[Noplug] Re: Os X

[Lewis Coleman]

Rod:  I am forwarding this to the NOPLUG list.  Hopefully someone  
will have some comments.  (See below for Rod's email that I am  
responding to.)

Most people use OS X for usability, not speed..  I like it because it  
has the UNIX base and I can use it to do UNIX things (GNOME, KDE  
etc.).  I have a Windows XP and like it, but everything uses Wizards  
and I can't figure out what they are doing.  On my OS X machine I can  
mount the Windows directories (thru smb).  I can use the Windows  
machine to view WEB pages on my Mac, but haven't figured out how to  
mount any OS X directories.  I would like to control my Mac with my  
Windows laptop, but I guess i would have to buy XP Professional (I  
have the Remote Desktop client on my Mac).

My FC 4 Linux is a disaster!  FC 4, for some reason, left out the  
NTFS file system out of the Kernel so I can't read my Windows files.   
(I might rebuild the kernel with NTFS included, unless anyone has any  
idea why I shouldn't--i.e. why doesn't FC 4 have it.)  The wireless  
card doesn't work, of course (It is a Atheros AR5005G).  I may be  
able to get it to work with MADWIFI, but haven't had time yet.  I  
also can't get the Ethernet card to work (Realtek RTL8139/81XX).

My Linux machine is a Toshiba Satellite L25-S119 (Celeron M 360 1.5  
GHz).  The hardware browser recognizes the Realtek NIC, but the  
command   ifup ETH0
cannot get the DHCP IP address from my D-Link DI-524 router.

          Lewis Coleman


On Nov 11, 2005, at 3:48 PM, Rod Page wrote:

> Hi Lewis
>
> I was looking for some bench marks on opterons
> and ran across this interesting rant. I thought you
> might enjoy it.
> <http://sekhon.polisci.berkeley.edu/macosx/>
>
> Regards, Rod
>