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Nerds Switching from Apple to Ubuntu?
Mindpicnic writes "The recent switch of two lifelong Mac nerds to Ubuntu hasn't escaped Tim O'Reilly's radar. He cites Jason Kottke: 'If I were Apple, I'd be worried about this. Two lifelong Mac fans are switching away from Macs to PCs running Ubuntu Linux: first it was Mark Pilgrim and now Cory Doctorow. Nerds are a small demographic, but they can also be the canary in the coal mine with stuff like this.'"
Why would I want to settle for the OSX UI that is clunky and gets in my way more often than not? If I wanted that I could just run gnome.
The Farewell Tour II
"Why put up with any of that [shitware and expense] when you can get the best of all worlds for free?"
Well, I would agree with you that the best of all possible worlds for free beats expensive shitware, however, my experience with Linux [Ubuntu included] has been that there is a reason it is free, namely no one in his right mind would pay for such utter dung. Consequently, while I agree that the best of all possible worlds for free is, well, the best of all possible worlds; I assume you think Linux represents the best of all possible worlds and in that you are gravely mistaken.
Look on the bright side, though, you are destined to be happy your entire life because you are just so damn easy to please.
By the way, has anyone else noticed that the HTML tags on here don't work like they used to?
Waaaaaaahh. Mommy. Those evil linux coders will only let me run photoshop up to version 7 on their operating system. Make them stop!.
I love it when you guys are reduced to whining about versions of photoshop!.
evil is as evil does
I know, the nerds out there are saying "just edit your x config file", right? OK, but here's the thing:
(1) that's an INEXCUSABLY STUPID AND LAZY way to design operating system software
(2) it's too easy to screw up your x config file and break x (and by "too easy" I mean "remotely possible")
So, tell me if I have this right: you're insisting on using an OS that's designed around the concept of a terminal, a shell and text configuration files, and you adamantly refusing to use a terminal, a shell, or edit a text file?
I'd suggest you'd be happier using Windows. It doesn't have any of those features you object to so strongly.
Um, dude *snicker*. I'm not wrong. This is simply Apple policy, has been for years. What part of this do you not understand? How can this be made more clear for you? You are convincing me that you are a liar more and more. Being a contractor and having used this service many times (I've serviced hundreds of Apple laptops) I am intimately aware of this program. You are making yourself look like a supreme jackass to all who are aware of this very simple policy that has been in place for years. You can do a simple google search to see this.
Are you mentally challanged or something? If you are, I apologize... But my bet is still on you simply being a liar. Nuff said.
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge." - Daniel Boorstin