[Ti] UNIX/LINUX APPS

[Chris Olson]

Douglas Hawkins wrote:
> LISTERS,
>  Is ther eany way we can Use the Linux/Unix side of
> OSX? I am relatively New to X and wish to be able to
> use some LINUX APPS also. Thanks...>Dug

The key is, are you new to unix?  It all depends on exactly *what* you 
want to try to run.

First, basics: Just fire up a terminal window and you have a BSD command 
line.  Alternatively, you can hold down cmd s when you boot and get to a 
single user unix root shell sans the Aqua GUI.  Just be advised you 
cannot do "start x" or anything to start the OS X GUI from a unix shell. 
  You have to reboot.  The reason is because you're running just the 
Darwin kernel and you also need to boot the Mach microkernel that 
provides the GUI functionality for OS X.  I run both OS X and Debian 
GNU/Linux with XFree86 4.2 and KDE 3 on my G4/400.  I can run KDE 3 in X 
right over the top of Aqua if I want.

You can grab precompiled binaries thru Fink, using Debian APT (Advanced 
Package Tool) if you want, or you can use Debian dsleect and dpkg to 
install or remove precompiled binaries.  Go the to command line and type 
man apt-get or man dselect for the unix man pages on these command line 
tools.

Alternatively, you can compile your own binaries from source.  This is 
currently the only option for software that is not available from Fink, 
but new stuff is being added there every day.
-- 
Chris Olson
Network Administrator
AST Communications,  Inc.
Linux Support                http://linux.astcomm.net
Barron,  WI   USA