Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Snit Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,alt.comp.freeware,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2015 18:52:40 -0700 Lines: 37 Message-ID: References: <5612928c$0$49041$c3e8da3$92d0a893@news.astraweb.com> <051020151258277615%nospam@nospam.invalid> <3ZSdnZTmLryQJ4_LnZ2dnUU7-VmdnZ2d@supernews.com> <051020151617595944%nospam@nospam.invalid> <061020151150097105%nospam@nospam.invalid> <061020151443411851%nospam@nospam.invalid> <061020151459509990%nospam@nospam.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 84jDNnhERUh3/79sZ1Q5qQmLzfzVwmao3u5i1r2eCu2EHN86eA Cancel-Lock: sha1:z+4OXS3IGWvTr0qDsk8WEZUzj8A= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.36.0.130206 Thread-Topic: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Thread-Index: AdEAotk/VCGM+nYI60qitUpkYVnaUA== Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:82152 alt.comp.freeware:245285 comp.os.linux.advocacy:325210 On 10/6/15, 11:59 AM, in article 061020151459509990%nospam@nospam.invalid, "nospam" wrote: > In article , Peter Köhlmann > wrote: > >>>>> Irrelevant since OS X runs open source software as well. >>>> >>>> A tiny subset of it >>> >>> all of it. >> >> >> Nope. Most of it does not run without major changes > > nonsense. > > not only that, but most have already been ported so all that's needed > is building it. And for any even half-way decent app they make an OS X version that does not need X11. Look at OpenOffice and LibreOffice. Used to need X11 on OS X but they moved past that. Same with GIMP... even though it is still a pretty bad OS X program (though it is no better on Linux in terms of its UI). -- * OS X / Linux: What is a file? * Mint MATE Trash, Panel, Menu: * Mint KDE working with folders: * Mint KDE creating files: * Mint KDE help: * Mint KDE general navigation: * Mint KDE bugs or Easter eggs? * Easy on OS X / Hard on Linux: * OS / Word Processor Comparison: