Mac OS X Question

[Jonathan Hutchins]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Seth Dimbert" <s.dimbert at fhmr.com>

> I'm considering a new Mac purchase. When I do buy it, it will run OS 10.2
> and, as I understand, this is a BSD Unix distro. My question: Does this
mean
> that any app that runs in Linux will run on a Mac running OS X?

> Do I just jump into Terminal and install the packages? Can I run Gnome or
> KDE on a Mac?

You may wish to have a look at www.apple.com.  I understand they have some
familiarity with the OS X system.