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: Thu, 08 Oct 2015 16:06:21 -0700 Lines: 58 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net k3bn+pvnYVDsk0iC3co3yAfrrIj3NaYfXUtF0qIWwhikOKTumt Cancel-Lock: sha1:9tEnUwbraESFK3d00tE5c8qeZZ8= 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: AdECHfIgFfCACgdgE0yGYBR2MaBt4g== Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:82629 alt.comp.freeware:245658 comp.os.linux.advocacy:325630 On 10/8/15, 12:11 PM, in article slrnn1dfvc.2u1.jedi@nomad.mishnet, "JEDIDIAH" wrote: >>>> Most from linux is *not* available. >>> >>> It isn't? Now what ever happened to this open source code? >>> Isn't it GPL stuff? Are you claiming that this software is close-source? >> >> Since when will software modify itself just because it is GPL? >> >> It is problematic to port linux/unix GUI softwware to OSX. You have to run > > ...this is one of the reasons that I don't like Wayland (or Mir). > > > It will push Linux farther away from other Unixen and make it less > cross compatible. Linux will be like Macs with their own graphics layer > and associated APIs to code against. The most popular UNIX on the planet, according to the opensource group, does not even ship with X11. OR ----- The Open Group, an international vendor- and technology-neutral consortium, has announced that Apple, Inc. has achieved UNIX® certification for its latest operating system ­ Mac OS X version 10.11 known as ³El Capitan.² ... Mac OS X is the most widely used UNIX desktop operating system. Apple¹s installed base is now over 80 million users. It¹s commitment to the UNIX standard as a platform enables wide portability of applications between compliant and compatible operating systems. ----- Add to that both Mir and Wayland have X compatibility. I think it is a good thing that the open source ecosystem is working to move past some of the weaknesses of X11 *and*, hey, what happened to the idea that choice is good? With Wayland both KDE and GNOME, the developers claim, will be ported to it (). Here is some info on at least claimed benefits of Wayland and why people are looking to move to it: . -- * 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: