MacTelnet X preview is out!

[hazmat]

I am at work on Windows, but can't wait to finally check this out when I get home. A full replacement for Terminal.app. I have been waiting a long time to check this out since I am not happy with GLTerm.

http://www.mactelnet.com/

[btoneill]

Or, you could just install Xdarwin and run an actual xterm and a real telnet

Brian

[hazmat]

Nah, no way I will run X just to get an xterm/eterm. OS X is the reason I got a Mac in the first place. I hate X Windows.

[btoneill]

The reason I got OS X is I LOVE X Windows To each their own I guess


Brian

[hazmat]

I don't understand the logic there. :-/

[btoneill]

The logic being there is finally an OS out there that I will run X applications natively that also has real productivity apps (Office/Quicken/etc).

Before I moved to OS X, I had to have multiple computers around to do what I needed, now, I have one. There is a very large number of die hard UNIX folks moving to OS X for the exact same reason, we're sick of having to have our beloved unix box with our beloved X apps, and having to have yet another box taking up space to run the apps that don't exist on our unix boxes (office/quicken/quicktime/etc). Now, I have the best of both worlds, and I'm no longer feel like i have my hands tied due to the OS I'm currently in.

Brian

[hazmat]

Okay, I understand. By curiosity, what are some X apps that you run that you couldn't live without?

[btoneill]

Well, for starters Xterm

We have:
Xv
gimp (i refuse to pay for photoshop, and i really don't do much photo editing)
etherreal
xfig


Not to mention commerical apps that I have to support from home (run them from work via tunneling X thru ssh) such as:
Legato Networker
Veritas Volume Manager
Lucent VitalSoft QIP
Firewall-1 GUI
etc.

Plus lots of other apps I tend to use when I need them, but aren't really "must have" apps, but I know them, and have used them for years. I also love the ability to display Citirx sessions back to my home from work via the X client over ssh.

Brian