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Why Run Linux On Macs?
jones_supa writes Apple has always had attractive and stylish hardware, but there are always some customers opting to run Linux instead of OS X on their Macs. But why? One might think that a polished commercial desktop offering designed for that specific lineup of computers might have less rough edges than a free open source one. Actually there's plenty of motivations to choose otherwise. A redditor asked about this trend and got some very interesting answers. What are your reasons?
Oh come on! If you've been using GNU Linux for 15 years you can figure out how to shut off startup services under OS X. Not only that, but you can get most if not all GNU tools for OS X from Macports or Fink. OS X is a Unix variant under the hood. And, WTF is "slugginesh"? If you meant sluggishness, try rebooting. The only time I get sluggishness is when poorly written apps don't exit well and leave residual inactive memory allocations. A quick reboot takes care of that. On modern hardware (which you obviously have) a reboot takes about 14-37 seconds.
Don't tell me you can't be as productive in OS X without citing specific GNU tools that aren't available, because I and my colleagues have been for years, i.e., more than a decade, and we're academics mostly in CS. Some of the pickiest users there are.