RPCEmu has been ported to the Mac OS X platform, allowing RISC OS 4 to run alongside Apple's shiny desktop. An experimental port of the open source RiscPC emulator was checked into its source code repository over the weekend after the emulator was adapted to run on Apple computers that use PowerPC processors. The port can run RISC OS 4 and 3.7 with mouse and keyboard support. The emulation of IDE hard discs and higher resolutions needs further testing, and the user interface needs more work. The emulator manages around 5 MIPS on a modest 800MHz G4 iBook - which makes the desktop fairly usable.
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"""Well? It's nice of you to assemble some of my """postings.
Don't mention it. :-)
"""But what do they prove?"""
That you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar?
"""That I am somewhat retarded?"""
Not at all! You can't use Debian and be retarded at the same time. (There is something terribly politically incorrect about this last bit. Any mentally retarded Debian users, please feel free to comment on that one.)
"""That I am right?"""
I'd stop short of that.
"""That there is a grain of truth in it? """
Yes. But don't try to offend people who enjoy diversity .
I, personally, love Linux. But I'm so very glad that there is a world outside of that, in which people can explore new ideas that don't fit into a POSIX scheme.
We all depend upon each others' ideas.
What's the point in drawing lines between people who essentially agree with each other already?
Diversity! Diversity!
Computing is not a zero sum game.
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2006-06-26
Well? It's nice of you to assemble some of my postings. But what do they prove? That I am somewhat retarded? That I am right? That there is a grain of truth in it?
1. Upstart: Noone has convinced me that Linux needs yet another init system. I still don't understand why Ubuntu needs it.
2. Mac OS: Mac OS users tend to think it's always interesting to everyone what's so great about Mac OS X. Well, they're mistaken.
3. Solaris: If you look at Solaris you'll notice it has a great kernel BUT old and ancient userland tools. That's why I think Nexenta OS is the best idea
4. ReactOS: It's nice - but it's just not worth the effort. Windows users mostly don't care about OSS and therefore they'd either use it or leave it. But the problem is they simply don't care.
Yes, my personal opinion. I dare to offer it. Anyone willing to tear it to pieces