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Date:      Wed, 15 Jan 2003 00:37:25 -0500
From:      void <float@firedrake.org>
To:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Mac iBook OS10 + BSD
Message-ID:  <6D4C8B03-284B-11D7-B66E-003065D4F4F2@firedrake.org>
In-Reply-To: <15883.6486.551402.144752@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>

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On Thursday, December 26, 2002, at 09:59  AM, Andrew Gallatin wrote:

>
> I think he means text-only syscons like vtys.  MacOSX does not have
> them.

I don't know about *multiple* text-only vtys, but it's easy enough to 
get the system into a no-graphics mode.

I suppose you can simulate virtual terminals from there using "screen", 
which is in Fink, but it isn't quite the same thing.  :-(

> Also, X11 "feels" quite slow if you're
> used to X11.  (I'm writing this from KDE running under XDarwin on a ti
> powerbook, 867MHz).

Apple's new X11-for-Mac-OS-X beta software is much faster than XDarwin.

-- 
  Ben

You buttered your bread, now lie in it.


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