From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 14 17:31:33 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E48016A412 for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:31:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout2.cac.washington.edu (mxout2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91AF743D73 for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:31:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout2.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id kAEHVPiK007162 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:31:26 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [128.208.5.99] (nilakantha.cs.washington.edu [128.208.5.99]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id kAEHVPWi018769 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:31:25 -0800 Message-ID: <4559FD6D.3000706@u.washington.edu> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:31:25 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (Windows/20061025) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org References: <454E9F7B.5010105@outstep.com> <454EB6D6.3030807@infowest.com> <454EBEEC.1060002@u.washington.edu> <454F210C.9000602@outstep.com> <004001c70706$0d571ec0$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <62104DC1-8AD2-41E1-B469-51CAC91A8D8B@mac.com> <455915BA.9090300@infowest.com> <20061114162301.GA8007@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> In-Reply-To: <20061114162301.GA8007@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.2.2.285561, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2006.11.14.91932 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Cc: Subject: Re: MAC OS X connection to FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:31:33 -0000 David Kelly wrote: > On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 10:56:17PM -0600, Chuck Remes wrote: > >> Also, please recall I said "most software" and not 100% of software. >> I am certain there are outliers that don't compile cleanly on OSX, >> but that hardly proves that OSX is not a good UNIX target. The vast >> majority of software compiles and runs just fine on the latest OSX >> release. >> > > Can't say that I find compiling other's applications on MacOS X any > harder than on FreeBSD (without /usr/ports/ assistance). Only > disappointment has been trying to run FreeBSD-hosted X11 apps using > Apple's X11 server. Apple has updated a couple of times since I last > tried so this isn't an entirely fair comparison. > Well, I still don't like the fact that the X11 packaged by Apple is XFree 4.8.xx.. Serious improvements and some security issues have been addressed since the majority of the XFree86 group moved to X.org.. Yay for ports / fink though (depending on what you use), cause you can easily upgrade to X.org 6.9 under fink with after a few steps. -Garrett