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VLUG Meeting Notes 2003.02.11
TOPIC: MacOS X
Presenter: Thomas McVeigh
| Attendance Figures: |
| Total | 48 |
| Non-members | 11 |
| First-timers | 3 |
NEWS
- Wall St. warms to Linux with Linux banking apps undergoing successful extensive beta trials
- further penetration of use of Linux in Hollywood creative efforts
- Gnome and KDE updates released
- new fonts released for use in Linux
Newbie Minute: Command Chaining by Carl Constantine
Main Presentation: MacOS X by Thomas McVeigh
How Open Is It?
3 layers; some open, some not.
- Mach micro-kernel
- BSD subsystem
- Aqua user interface
Other Points:
- licensing issues are problematic
- Fink Distribution - with Fink you may run a Gnome or KDE desktop
- Apple moving more toward Open Standards
- rendezvous worth taking note of
- programming tools included with the OS
- OS X file system is different than a standard Linux file system
RESOURCES:
Comments:
This topic was very well received.
Thank you Rockie for escorting VLUG mascot "Tux" the Penguin to the meeting tonight.
Book Raffle was held for:
- Internet Core Protocols (O'Reilly)
- DocBook (O'Reilly)
- Linux System Administration (Sybex)
Meeting Adjourned to IQ Bistro.
Next Meeting:
Where: University of Victoria, Cornett Room B-143
When: March 11, 2003
Topic: Kernel compiling 101 by Carl B. Constantine
Notes from stand-in VLUG Secretary Mark McLaughlin.
Edited by Mike Pfleger - VLUG Secretary.
secretary@vlug.org
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