Re: [MacPerl] MkLinux

[Richard Gordon <maccgi@bellsouth.net>]

At 23:12 -0700 08/04/1999, Robert W. Leach wrote:
>I've been thinking of getting MkLinux for my Mac.  (I can't run LinuxPPC
>on my 6116, it's incompatible).  I went to Apple's MkLinux site and they
>said I could order the CD from Prime Time Freeware's website.  You can
>download it for free there, but it's pretty hefty.  They offer a package
>deal of 2 CD's and a book for $50.  Seeing as how I'm a student (and
>pretty cheap :) and the fact that they even recommend borrowing the CD's
>from a friend, I was wondering if anyone knew a cheaper way to get this
>software.  I already sent an email to MacAddict asking them to put it on
>the disc, but that could take months and they probably wont do it.

I've used mkLinux as an alternate OS on an 8100 to one degree or 
another for quite a while now and enjoy playing with/in it. The book 
is okay, but devotes an inordinate amount of attention to a 
discussion of Mac hardware architecture and not that much to the nuts 
and bolts of actually using Linux to do anything useful. For that 
side of things, I recommend "Running Linux" which is published by 
O'Reilly and gives a pretty good orientation.

>BTW, I haven't gone looking for one yet, but is there a script out there
>that will convert MacPerl scripts to regular perl scripts?

As others have mentioned, a MacPerl script should run on linux 
without much change if it was written in anticipation of doing so 
(meaning it doesn't use any special Mac Perl modules, you used 
#!/usr/bin/perl on the first line, figured out some way to identify 
the OS and modify file paths, etc.).


Richard Gordon
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