There's this thing called "Intellectual Property." If a Linux desktop is released with a big Apple logo on the upper-left corner of the UI, chances are someone is going to be sued.
Also, Mac OS X uses Quartz Extreme (on a supported graphics card) to offload rendering of windows, etc. to the GPU. While this is present in current X.Org builds, it's still not nearly as stable as Quartz Extreme. Easy to use UIs are nice, but when they crash every couple of seconds due to the instability of X.Org's code, it's a Bad Thing (TM) and you lose users to Apple anyway.
I wish I had a shovel and knew where you and the rest of the fags here who complain about Apple live. I'd beat you all senseless with it, ala Postal 2.
Back last year, Apple was just defending its Trade Secrets. If someone stole confidential trade secret gay pornography that Linus beats off to while farting out another version of your stupid, inferior Lunix kernel and sued someone about it, you faggot-assed fucks would be rabid.
...by the way, just so you know, Apple still has less than 10% of the market. I'd still call that an underdog.
Why do the Slashdot editors even bother posting articles about windows?
I was looking at the front page just now and saw an article entitled "Security Patch Creation at Microsoft." I'm sure everyone knows that an article like this would obviously be nothing but Taco's blatant attempt at starting a flame war, which usually just ends up in the Linux Zealots arguing amongst themselves about how fucked up Microsoft's patching techniques are.
Comments in articles like these fall into a few categories; the type that constructively criticizes Microsoft's practices (few and far between); the type that says this type of security procedure would never happen with open source (more frequent); and the most prevalent type, "LOL linux rulez!!!!!!!!!111111111onehundredeleven" (about 99.999% of the comments).
I've build countless machines over the years and have built and helped to administer quite a few networks. Linux is good for a server, true, but as far as client operating systems go, XP is pretty decent. Sure, the licensing procedures are draconian, I'll give the Linux Zealots that, but aside from that, the system is stable, secure (if a competent admin oversees it) and fulfills most technological needs. For a home file server or print server, nothing beats Linux (as of yet), only because of the fact that I can't think of too many home users with $500 USD to fork over for a license for Windows 2003 Server.
Some of us are software pragmatists. I use whatever is best to get the job done. I prefer Mac OS X over every other operating system I've used, but I know that there are some things it cannot do. If I want to play games, I fire up an XP machine. If I want to serve clients or write code for rather ugly windowing toolkits, I use Linux. If I want a stable Unix machine that works without me taking a week off from school to configure it, I use Mac OS X.
I thought the reason we all got into computing is because we loved it, not to convert people. That is a job for fanatics. We should concentrate more on what's best for a job and not on what is fashioable to the FSF and our Linux Zealot buddies. I think it's time everyone here to grow the fuck up.
What's with Taco's half-hearted captcha attempt? He went through all the trouble of hooking a captcha up to this shitty site and then abandoned it in a week?
Methinks Taco has trouble finishing what he started... which is probably why his wife was over here last night getting some real dick (TM).
...I've ever been compelled to correct the editors, so yo should be ashamed of yourselves.
Hilarious, really, that you were correcting the editors and you made a mistake with the word "you.":)
But, on a serious note, remember that this is Slashdot - the editors are retards here. Dupes are posted, grammatical and spelling mistakes are made all the time, and stupidity rules the roost.
You can be assured, however, that if this were a story about Linus Torvalds' new necktie, there would be no errors whatsoever in it.
How is this flamebait? The author was expressing his opinion. You Linux zealots are a bunch of fucking morons.
Think about things for a moment: Linux has been in development for about a bazillion years and still has a primary UI that's based on technology that's 20 years old (e.g. the X window system). Mac OS X has been in development for considerably less time than this and it already has a much better UI (with the capability of running your crappy X window system) and all of the benefits you'd expect from a *nix.
Contrary to what you believe, Linux is NOT the solution to every computing need. Some of us live in the real world (and not our parents' basements); we don't have time to read through thousands of hits on Google for the solution on how to recompile our kernel to support the color blue. For us (and for you fuckers, if you'd pull your heads out of RMS's ass), Mac OS X is about the best *nix we'll ever run.
When they say "it will be out soon," they really mean that they have to wait for SCO to finish writing the features so lard-ass undercover SCO operative Richard M. Stallman can leak the source code back to the Lunix devs.
You'll have a difficult time getting Linux to run on a system like this; currently, the 2.6 kernel only has support for up to and excluding a total of 1 GB of system RAM. You're better off installing something like Windows 2003 Server on a machine of this importance.
OMG it's GNU/Linux! Linux is teh kernel! 99.999% of teh software on these lunixes was written by me since I don't have any use for time that I could be taking a shower!...seriously folks, why can't Stallman just die? I think we'd all be happier.
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Best post I've read this week. I truly lol'd.
There's this thing called "Intellectual Property." If a Linux desktop is released with a big Apple logo on the upper-left corner of the UI, chances are someone is going to be sued.
Also, Mac OS X uses Quartz Extreme (on a supported graphics card) to offload rendering of windows, etc. to the GPU. While this is present in current X.Org builds, it's still not nearly as stable as Quartz Extreme. Easy to use UIs are nice, but when they crash every couple of seconds due to the instability of X.Org's code, it's a Bad Thing (TM) and you lose users to Apple anyway.
I wish I had a shovel and knew where you and the rest of the fags here who complain about Apple live. I'd beat you all senseless with it, ala Postal 2.
Back last year, Apple was just defending its Trade Secrets. If someone stole confidential trade secret gay pornography that Linus beats off to while farting out another version of your stupid, inferior Lunix kernel and sued someone about it, you faggot-assed fucks would be rabid.
Asshole.
WTF is OXS? I've heard of OSX, but OXS...?
...and it's STILL compiling!
Why do the Slashdot editors even bother posting articles about windows?
I was looking at the front page just now and saw an article entitled "Security Patch Creation at Microsoft." I'm sure everyone knows that an article like this would obviously be nothing but Taco's blatant attempt at starting a flame war, which usually just ends up in the Linux Zealots arguing amongst themselves about how fucked up Microsoft's patching techniques are.
Comments in articles like these fall into a few categories; the type that constructively criticizes Microsoft's practices (few and far between); the type that says this type of security procedure would never happen with open source (more frequent); and the most prevalent type, "LOL linux rulez!!!!!!!!!111111111onehundredeleven" (about 99.999% of the comments).
I've build countless machines over the years and have built and helped to administer quite a few networks. Linux is good for a server, true, but as far as client operating systems go, XP is pretty decent. Sure, the licensing procedures are draconian, I'll give the Linux Zealots that, but aside from that, the system is stable, secure (if a competent admin oversees it) and fulfills most technological needs. For a home file server or print server, nothing beats Linux (as of yet), only because of the fact that I can't think of too many home users with $500 USD to fork over for a license for Windows 2003 Server.
Some of us are software pragmatists. I use whatever is best to get the job done. I prefer Mac OS X over every other operating system I've used, but I know that there are some things it cannot do. If I want to play games, I fire up an XP machine. If I want to serve clients or write code for rather ugly windowing toolkits, I use Linux. If I want a stable Unix machine that works without me taking a week off from school to configure it, I use Mac OS X.
I thought the reason we all got into computing is because we loved it, not to convert people. That is a job for fanatics. We should concentrate more on what's best for a job and not on what is fashioable to the FSF and our Linux Zealot buddies. I think it's time everyone here to grow the fuck up.
You're an idiot.
Lunix is for faggots, for real dawg
I ror'd
What's with Taco's half-hearted captcha attempt? He went through all the trouble of hooking a captcha up to this shitty site and then abandoned it in a week?
Methinks Taco has trouble finishing what he started... which is probably why his wife was over here last night getting some real dick (TM).
In honor of our fallen soldiers in this any all wars, I hereby claim this first post.
It's called "humor." You should get a sense of it.
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...I've ever been compelled to correct the editors, so yo should be ashamed of yourselves.
:)
Hilarious, really, that you were correcting the editors and you made a mistake with the word "you."
But, on a serious note, remember that this is Slashdot - the editors are retards here. Dupes are posted, grammatical and spelling mistakes are made all the time, and stupidity rules the roost.
You can be assured, however, that if this were a story about Linus Torvalds' new necktie, there would be no errors whatsoever in it.
How is this flamebait? The author was expressing his opinion. You Linux zealots are a bunch of fucking morons.
Think about things for a moment: Linux has been in development for about a bazillion years and still has a primary UI that's based on technology that's 20 years old (e.g. the X window system). Mac OS X has been in development for considerably less time than this and it already has a much better UI (with the capability of running your crappy X window system) and all of the benefits you'd expect from a *nix.
Contrary to what you believe, Linux is NOT the solution to every computing need. Some of us live in the real world (and not our parents' basements); we don't have time to read through thousands of hits on Google for the solution on how to recompile our kernel to support the color blue. For us (and for you fuckers, if you'd pull your heads out of RMS's ass), Mac OS X is about the best *nix we'll ever run.
Just face it: Linux sucks.
Where is my QuickTime HD version of Gay Niggers from Outer Space?
When they say "it will be out soon," they really mean that they have to wait for SCO to finish writing the features so lard-ass undercover SCO operative Richard M. Stallman can leak the source code back to the Lunix devs.
Your comment doesn't even make sense. Fag.
Your mother sucked my cock last night. It was amazing. Make sure to ask her if she accepts Visa - I don't get paid until next week.
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You'll have a difficult time getting Linux to run on a system like this; currently, the 2.6 kernel only has support for up to and excluding a total of 1 GB of system RAM. You're better off installing something like Windows 2003 Server on a machine of this importance.
OMG it's GNU/Linux! Linux is teh kernel! 99.999% of teh software on these lunixes was written by me since I don't have any use for time that I could be taking a shower! ...seriously folks, why can't Stallman just die? I think we'd all be happier.
Wow! That'll make two times you've left your parents' basement! Congratulations - you're so cool now! ;)
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