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Linux Journal Likes Mac OS X

Posted by pudge on from the but-it-is-not-free dept.

sobchak writes "In an article from the latest issue of Linux Journal, Doc Searls and Brent Simmons review Mac OS X. It's a fair and balanced analysis, but is a definite thumbs up for Mac OS X from (yet another) respected Linux source. They stop just short of calling the new OS 'developer nirvana,' but did say, 'Last week we put Mac OS X on a Titanium laptop. It blew our minds.'"

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  1. Can't we all just get along? by KillerKane · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's nice to see, for a change, an article that doesn't pit Linux and OSX against each other, but instead focuses on how they can be complementary and what benefits there are for both camps. The article seemed very even-handed to me. It seemed to say "Linux is cool, OSX is cool, and the cross-pollination of advances in each is even cooler". Bravo.

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  2. The key quote by foobar104 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Since the server is currently curled up in the corner, whimpering and mewling, I can't cut-and-paste and must paraphrase from memory. But as I remember it, the best one-liner from this article went something like this:

    "When it comes to OS X and Linux, it seems that the market logic is AND, not OR."

    (You may now begin the tired and meaningless flames about the difference between AND, OR, and XOR. No one will read them. ;-) )

  3. Re:blown away? by TTop · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think you're confused -- the quote said Mac OS X blew their minds, not a Linux distribution.

  4. Not Main Page? Article Refreshing by feldsteins · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This really should be on the front page of Slashdot.

    Anyhow, it's nice to see anyone outside of Mac users discussing Apple products without a sneer (let alone the uber-geek *NIX crowd!). "Refreshing" doesn't even begin to cover how it strikes me.

    Does anyone know how to make a "smug" face in ASCII?

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  5. Heard it all before by darkov · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The most interesting thing about the article is the way these unix hackers are swooning over the Mac usability, the very thing that many such folk have mocked for years. You plug something in. It just works. You unplug it. It still works. You change it all about. It still works.

    If only the entire open source movement could have this sort of eye-opening experience, Microsoft would be running scared.

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