Re: How is Max OS X is different from Linux X ?

From: Wiseguy (noone_at_uber.usachoice.net)
Date: 06/30/05

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    Tushar Gokhale <gokhaletushar@operamail.com> scribbled on the stall
    wall: > Hi all, > Just a question. If the Mac os is using Unix in
    behind. How is Mac OS > X is so sterdy and cool as compaired to Linux
    X? How the fonts, media, > application are so stable than of Linux?
    Cant we recompile the same X > for x86? Or the applications for x86?

    iirc, the latest MACOS uses BSD behind the scenes, and many of their
    programs are variants of GNU codebase.

    the issue with MAC is that they have/had a rigorous certification
    process for their hardware. linux tries to work with helter-skelter
    hardware to varying degrees of success.

    immagine only having to make your codebase work within a specific, well
    defined set of hardware and os API. then imaging something like linux,
    developed in a vacuum, often without vendor support, and trying to work
    on a vast range of hardware platforms. see the difference?

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