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A Power Users Look at Linux on the Mac
An anonymous reader writes "Even though most Linux users have treated Linux as an operating system for their x86 white boxes, Linux runs equally well on PowerPC machines. This article looks at Linux on the PowerPC and the appealing range of PPC machines produced by Apple, where the option of using Linux is of great value to many users."
mod this asshat down.
I'm a Mac zealot who wants to run Linux and pay 2x more for the machine, and not complain about the OS tax.
Having a Powerbook with OSX and Linux installed, I still cannot understand why people prefer OSX. Having only one Desktop and no X11 is really annoying. So I installed X11 and lots of other software that is standard for Linux, but still why bother when you can run Linux and, in case you really need OSX, MOL.
***Quis custodiet ipsos custodes***
OS X - Professional OS produced by highly skilled, well paid, American programmers
Linux - inconsistent, slow, poorly designed GUI(s)
OS X - intuitive, fast, brilliant interface
Linux - piss poor selection of desktop applications
OS X - extensive desktop applications, including ALL open source apps available for Linux and many commercial ones that aren't
Linux - has a highly suspect legal heredity, and is backed by people who have little to no respect for the concept of intellectual property
OS X - controlled and backed by a single corporation that has a proven track record of support for their products and support for the highly profitable commercial software industry
What possible reason would anyone have to pick up a Mac and run Linux instead of OS X? Anti-americanism, perhaps? Or hatred of successful companies? What could it be?
Maybe some people actually do useful stuff in Linux that demands a lot more work if it is to be done on OSX? Consider that. OSX might be sweet, but it's not perfect software, and it's not always the best option. In some cases, it might even be quite useless, while Linux might excel. Choose the right tool for the job.
And maybe one day you'll get laid.
But seriously, name one job where Linux is better than OS X.
(sound of crickets chirping)
That's what I thought.
Moron... please read the links you post. YellowDog linux is AWSOME... but you sill have to BUY OSX.
Amsterdam Vallon is NOT a professor of computer science ANYWHERE. Until last night, he claimed to be a professor at Slaughter College, which was easily determined not to exist. Now he claims to be on faculty at Howard Community College, but is not on the faculty list there either.
He has no student. He has no life. He is a karma whore, and a troll. DON'T MOD HIM UP! Check what he says BEFORE any "+1, Insightful" mods. Check his posting history, note the careful whoring...
I mean, really. Lines like "...but as much as I love Linux..." What an asskiss. He's tickling your prejudices. CHECK HIS FACTS FIRST. THEN DOWNMOD ACCORDINGLY.
Thanks. Sorry for yelling.
well, since you are a fucking moron, you probably wouldnt realize that MacOS X's window system is tied right into the kernal, so if the window system crashes, the whole system is fucked. not to mention os x only runs on, what, 3 percent of all computer hardware out there? and costs infinately more than linux? fuck you, assparot. os x is still great, but it is not the end all be all of OSes
Let's see: it's free, it's uniform across platforms, I'm not locked into proprietary hardware, and I don't have to support litigious bastards called Apple by constantly paying for upgrades and bugfixes.
/proc/cpuinfo | grep motherboard
(Slashdot has a bit of a blind eye when it comes to the last part, I fully realize.)
icon@fleur:[~]$ cat
motherboard : PowerBook3,2 MacRISC2 MacRISC Power Macintosh
icon@fleur:[~]$ uname -a
Linux fleur.hogwarts.jk 2.4.22-2d #2 Mon Oct 20 12:03:14 EDT 2003 ppc ppc ppc GNU/Linux
I used to have an OS X partition, but I deleted it during the last reinstall since I haven't used it in over a year.
If you open yourself to the foo, You and foo become one.
TO BUY A NEW CAR WOULD MAKE YOU SEXUALLY ATTRACTIVE.
So, to counter the argument that Linux is free (as in speech), you used the argument that OS X is "essentially free" (as in cost), and then you go on about how good you are at languages and how *your* point had nothing at all to do with free (as in speech) to begin with?
...
And yeah, I reread all the comments.
And then you call someone calling your bullshit "arrogant"
What kind of a troll you are and how you managed to get +5 insightful is beyond my understanding.
;)
Oh wait! This is slashdot!