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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Why doesn't Apple update the kernel instead of outdating hardware/software?
Date: 17 Mar 2015 19:31:16 GMT
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On 2015-03-17, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> In article <550869c1$0$36600$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>, Patty Winter
><patty1@wintertime.com> wrote:
>
>> > The smooth desktop user
>> >experience of Mac OS X is what Linux aspires (and fails) to be on the
>> >desktop.
>> 
>> I remember one time years ago when I was changing read/write permissions
>> in a Get Info box and suddenly realized that I was using chmod--but 
>> without having to remember the syntax for chmod! Yay Apple!!
>
> long ago, back when apple had a/ux, there was something called commando
> which put a graphical interface on top of unix commands so you didn't
> need to memorize all the cryptic options. it was great.

Oh yeah! I remember that. Fun stuff. One of these days I need to see if
I can get A/UX running in a VM. Shoebill looks promising: 

<https://github.com/pruten/shoebill>

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