-Free Open Source license*), and Aqua (Apple's proprietary display
manager, analogous to X but completely incompatible). As for the applicatio=
ns
mentioned, all are available if you compile and install them.

* This has been the subject of much controversy. OSF considers it an Open
  Source license, but GNU does not recognize Apple's license as Free for so=
me
  very good reasons. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/apsl.html for GNU's
  analysis.

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Henry House
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