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Torvalds Switches to a Mac

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the he's-just-copying-me dept.

renai42 writes "Linux creator Linus Torvalds said this afternoon that he's now running an Apple Macintosh as his main desktop, mainly for work reasons, although partly simply because he's a self-described "technology whore" and got the machine for free." And yes, he is running Linux on it ;)

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  1. Re:Just hardware, no apple OS. by pebs · · Score: -1, Flamebait


    OMG WTF? Why doesn't he just run OS X on it??!?? That's a waste of perfectly good hardware. OS X is sooo much better than Linux. blahblahbalhbalhbalhb
    </mac zealot>

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  2. Re:You don't get it by Skye16 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It also shows you're completely incapable of doing it all yourself, and you need someone else to put it together for you. If you can't figure out how to build a computer that has extremely stable and fast hardware AND make your loins quiver, then yeah, I suppose a Mac is the only way you're ever going to be "a genius with (someone else's) style".

    But, hey, if it makes you feel warm and fuzzy inside, go for it. The rest of us just point and laugh at your "uniqueness". Reminds me of the 'punk' and 'goth' kids who shop at Hot Topic.

  3. Re:Big Deal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I would sell it to someone whose pretentiousness would match the Mac, and then I would buy a PC instead.

  4. Re:Just hardware, no apple OS. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait


    For a "piece of shit", it certainly seems to kick Linux's ass.

    Perhaps he needs some additional perspective.

  5. Re:He is using linux on a dual g5 by ravloony · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    'full featured OS with a highly polished GUI'
    You mean Linux I presume.

  6. Re:Not too happy about this by SoTuA · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    it feels a bit like the BMW CEO driving a Mercedes.

    Yeah, absolutely. Linus not using linux... oh wait, he IS running linux on PPC and you are a fecal fuckstick!

    The fact that Linus is running linux on an Apple box does not mean that linux will stop working in x86. Stuff the figurehead thing where you can fit it. And your BMW driving mercedes analogy falls flat on its face, he is running linux. Oh, and what does it matter if he runs OsX, windows, amiga, whatever, if linux still grows as always? He can develop linux with punch cards for all I care...

    And why yes, I _do_ live and work in the software industry in a developing nation where few have access to top-notch hardware, thank you!

  7. Re:Just hardware, no apple OS. by garcia · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Anything I might "need" Windows for (with the sole exception of certain games) runs fine through Wine and/or VMWare.

    You just negated your entire post with that single sentence.