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A Linux User At MacWorld

Posted by timothy on from the interesting-futures-assembling-themselves dept.

usermilk writes "Linux Journal just posted a pretty cool article, A Penguin Angle on the Ox: Day One at Macworld. It features a Linux user's perspective on MacWorld, OS X, Darwin, and how all these things play together. Most interestingly, he comments on the large number of open-source-Unix bigwigs who are now on Apple's payroll. There's also a pretty concise description of the difference between Apple building off of BSD compared to Microsoft trying to also reap the benefits of open source." Doc Searls' perspective makes a great companion to the report from the floor (and part II) that chrisd posted.

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  1. Darwin Mascot by mirko · · Score: 2, Funny

    I didn't know about Hexley, the Darwin mascot, but what the Hell is this grey picture in the article?

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  2. This doesn't work (off-topic advice needed) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd tried to install linux on a new macintosh but because the hardware is closed and each model only comes with one type of graphics card and hard drive (and all except the TiBook have the same motherboard throughout the model line) I had trouble trying to have a hard time finding the right drivers. Could somebody install some weird hardware on my machine so I could futz with it some a lot more before it works right. I miss PCs.

  3. A Linux User At MacWorld? by NiftyNews · · Score: 1, Funny

    A Linux User At MacWorld, eh? What is that, like the IT version of the Pepsi Challenge?

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  4. Hmmm... by Gizzmonic · · Score: 2, Funny
    There were people in line wearing Sun and SGI schwag too...he thought OS X was "subversive" because it "seeds" millions...Of course there was plenty of buzz...unusually high level of hype etc etc.

    Oh man...I could totally make a bong out of those new iMacs...hey! Where did you leave the chips?

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  5. Re:it's kind of funny by frankie · · Score: 3, Funny

    and it has little of the traditional UNIX architecture

    Not a Unix? Excuse me, but what part of...

    [cty197:~] fuy% cd /
    [cty197:/] fuy% ls -al
    total 1228649
    drwxrwxr-t 35 root admin 1146 Jan 11 08:58 .
    drwxrwxr-t 35 root admin 1146 Jan 11 08:58 ..
    -rw-rw-rw- 1 fuy admin 8196 Jan 3 17:03 .DS_Store
    dr--r--r-- 2 root wheel 128 Jan 11 08:58 .vol
    drwxrwxr-x 28 root admin 908 Jan 7 17:07 Applications
    drwxrwxr-x 11 root admin 330 Nov 15 22:59 Developer
    drwxrwxr-x 27 root admin 874 Dec 20 19:16 Library
    drwxr-xr-x 6 root wheel 264 Nov 9 23:23 Network
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 264 Dec 10 17:45 System
    drwxr-xr-x 2 fuy unknown 264 Nov 12 08:54 Trash
    drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 92 Nov 9 22:29 Users
    drwxrwxrwt 3 root wheel 264 Jan 11 08:59 Volumes
    dr-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 512 Jan 11 11:08 automount
    drwxr-xr-x 33 root wheel 1078 Dec 21 20:00 bin
    lrwxrwxr-t 1 root admin 13 Jan 11 08:58 cores -> private/cores
    dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jan 11 08:58 dev
    lrwxrwxr-t 1 root admin 11 Jan 11 08:58 etc -> private/etc
    lrwxrwxr-t 1 root admin 9 Jan 11 08:58 mach -> /mach.sym
    -r--r--r-- 1 root admin 563484 Jan 11 08:58 mach.sym
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3152156 Dec 8 00:40 mach_kernel
    drwxr-xr-x 7 root wheel 264 Jan 11 08:59 private
    drwxr-xr-x 59 root wheel 1962 Dec 21 20:01 sbin
    lrwxrwxr-t 1 root admin 11 Jan 11 08:58 tmp -> private/tmp
    drwxr-xr-x 10 root wheel 296 Dec 22 20:40 usr
    lrwxrwxr-t 1 root admin 11 Jan 11 08:58 var -> private/var

    ...don't you understand?