It is nice to run a linux in a VM but use MacOS X instead
While it is nice to run linux in a VM in Parallels. I actually had good luck run KDE 3.3 inside of OS X and Gnome 2.3 as an intregral part of the Mac OS X desktop (Aqua) I like to use Konqueror over the Finder Application in OS X. It is just easier for me to look at files that way. Install X11 and XCode 2 off the Tiger CD and the DMG for the KDE Libraries. The added benefit no screen corruption when you change resolutions. MacOS X is really a flavor of Unix and is very very flexible. You can also run some Windows applications through Darwine, the Darwin/OS X version of Wine. Native mode is really better than virualization. Always RTFM, before installing or compling source to build a working copy of either KDE or Gnome under MacOS X.
Gerald
Last edited: Jul 11, 2006