[QCLUG] KDE 4 on OS X

[Jim Hall]

DMichael Burns wrote:
> I too agree that Vista is more of a clone of a lot of the Open Source GUI's.
> 
> As for KDE running on Window$ - remember, that it must still run ON TOP of
> Window$ as M$ has integrated the environment so deeply into the kernel.  To
> be quite frank, with the marketing and development path that M$ has taken
> and is taking, they would be silly to allow any other environment to operate
> on top of their kernel and have access to the raw kernel for compiling just
> to get rid of their own environment.  As we all are aware, M$ markets
> Window$ (the environment + the kernel) - not just the kernel as with Linux
> and BSD.  If M$ was to allow others like KDE and Gnome to put their
> environments directly on top of the kernel without the M$ environment, then
> M$ would have to spend less time on their version of eye candy and more time
> on the things that matter most such as security and stability.
> 
> As for KDE running on OSX - Isn't OSX sitting on top of BSD already???  That
> being the case, then it would not be surprising to see KDE working on a Mac.
> 
> BTW, while on the subject of M$ and GNU - Has anyone noticed that it is
> possible to run a lot of the same command line commands within Vista that we
> are familiar with in Linux/Unix and BSD?  I inadvertently typed "ls" in a
> Window$ shell and got the same response I would have gotten from a Linux
> box.  I don't know if this is something that has been available for a while
> with DOS/Window$ or is new.  If it is new then why are they going to POSIX
> command structure?  Just curious.
> 
> :)
> Mike
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: qclug-bounces@qclug.org [mailto:qclug-bounces@qclug.org] On Behalf Of
> j.brun@mchsi.com
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 12:24 PM
> To: qclug@qclug.org
> Subject: Re: [QCLUG] KDE 4 on OS X
> 
> I thinks Microsoft would have a fit to learn KDE would work visa via the
> windows
> kernel.  Microsoft does many things, but allowing competition to work with
> their
> software isn't one of them.
> 
> John
> 
> ps.  Am I the only one that thinks vista is nothing but a kde clone?
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>I just found that the KDE 4.0 alpha already will compile and run
>>natively on OS X.  Also, that since qt4 is expected to run on Windows,
>>there is an effort to port all of KDE to Windows.  Personally, I think
>>this is great, but what are the opinions from the rest of the group?
>>Do you see this as "anti-opensource" or reaching out to another
>>platform?
>>
>>check it out here...
>>
>>http://ranger.users.finkproject.org/kde/index.php/Home
>>_______________________________________________
>>
> 


Actually, some commands are the same as my old TRS-80. They may (and 
probably do) predate even that. MS-DOS wasn't the first DOS. There were 
even OS's before any kind of DOS!

Jim