Maybe I'm in the wrong corner of the world on this one, but I think Red Hat is the distribution becoming less and less relevant. With the EOL of their distribution for the masses in favor of the not-quite-RedHat Fedora, I see more and more people installing SuSE or something else entirely. I've seen two local companies change 50+ server installs [each] from RedHat to SuSE in the last year.
Of course, I could just be living in a lizard loving corner of the US.
Why would I put more load on it than I actually need? Even on my linux machines I tend to only run windowmaker. Sure, I load up KDE for the occasional time I need it or if a friend wants a more familiar environment to work with, but otherwise I have everything I need with windowmaker. Heck, I mostly have everything I need at a command line.
XFree86 runs like a champ. Looks really slick with windowmaker too.
But maybe I am just not as demanding as everyone else, but I don't see any performance problems with the user interface. I don't find myself waiting any longer for things to launch on OS X than I do on my Windows or Linux machines. Now, I grant you that the five most used applications on my powerbook are mail, terminal, project builder, mozilla and StarCraft; and the five most used on my windows machines are behemoths like VisualAge for Java, WSAD, NetBeans, Mozilla and StarCraft. So I may not be the best judge of the snappiness of response time.
Having experienced several years in the employ of state government, I have to say that they have their fair share of gurus and geniuses. Mostly because the public sector is a little more generous in giving people their first chances [or second for that matter]. It is an environment where someone who can do the work, but may not have all the degrees or certificates or stellar GPA can get their foot in the door. That breeds loyalty in many cases, and those people stay on, even if they could find better opportunity elsewhere.
In my experience, working in the public sector was a lot more headache free and I know my bood pressure was lower. Quite often I wish I'd never left.
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Maybe I'm in the wrong corner of the world on this one, but I think Red Hat is the distribution becoming less and less relevant. With the EOL of their distribution for the masses in favor of the not-quite-RedHat Fedora, I see more and more people installing SuSE or something else entirely. I've seen two local companies change 50+ server installs [each] from RedHat to SuSE in the last year. Of course, I could just be living in a lizard loving corner of the US.
Why would I put more load on it than I actually need? Even on my linux machines I tend to only run windowmaker. Sure, I load up KDE for the occasional time I need it or if a friend wants a more familiar environment to work with, but otherwise I have everything I need with windowmaker. Heck, I mostly have everything I need at a command line.
XFree86 runs like a champ. Looks really slick with windowmaker too.
But maybe I am just not as demanding as everyone else, but I don't see any performance problems with the user interface. I don't find myself waiting any longer for things to launch on OS X than I do on my Windows or Linux machines. Now, I grant you that the five most used applications on my powerbook are mail, terminal, project builder, mozilla and StarCraft; and the five most used on my windows machines are behemoths like VisualAge for Java, WSAD, NetBeans, Mozilla and StarCraft. So I may not be the best judge of the snappiness of response time.
Having experienced several years in the employ of state government, I have to say that they have their fair share of gurus and geniuses. Mostly because the public sector is a little more generous in giving people their first chances [or second for that matter]. It is an environment where someone who can do the work, but may not have all the degrees or certificates or stellar GPA can get their foot in the door. That breeds loyalty in many cases, and those people stay on, even if they could find better opportunity elsewhere. In my experience, working in the public sector was a lot more headache free and I know my bood pressure was lower. Quite often I wish I'd never left.