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   From: glhansen@steel.ucs.indiana.edu   
      
   In article ,   
   Liam Slider   wrote:   
   >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.   
      
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