Nope, it''s still a 32 bit CPU.

CmndrM: Yep, it''s based on FreeBSD.

OS X comes with a terminal and many of your favorite command line apps (apache, gcc, ipf, make, vi, terminal version of emacs ) preinstalled.

X apps (graphical UNIX apps) do run on OS X, but you have to install an X Server. There are three that I know of. Currently, XDarwin is the most popular because it is based on XFree86 and it is free. However, XDarwin is slow because they used a software frame buffer (because it was the quickest way to get it working) and there is no hardware acceleration. From what I heard, XDarwin developers are working hard to improve the speed.

Linux apps do not run out of the box on OS X. They have to be ported. However, usually this is not hard at all. Much of the time, all you have to do is get the source and compile it. Sometimes, it takes a little more effort. The Fink project and many others are working hard to port/compile UNIX apps to OS X. Many of your favorite apps like Xemacs and the Gimp have already been ported.

The Fink project and XDarwin can be found on SourceForge.




Edited by - poozer on January 31, 2002 12:20:29 PM