I am now posting using OS-X PANTHER (OS10.3) on my G5!

VANITY ^ | 10/24/2003 | Swordmaker - Vanity

[GeronL]

OS X is not Linux. It is an advanced user interface sitting on top of BSD Unix. You may be able to recompile GIMP for it though, I'm not sure.

I was sort of comparing all 3 of the O/S's....

[Swordmaker]

Better download a patch.

(ducking)

Thanks for the advice. Marine Aquarium 2.0 has upgraded their software to 2.06 and the bubble problem has gone away.

[antiRepublicrat]

Sorry, just used to so many people who don't know the difference. I even work with people who can't understand the concept of a computer working if it didn't have Windows on it.

[GeronL]

some people are misinformed, and some don't care to become informed. Just try explaining to someone why a Windows game won't work on Linux...

Although Linux is making strides, I see them on laptops and with CD-R's now on the Linux websites... they are moving up.

[GeronL]

/.... stll at bottom... above freedos but moving up

[tiamat]

Swordmaker wrote:

Good question... for some reason Apple started code naming their new releases after big cats... OS X.2 was "Jaguar" and the box and CD featured a Jaguar skin printed X... Panther has a black box and black CDs.

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Obviously the next upgrade needs to be "Sabertooth"!

Glad you like your new system.
I am still using Jaguar.

Tia

[avg_freeper]

Apple charges US$129 for security fix:

U.S. based Internet security research company @Stake has warned of newly discovered vulnerabilities affecting the Mac OS X operating system. The company released three advisories this morning. The first details "systemic" flaws in the way OS X handles file and directory permissions, while the second details a kernel level vulnerability that does not affect default installations of the operating system. The third involves a buffer overflow condition that may be remotely exploitable.

Controversially, Apple has not yet released patches for the security issues. @Stake has advised Mac users to upgrade to the latest Apple operating system, which is not vulnerable to the flaws. The operating system, OS X 10.3, or Panther, is priced at US$129.

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