[Tfug] Hackintosh vs. Linux

[Tom Rini]

On Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 02:50:48PM -0700, Jim March wrote:
> > Not talking about marketshare.  Jim proposed that
> > nursing/maintaining/admining a "Hackintosh" was an exercise in
> > frustration because Apple, Inc is actively fighting against you.  I
> > was simply pointing out that that's more-or-less true for all
> > proprietary solutions.  Without the support of the owner, you're up
> > the creek without a paddle when you adopt proprietary software.
> > Proprietary software is ultimately a dead end because it's not a
> > matter of if the owner will stop supporting you, but when.
> >
> > Claude
> 
> Right, and that's true in the Windows world too.  Ask Microsoft about
> OS support for a Pentium1 with 64megs RAM for example and they'll
> laugh at you.  Ask "the Linux community" on the other hand and you'll
> be pointed to Puppy Linux, Damn Small Linux and the like.

Meh, but then what?  What subset of the web, that can be run well on
that are people going to be happy with?

-- 
Tom Rini