XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, alt.os.linux.mandrake, comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   XPost: alt.os.linux.redhat   
   From: linxlvr@netscape.net   
      
   On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 19:10:37 -0700, Snit wrote:   
      
   > "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?   
   No, but apparently there is someone well experienced with Linux,   
   constantly monitoring the RedHat NG and probably other's, but doesn't like   
   Linux. I'm new around here, but that sure sounds like a Troll to me.   
   -- DW   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)