Must-have applications for the open source Mac desktop    Monday, January 17 2005 @ 05:10 PM EST Contributed by: glosser Got a Mac? Want to run open source apps on it without having to install Linux? The NewsForge details how this can be done with the aid of "DarwinPorts". I bought my Apple Powerbook G4 in May 2002 after finding out it ran a *nix variant. The 'it just works' of Apple's Mac OS X was very tempting, but I didn't want to be without the open source applications I had come to know and love. To the rescue came the DarwinPorts project, which gives you the tools to install open source software onto your computer easily. Once you've installed DarwinPorts (see sidebar) you can run applications written for Linux under Mac OS X. Here's my list of must-have applications for Mac open source fans. Full article   [ Views: 1709 ]

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Must-have applications for the open source Mac desktop Authored by: joemacman on Monday, January 17 2005 @ 07:36 PM EST Thanks for the Mac/Linux link. I've been meaning to install GIMP. Maybe procrastination stops this year. Get a Mac and you get the best of all worlds. And if you're masochistic, you can even run Windoze. j [ Reply to This ] Must-have applications for the open source Mac desktop - Authored by: glosser on Tuesday, January 18 2005 @ 12:36 AM EST Must-have applications for the open source Mac desktop - Authored by: joemacman on Tuesday, January 18 2005 @ 11:45 AM EST