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No More Mac Tweaking?

Posted by michael on from the think-the-same dept.

netphilter writes "Apple is trying to "close the operating system to tweakers" according to this story on Wired. The addition of the BSD kernel and the command line left me thinking that they were trying to open the OS a bit more to tweakers, not close it. I'm not a Mac user, but I have been thinking about trying out OS X. However, if Apple is trying to CLOSE the OS (contrary to the impression that I had) then I'm not going to waste my time." Jamie adds: life may be harder for them, I guess, but many developers are still tweaking Mac OS X.

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  1. redesign by carpe_noctem · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know, apple.slashdot.org should redesign the graphics on their site, just for spite. ;)

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    "Quoting famous computer scientists out of context is the root of all evil (or at least most of it) in programming." - K
  2. Re:Easy console access, plugins, hacks by foobar104 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hardware tweaks are very difficult though - no conventional changable BIOS. How are hardware upgrades done on Macs?

    They're tough. You have to do a really complex installation process known in Mac circles as "plugging the fucking thing in."

  3. Re:Apples Target Market by Dirk+Pitt · · Score: 5, Funny
    Who said, "The reasonable person adapts..."

    George Bernard Shaw, and I don't think he had turning all of your Mac icons into pictures of Ellen Feiss in mind.