11-02-2009, 22:19
|
 |
 |
VEX Robotics Engineer
AKA: Arthur Dutra IV; NERD #18
 FRC #0148 (Robowranglers) Team Role: Engineer
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2005
Rookie Year: 2002
Location: Greenville, TX
Posts: 3,078
|
|
|
Re: Inventor for Mac on Firstbase
Quote:
Originally Posted by richalex2010
Not the case. Apple uses the HFS+ file system, while Linux uses EXT3. Linux programs do not necessarily work on Mac, as there are major differences due to the different heritages of the operating systems. OS X is based on NeXTSTEP, which is a Unix/BSD-derived system (using the Mach kernel). Linux is an independently, openly-developed Unix-like system. Linux is Unix-like, OS X is Unix-derived, meaning that they are not inherently compatible.
EDIT: Also, the biggest difference to end users with Linux/Mac is the UI; OS X uses the proprietary interface that Apple developed, while Linux uses one of many desktop managers, including GNOME, KDE, and XFCE to name the three most popular (to my knowledge).
|
All true, except you forgot about X11 Unix applications. That's how you can run MATLAB on a Mac.
|