Posted by Toby Inkster on 01/22/07 09:58

wayne wrote:
> dorayme wrote:
>>> dorayme wrote:
>>
>>>> Yes, open a .jpg and Get Info (command i) and choose "open with"
>>>> and then "change all"
>>
>> er... not really. I really thought I was on a Mac group in my
>> rush, this is such a typical question I did not notice other
>> indicators clearly saying it was for win98. Sorry OP.
>
> I believe MAC uses a version of UNIX

Yes, it uses the Darwin kernel, which is a port of FreeBSD to run on top
of the Mach microkernel. FreeBSD is a flavour UNIX[tm].

> and Lionux has the same command structure (mostly) so your answer is
> correct there as well!

No, it's not at all correct. Although Mac systems run on a variant of
UNIX, the graphical interface layed on top is entirely proprietary to Mac
OS X, and is not available on other versions of UNIX.

Not all UNIX systems have a graphical interface (heck, a UNIX system
doesn't *need* to have *any* interface! Not even a command line
interface!) and those that do, usually use X11. (Mac OS X also includex
X11, as a layer running on top of their proprietary graphical interface.)

So intrusctions for using OS X and other Unices can differ from time to
time, especially for things involving the graphical interface.

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