Unix is so cool...

[ADent]

I used to be able to all that in OS 9 - for about 4 min until the web browser completely locked the system and hung everything else.

[silvarios]

ADent wrote:
I used to be able to all that in OS 9 - for about 4 min until the web browser completely locked the system and hung everything else.

Disable plugins, JavaScript, and CSS, bet you get a whole day or two of uptime, a week if lucky.

[Doc]

To give the Classic OS its due, I still have not found an OS X-friendly replacement for the Lunatic Fringe game that ran under After Dark.

...And Hypercard.

[guitarist]

Doc wrote:

No.

I meant "Unix."

OS X wouldn't be so cool without BSD.

No.

You are not using "Unix".

Your computer is using Unix.

You, on the other hand, are using your computer's operating system, OS X. And you are using applications, like Toast. Is this not correct?

When you start using Unix, let us know! I've heard it takes some advanced skill to do it, but some users here can do it. For most of us less technical users, it's easier to avoid the command line, and instead interact with the OS X interface, and employ applications to do specific tasks. I love OS X. I'm glad OS X can benefit from its Unix underpinnings without any special technical skill on my part.

You get the best of both worlds. Your computer is using Unix, and you, the end user, are benefiting from it!

[silvarios]

Technically, OS X is UNIX 03 certified (since Leopard, but only on Intel). Not every *nix can make the claim. Of course, this certification means very little to most people, including myself. Lack of Unix certification hasn't stopped BSD and Linux.


Nathan