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   From: SNIT@CABLE0NE.NET.INVALID   
      
   "Jøhnny Fävòrítê   (it means "halo, then resonate")"    
   wrote in post PM0003EFF4A819464A@minion.nashville.comcast.net on 2/12/05   
   6:43 PM:   
      
   > Kier wrote:   
   >> Jøhnny Fävòrítê wrote:   
   >>> if you can stand linux, it would make an okay choice.  personally i   
   >>> couldn't.  way too fiddly and difficult.  every little thing   
   >>> required editing a config file somewhere with tortured, impossible   
   >>> syntax.  and all the dependency issues.  bleargh, not for me.   
   >>   
   >> You must have been misinformed by someone. It's by no means that hard.   
   >> I've very rarely had to edit a config file, and even when I have, it   
   >> was pretty straightforward. I'm by no means an expert in such matters.   
   >   
   > i am speaking from personal experience here, not misinformation.  linux   
   > is way, WAY no fun, as far as i'm concerned.   
   >   
   > i knew somebody would respond like that, and i've already had this   
   > conversation eighty billion times, so i am now bowing out.   
      
   is there anyone who knows OS X and Linux well who can make an honest and   
   reasoned comparison of the two?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)