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Re:What killed the Linux desktop by vetinari on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @05:25PM (#4451392)
What's wrong with the Terminal.app? Except for the fact, that it does not really work?

Yeah, for simple stdout/stderr output it is fine, but for medium-sized ncurses apps it is a major PITA. Even Icaza's own Midnight Commander does not work there.

Re:What killed the Linux desktop by DrJokepu on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @07:56PM (#4452126)
No, seriously, what’s wrong with mc in Terminal.app? I mean, OS X and Terminal.app take over function keys for other purposes like, I don't know, changing the volume, but these things can be disabled if you want to use function keys for something else, like mc commands.
Re:What killed the Linux desktop by pswenson on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @06:21PM (#4451714)
no idea what you are getting at.
Re:What killed the Linux desktop by TheGateKeeper on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @08:04PM (#4452153)
Neither do I. Ncurses and mc work just fine in OS X Terminal.app. Even under 10.8.1