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Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon vs. Mac OS X Leopard

Posted by Zonk on from the who-is-king-of-the-jungle dept.

walterbyrd writes "Linux magazine has up a decent article comparing Gutsy Gibbon to Leopard. 'The stereotype for each OS is well known: Mac OS X is elegant, easy-to-use, and intuitive, while Ubuntu is stable, secure, and getting better all the time. Both have come a long way in a short time, and both make excellent desktops. So we have two great desktop operating systems out at roughly the same time. Let's see how they stack up against each other.'"

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  1. Oh god by TitusC3v5 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think I just had a geekgasm from just reading the title.

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    1. Re:Oh god by kcbrown · · Score: 5, Funny

      Just remember...there's no such thing as "nowhere to go but up", especially in software. No matter how bad it is, it's possible to make it worse.

      Microsoft proves that all the time!

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    2. Re:Oh god by Reverend528 · · Score: 4, Funny

      "crappy now...and nowhere to go but up"

      That's what people said about XP.

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  2. Here's a video version of the article by TheLazySci-FiAuthor · · Score: 5, Funny

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sshbHTDSwCk

    Gutsy indeed! ;)

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    1. Re:Here's a video version of the article by dolphinling · · Score: 5, Funny

      Actually, I think more important would be that a leopard can climb trees...

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  3. Comparison results by Kohath · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Ubuntu OS exceeds the Mac OS in Gibboniness, whereas Apple seems to have cornered the market on Leopardiness. The overall Toucaniness and Salamanderiness of the offerings is about the same.

    1. Re:Comparison results by larry+bagina · · Score: 2, Funny

      Keep in mind, a gibbon is a small, smelly ape that hates soap, loves flinging shit, doritos, and mountain dew.

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    2. Re:Comparison results by sobachatina · · Score: 2, Funny
      Surely you must mean fritos and mountain dew.

      http://www.jonathancoulton.com/songdetails/Code%20Monkey

  4. Connection timed out ... by bifurcation · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... Leopard wins!

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  5. Comparing apples to ... by ari_j · · Score: 4, Funny

    Isn't this like comparing apples to apes? :P No, seriously, the blurb was too stupid for me to bother reading anything more. Someone was really just digging for three-part stereotypes for the two OSes.

  6. OSX vs. Ubuntu by XB-70 · · Score: 1, Funny
    Friend's wife has a new Dell laptop w/ 1Gig RAM, dual processor etc. etc. Windoze has bogged to a halt with malware etc. so I went to install a better operating system. I thought to myself: Newbie needs = simple, intuitive OS = OSX. Strangely, OSX would not install. Ubuntu was up, running and configured in 45 mins.

    There you have it: validated, quantitative and qualitative proof that OSX does not work.

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    1. Re:OSX vs. Ubuntu by russlar · · Score: 2, Funny

      Friend's wife has a new Dell laptop w/ 1Gig RAM, dual processor etc. etc. Windoze has bogged to a halt with malware etc. so I went to install a better operating system. I thought to myself: Newbie needs = simple, intuitive OS = OSX. Strangely, OSX would not install. I fucking wonder why!
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  7. Re:factual errors. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Comparing yet another disto of Linux to MacOS is like comparing a blow up doll to a real woman.

  8. Risk by nurb432 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yep, counting on apple is pretty risky, you never know how long those startup tech companies might last.

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  9. Re:Oh is that so? by dgatwood · · Score: 2, Funny

    Like extended warranties. :-D

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  10. Re:factual errors. by toadlife · · Score: 2, Funny

    If Linux is a blow-up doll, what is Windows?

    A hooker?

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  11. apples and oranges by xrooles · · Score: 2, Funny

    seems like comparing apples and oranges ;)

  12. Bogus comparison by bobdotorg · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's comparing Apples to Orangutans.

    Except that Apple users are not so humor impaired as to feel compelled to point out that gibbons aren't orangutans.

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  13. Re:Did anyone else notice... by Symbolis · · Score: 2, Funny

    the article seems to have been slashdotted. That's probably because it's a Mac server.
  14. So... by linuxpyro · · Score: 2, Funny

    Which OS was running their Web server?

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  15. Re:Unbalanced article. by John+Muir · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bingo.

    It'll be sweet when it comes. I'll be reading all about it from my Mac!

  16. Re:Unlisted advantages? by mindwanderer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Capitalization and punctuation as important to my built in English parser as spelling and grammar.

    The irony is killing me.
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