Re: [Fink-beginners] Linux desktop on Mac

[Alexander K. H. <ale...@gm...>]

On 3/30/06, Tom Fullerton <tfu...@lb...> wrote:
>  Good morning :)
>
>  I am hoping to be able to set up my G5 to run the KDE or Gnome desktop o=
n
> Tiger.
>
>  I had my Powerbook set up as a  dual-boot system (holding option key to
> boot into Yellowdog). Ideally, I would be able to boot in Tiger, open a
> Linux desktop window and Virtual PC and thus have access to all 3 at the
> same time.
>
>  I have found Mac on Linux resources, but I would prefer to boot in OS X =
as
> I use professional media software that is just easier on a Mac. I use
> OpenOffice, GIMP, and various Math apps in OSX, but would like to be able=
 to
> take advantage of all of the Linux apps.
>
>  I have Fink and Commander running and updated. X11 and Developer Tools
> (XCode and such) installed.
>
>  I have seen screen captures, but haven't found a step-by-step yet. Any
> references would be appreciated.
>
>  Tom

There's no Linux window or anything like that--anything you install
via Fink is natively compiled for OS X.  For best results:

1)  Turn on the unstable trees (Fink Commander preferences)
2)  Run a Source->selfupdate (or selfupdate-rsync if you haven't been
using rsync selfupdating or CVS selfupdating)
3)  Select the "bundle-gnome" package to install GNOME, and/or the
"bundle-kde-unified" package to install KDE.
4)  Use Source->Install.
5)  While you're waiting for them to build, check out the section on
how to set up a ~/.xinitrc file -- that has examples about how to set
things up for KDE and GNOME:

http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/x11/run-xfree86.php#xinitrc

You won't have access to every application, but you will be able to
use them alongside your commercial OS X stuff.
--
Alexander K. Hansen
Fink Documenter
[Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment
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