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   Message 830 of 1,512   
   King of Brawl Hall to Snit   
   Re: OsX compared to Linux and BeOS   
   13 Feb 05 03:37:40   
   
   XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, alt.os.linux.mandrake, comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   XPost: alt.os.linux.redhat   
   From: master@mason.snuh   
      
   Snit  wrote in news:BE34052D.1D8E%   
   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?   
      
      
      
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