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 22:54:07 -0700 Lines: 35 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="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net wXwKiCKFmAj5vw3L7jd/Ngu0irazs09wG/PAT26xSrXhlvOEM2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:RYYKpy0XVa3y0YRR5oAeZ3nffx8= 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: AdECVukAg1az6YLuK0+bUvSLxTfFnw== Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:82714 alt.comp.freeware:245701 comp.os.linux.advocacy:325731 On 10/8/15, 9:26 PM, in article WLadnaStio1j3IrLnZ2dnUU7-cOdnZ2d@bresnan.com, "GreyCloud" wrote: >>> 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 >> it under X (which is incredibly shitty on Macs) or you have to rewrite GUI >> code. So for that reason alone a lot of linux code is *not* available for >> Macs. >> Only stuff which is written from the start with portable code (like Qt >> programs) are usually easy to port to OSX > > There is the Xquartz project, but why bother with X? It's a mess to > begin with, also with a lot of bolt-ons creating a larger mess. Desktop > linux would be better off starting from scratch and done right. That is what Apple did with not using X. And the programs are better off for 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: