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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.'"
I am one of these switchers as well. I am a gamer and developer, and had been a long term Apple user. But high cost of Apple and not a whole lot of support finally got to me. I recently ordered a LinuxCertified LC2440N laptop pre-loaded with Ubuntu. I have to say, I was blown away with this change - it really felt like an "upgrade". My previous experience (about two years ago) with Linux was not that good. But Ubuntu seems to have changed all of this. Ubuntu (and the laptop) came fully working - with all the applications I needed, wireless etc. Plus the Ubuntu user forums are probably the best I have seen. I am not surprised about this switch at all.
Right here... But I think it's disgusting IMHO. Although I am a fan of MAC especially when OS X came around... Anyways....
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It's a bird!
It's a plane!
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"Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
Oh no! Apple should be worried about two guys! Two guys have switched. What ever will Apple do about two guys? Someone at the New York Times better crack the scoop on the two guys. I suspect Apple's strategy to deal with two guys involves drying their tears on the cash from the higher-than-expected sales of the MacBook.
"Sufferin' succotash."
You know, that guy who gives his books away free and still can't get anyone to read them...
(+5, Insightful for a 1-word post? The mods really are on crack today.)
15% worldwide install base and counting. Where is Linux on the desktop again? Just askin'.
"Sufferin' succotash."
yup. and that's why no one will ever attack UNIX (and OSX) because they use it in some form. UNIX is UNIX. LINUX is UNIX just stripped down Light UniX =linux
Let me guess, you put your iPod, containing an HD, in your cup holder in your car and wondered whey it "died" in 18 months.
Am I right? Did you not purchase the extended warranty not expecting to purchase a new iPod in a year?
And no, only the iBook G3 series has an extended repair program due to a problem with the logic board. (pssst, that means it's covered out of warranty)
Did you know that Apple will repair your out of warranty iBook (even if you decided to not purchase the extended warranty) for a flat rate of $280 if there is no physical damage to your laptop (that's pretty fuckin' sweet) even though the logic board costs over $700? Have you ever known a laptop to never have an MLB to go bad? Really!? Damn...
What are you not telling us? Did you really own an iBook or are you just here to bash Apple with false info to get modded up by cohorts who also are unaware of these services?
My guess is that you dropped your iBook down a flight of stairs and Apple quoted you an amount for repair that you didn't want to pay, rendering your machine inoperable, and now blame Apple. Nice.
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge." - Daniel Boorstin
Google is your friend. PS2 Emulaters exist as well.
I just don't get the "I can't play games on Linux" trolls. First of all who the hell cares, secondly you CAN play games, tons of them. DOS games, PS1 games, PS2 games, linux games and even lots of windows games. Stop bleating because you can't play THE game on linux, nobody gives a shit about your stupid game.
evil is as evil does
There's a good reason for your vexation at the Mac's user interface: You don't speak its language. Remember that the Mac was designed by artists, for artists, be they poets, musicians, or avant-garde mathematicians. A shiny new Mac can introduce your frathouse hovel to a modicum of good taste, but it can't make Mac users out of dweebs and squares like you.
So don't force what doesn't come naturally. You'll be much happier if you stick to an OS that matches your personality. And you'll be doing the rest of us a favor, too; you leave Macs to Mac users, and we'll leave beige to you.
Yes. There are thousands of games you can play on linux. What's your damage? Is counterstrike the most important thing in your life or what?
evil is as evil does
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/. crowd in peace....
Haeleth: Gobble Gobble Gobble!
AC: What are you trying to say? It's hard to understand with that big kok stuffed down your throat.
Haeleth: GOBBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE!
AC: Alrighty then! Thank you for that dose of nonsense that was your post. Now let me back up very so slowly and get out of here so you can continue fellating the
"refusing to release source for a project they've touted for years as their open source jewel in the crown,"
For a small part of it.
Sheesh, you people are a bunch of spoiled brats. Gimme, Gimme, Gimme. What makes you think you're *entitled* to constant instant satisfaction?
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