Torvalds Switches to a Mac

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday March 9, 2005 @02:13AM 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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ahahah by Anonymous Coward · 2005-03-09 02:15 · Score: -1, Offtopic

first post!!!!
FP? by Anonymous Coward · 2005-03-09 02:15 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Fleshpaint?
First post? by Knights+who+say+'INT · 2005-03-09 02:15 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Wow.

This is bound to become joke-and-flame fodder for ages and ages.

I can see already all the slashdot comments linking to this story.
I don't really care... by Anonymous Coward · 2005-03-09 02:15 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I just wanted to be the first to post.
Re:Did you hear that? by Anonymous Coward · 2005-03-09 02:18 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I still cannot close mine
date by mr.+marbles · 2005-03-09 02:22 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I guess everyone at the office switched my calendars cause I did not know it was April Fools already.
Hate the Game, Not the Player by shoma-san · 2005-03-09 02:23 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Hate the Game, Not the Player...
He runs linux, by hjf · 2005-03-09 02:23 · Score: -1, Offtopic

because he can't run BSD. That, or BSD is dead already.
Re:What's the date? by Anonymous Coward · 2005-03-09 02:30 · Score: 0, Offtopic

There's a daily dupe scheduled, starting Friday, every other day until then. That is all.
Since you asked.... by CarrionBird · 2005-03-09 02:31 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I'm a self-described "free stuff" whore. So click below!

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Validation from the leader of the Free world by babbage · 2005-03-09 02:41 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Linux creator Linus Torvalds said this afternoon that he's now running an Apple Macintosh as his main desktop

I feel so validated right now.

I've been using Linux for a decade now, but dammit there's only so much pain I'm willing to endure from my desktop computer. X11 sucks, and it's holding Linux back. I've given too many hours of my life fighting against arcane config files just so I could get a mouse to work or a display resolution that didn't make my eyes bleed. Never again. I've got more much better things to do than that.

It's nice to see that the leader of the Free world appears to agree :-)

I'm curious to see if this will be a motivator among the groups that have been messing around with a "usable" desktop Linux for years now without actually getting anywhere...

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Re:I switched... by Cheese+Grits · 2005-03-09 02:49 · Score: 0, Offtopic

That makes me wish I had taken the blue pill.
Re:Big Deal by cdrudge · 2005-03-09 03:02 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Bad example. B&D makes many of the tools Sears sells under the Craftsman name. Other then the outside label, they are identical.
Re:Just hardware, no apple OS. by untaken_name · 2005-03-09 03:14 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Nah. They'll still charge you for them. You have to opt-out if you don't want them, and they don't let you opt-out. Even if you move and/or register with false info, they'll find you. The Trendy Mafia is inescapable. You can't trick the white-trenchcoated Apple thugs. They own j00, and they look more stylish than you while they're at it. Plus, they get more chicks than you.

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