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<blockquote data-quote="mmoy" data-source="post: 94082" data-attributes="member: 9872"><p>I built my own G5 optimized Firefox with one of my</p><p>performance patches over the weekend. My first</p><p>Windows build took about two weeks so I'd say that</p><p>things went more smoothly on the Mac. There's</p><p>a package called FINK that I had to install and this</p><p>appears to be a set of development tools similar to</p><p>cygwin.</p><p></p><p>Also grabbed a bunch of PowerPC architecture</p><p>documents off of the freescale site (they are a</p><p>spinoff of Motorola) that makes PowerPC</p><p>processors. I'll be reading up on PowerPC</p><p>instructions and AltiVec instructions in the near</p><p>term.</p><p></p><p>And I grabbed some music off an external USB 2.0</p><p>hard drive. It went fairly smoothly. I tried to copy</p><p>my homepage files off the disk to the Mac but it</p><p>couldn't see the directory. I created a new directory </p><p>using Windows and moved some of the files to</p><p>the new directory and was able to copy those files</p><p>to the Mac.</p><p></p><p>The desktop is very nice. The machine is slower</p><p>than my Windows laptop but it is quite nice to use.</p><p>Spent a lot of time in the terminal window doing</p><p>the build and OSX feels a lot like Linux though</p><p>I wish that they included the X server software</p><p>by default instead of putting it on the CD-ROM.</p><p></p><p>This machine is really the family machine and I</p><p>should try not to monopolize it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mmoy, post: 94082, member: 9872"] I built my own G5 optimized Firefox with one of my performance patches over the weekend. My first Windows build took about two weeks so I'd say that things went more smoothly on the Mac. There's a package called FINK that I had to install and this appears to be a set of development tools similar to cygwin. Also grabbed a bunch of PowerPC architecture documents off of the freescale site (they are a spinoff of Motorola) that makes PowerPC processors. I'll be reading up on PowerPC instructions and AltiVec instructions in the near term. And I grabbed some music off an external USB 2.0 hard drive. It went fairly smoothly. I tried to copy my homepage files off the disk to the Mac but it couldn't see the directory. I created a new directory using Windows and moved some of the files to the new directory and was able to copy those files to the Mac. The desktop is very nice. The machine is slower than my Windows laptop but it is quite nice to use. Spent a lot of time in the terminal window doing the build and OSX feels a lot like Linux though I wish that they included the X server software by default instead of putting it on the CD-ROM. This machine is really the family machine and I should try not to monopolize it. [/QUOTE]
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