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Re: Inventor for Mac on Firstbase
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Originally Posted by richalex2010 View Post
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).
Linux executables are not compatible with Mac OS X, however many linux software projects can be compiled if the source code is available.

You can also have multiple window systems on mac os x. X11, KDE, etc. Look at

http://www.finkproject.org/
http://darwinports.com/

for many unix/linux programs that have been modified for mac os x compatibility.
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