[Tfug] ubuntu (troll?)

[Jim Secan]

I'm afraid that the Psystar beastie is either history or will be soon.  I
think I saw reports that Apple has squashed it in some fashion.  Made
applesause of it, so to speak.

My philosophy is use the tool that meets your needs, "dark side" be damned.
 On the desktop, I need something that "just works" (by-and-large) and I
don't need to fiddle much with it.  I even use XP at times when I need
absolute no-fooling compatibility with someone else's XP stuff.  For my
instrumentation and processing, I get down-and-dirty with the bits and
bytes so my needs are (1) cheap hardware and software and (2) all the dirty
details of the OS easy to get at and manipulate.  Linux meets this need
better than any other OS at this time.

Jim

At 06:10 PM 04/15/2008 +0000, you wrote:
>Going to the "dark side" (OS X) is really tempting... I find myself using
my wife's MacBook Pro more and more, and X11 on OS X is just awesome
>
>Anyone seen OpenMac? It's a "Beige box" capable of running Leopard...
really, really temping 
>
>http://www.psystar.com/index.php?&page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage
_images.tpl&product_id=1&category_id=3&manufacturer_id=4&option=com_virtuema
rt&Itemid=72 
>
>Eric
>http://nixwizard.net 
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Jim Secan" <jim at nwra.com> 
>To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org> 
>Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 10:46:21 AM GMT -07:00 U.S. Mountain Time
(Arizona) 
>Subject: Re: [Tfug] ubuntu (troll?) 
>
>Your viewpoint isn't trolling, but your "body language" is. A lot of 
>people share your view about Linux desktop usability, but getting pissed 
>about it just gets you yellow socks and labeling as a troll. 
>
>For example, I've given up on Linux-on-the-desktop for OS X. Yes, I pay a 
>bit more, but it's closer to the "push a button and it works" than Linux 
>desktop is right at the moment. However, I remain solidly fixed in the 
>user camp for Linux from the command line for my serious processing needs 
>and for equipment and instrument control. Linux may someday make it as an 
>OS for the casual user's desktop, but it ain't there yet. I don't see this 
>as a fault, just a bald statement of fact. 
>
>Jim 
>
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