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 19:44:12 -0700 Lines: 53 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> <061020152226480011%nospam@nospam.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 40UfdhgogNrdMqjJiV/ppQAy5ZbZaboiE5siXbSo3qQRYdaaCo Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZSMj8ZacN1HMQUaCj6OYlpvug70= 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: AdEAqgw5GHIvNgmYi0yB+4gip2InEw== Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:82179 alt.comp.freeware:245314 comp.os.linux.advocacy:325239 On 10/6/15, 7:26 PM, in article 061020152226480011%nospam@nospam.invalid, "nospam" wrote: > In article , Snit > 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. > > or get the real thing from microsoft. > > for more casual editing (i.e., most people), apple's own text edit can > read/write office documents, or just use pdf, which is an industry > standard. > >> 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). > > the gimp is garbage. > > photoshop elements for around $50 does *way* more than the gimp does > and *much* faster. Agreed... though GIMP handles favicons well. Photoshop SHOULD given how it is sold as a part of a web development suite. -- * 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: