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   From: liam@NOSPAM.liamslider.com   
      
   On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 19:10:37 -0700, Snit wrote:   
      
   > is there anyone who knows OS X and Linux well who can make an honest and   
   > reasoned comparison of the two?   
      
   I haven't exactly used OSX. However I can tell you a bit about Linux. The   
   whole "fiddling with config files" claim is pretty damn well a thing of   
   the distant past, unless you like fiddling with config files. Consistancy   
   that Mac users brag about is there. Linux is usually easy to install, in   
   fact there was a recent comparison of installations between Windows, OSX,   
   and Linux, and Linux was considered comparable to OSX. Ease of use is   
   there, GNOME is so simple to use anyone could use it. I'd compare it quite   
   well as a DE with how I've heard Macs describes, and GNOME follows strict   
   HiG as well....just like OSX does. Linux gets more life out of old   
   hardware, just as Apple claims to.   
      
      
   The biggest difference is hardware, OSX runs on prorpietary hardware   
   specifically, custom designed for it. Virtually every system, and   
   peripheral that Macs use has chosen by Apple to work for OSX. With Linux   
   this is hardly the case. However, even so, Linux has come a long way, and   
   most hardware is automatically detected and configured. And there are gui   
   configuration tools. For what little else....well, I'm sure you Apple   
   people have no problem with Linux users being selective in their choice of   
   hardware do you?   
      
   I'd say, overall, that Linux is a fair match for the Mac. There are   
   differences here and there, we have some advantages in some areas and some   
   things, you have some advantages in some areas and some things. Personally   
   I don't get the Linux bashing by Mac people. You should be bashing   
   Windows. Now *that* is a shitty OS, and these days, certainly involves way   
   too much fiddling to keep going.   
      
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