Re: An Open Message Re Gnome on Apple Mac

[Dave Malcolm <david davemalcolm demon co uk>]

Apparently it's now fairly easy to get Gnome 2.4 running on OS X 10.3
using Fink; see here:
http://www.gnomedesktop.org/article.php?sid=1578

On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 04:44, Stephen Fisher wrote:
> Note sure if this is the write list of the hundreds listed on the site.
> 
> New to Linux and Gnome. Very interested. Have done partial install of 
> Gnome (1.4 I believe)  under OS X to run Gnucash, which despite being a 
> mess to install is a fine piece of software. Keep seeing references 
> that Gnome Desktop can be made to run on Apple Darwin, but nowhere on 
> any page of the Gnome site, my search of the list archives, or 
> elsewhere on the internet can I find an detailed explanation of how to 
> accomplish. Based on my limited experience w/ Linux. I find this to be 
> a great liability of Linux software in general. Help is generally 
> available via mailing lists like this one (if you find the right one) 
> but written documentation is either non-existent, well hidden, outdated 
> or incomplete. Please do not take this criticism as a flame. It's not. 
> I've found the quality and at least mailing list support for the Linux 
> software I used to be outstanding and wish the platform every success. 
> You know you are on the right track when Linux is being challenged by a 
> company more odious in SCO than even MS!! ;) But for the newbie, 
> acquiring the information necessary to get started in Linux with or 
> without a distro is daunting, and a barrier I believe to success on the 
> consumer desktop. Speaking as a Apple user, I see much parallel 
> interest in Apple and Linux opposition to MS dominance of the desktop. 
> And now that the Mac OS underpinnings are Unix-based, one of the few 
> barriers to greater use of Linux software on Apple hardware is ease of 
> installation. OpenOffice provides a very simple install under Mac OS X. 
> A lesson to be learned for Linux community in general.
> 
> A final observation on Linux documentation. Stopped by two local 
> bookstores today (B&N and Borders) looking for an introductory book on 
> Linux. To my surprise found more Apple related books than Linux! And 
> nothing introductory. All seriously geeky (How to configure sendmail in 
> 900 pages.) I'm sold on the Linux GPL concept. But from where I sit, 
> Linux is going to have a tough sell job until the message is dumbed 
> down and readily available to folks outside the IT industry. The 
> product is getting there. The message is not.
> 
> Thanks for listening. Interested in any help someone can offer re 
> running Gnome Desktop under Mac OS X.
> 
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