[Tfug] OSX

[Paul Scott]

Bexley Hall wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I finally got around to installing OSX on my
> Beige G3.  Granted, this is an old release
> (10.1 or 10.2?).
>
> Can anyone please tell me what all the hoopla
> was about?  Aside from some eye candy (e.g.,
> the dancing icons in the dock), it seems
> pretty "Ho, hum...".
>   
It's a nice GUI if you need one.
> I.e., is there any reason I should keep the 
> machine (and OS) up and running now that I've
> seen it?
>   
Depends on what you need.  I have a Pismo with Tiger and I feel like I 
have close to the best of both worlds.  With XDarwin running icewm I 
have a "Linux" machine and I can use the Mac stuff at the same time.
> Also, is there an equivalent of xdm here? 
There is a login screen if you disable "Automatically log in as:"
>  Or,
> are you forever chained to the "console"?
>   
What do you mean by console?

Paul Scott