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Posted by michael on from the pick-one-and-stick-with-it-already dept.

serendigital writes "Unix guru Simon Cozens wrote about his "conversion" story in the UK Unix User Group Newsletter. He touts: OroborosX and XDarwin. This gives you a rootless X server and Aqua-like window manager. He also seems to like the libraries: the NeXT approach of separating libraries off into their own subdirectories and separating out library versions makes for a much tidier filesystem arrangement than simply bundling everything in /usr/lib. One of the more controversial "differences" in OSX." And on the other side of the switch, there's Wil Wheaton does Mandrake.

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  1. To ward them off before they start by MoneyT · · Score: 1, Redundant

    And, incidentally, no, I don't find it a problem having only one mouse button

    There you have it folks, you don't need 2 buttons to get stuff done.

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  2. Two powerful commands on the OS X command line by mithras+the+prophet · · Score: 2, Redundant

    open -a "Microsoft Word"
    open -a "Adobe Photoshop 7.0"

    'nuff said.
    Not that I don't support the development of open, Free alternatives, but when you want to use two of the most common and powerful commercial programs out there, tapping those commands into the Terminal does come in handy..
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