[CS-FSLUG] Mac to Linux: Bible Software

[Fred A. Miller]

Timothy Butler wrote:
>>
>> He's thinking about boys and girls....he's thinking about it. ;)
> 
>     Not likely, brother. But, maybe someday. I've kept my hands in Linux
> during my whole time in the Mac world, of course (as this list's server
> testifies).

Yep. ;)

>> Some things aren't available for Linux and you have to use other
>> sources. I know of others who do just that.
> 
>     Do you know what they use?

Well, my brother is one of them and he uses books. What resources on the
Net., I don't know.

>     Probably one of the best things I have going on the Mac is that I
> keep Accordance open when listening to a lecture or writing a paper. I
> pop in there, find a Greek word of interest, triple click it and have
> immediate access to the two foremost lexicons (BDAG and Louw & Nida).
> 
>     This, to me, seems like a major opportunity in Linux. After all,
> Linux is perfect for third world laptops, and many of those Christians
> in those countries could make use of powerful Bible tools.

Sure would, IF we had them!

>     I'd like to see a WINE-like interface for Cocoa and Carbon apps. I'd
> suspect translating the much more publicly known APIs to Linux would be
> easier (thanks to GNUstep, etc.) would be easier than Win32 was. And now
> that most apps are Universal...

Maybe you can convince them to do it.

Fred

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