On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 10:14:21PM -0400, Shaun T. Erickson wrote: > Cliff Wells wrote: > > > > Despite its name, OSX doesn't use X. > > OSX *is* essentially FreeBSD. As such, it sure does use X as the > windowing system
Yes, OS X (pronounced "OS ten", says Apple) has a BSD kernel and a lot of GPLed utilities, but Apple has added much proprietary stuff on top of it. No, OS X does not use X Windows. > , according to every MAC OSX user I know. Being a Mac user does not make one an authority on this question. The reasons for using a Macintosh (note the "Mac" part is not an acronym and so is not correctly in written in all caps) might be reasonably summarized to *not* needing to know how things like the graphics system are built. > I'm quite aware that the "X" in the OS name doesn't reafer to the > windowing system used, also. You are correct on that. -kb, the Kent who used to be a Mac expert. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
