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   XPost: alt.os.linux.redhat   
   From: Hodge@Operamail.com   
      
   On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 02:10:37 +0000, Snit wrote   
   (in article ):   
      
   > "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?   
   >   
      
   I'm by no means a Linux expert but I have run a number of distributions over   
   the years in my quest to get away from Windows. I have run BeOS, Linux,   
   FreeBSD and now MacOS and I would backup Jøhnny's view. Linux feels great but   
   can be just too much work and too complicated unless one is prepared to put   
   the hours in to learn about it.   
      
   I guess on modern hardware and with the latest distros this is less of a   
   problem but is never going to be as easy as MacOS. One thing about dependency   
   hell - my experience of this is quite old now but I only ever really had   
   problems with Red Hat based distros, Debian is a delight by comparison.   
      
   At the end of the day one is always going to have to get down and dirty with   
   Linux. Whether it be hacking around in configuration files to turn down the   
   volume on a dial-up modem or just trying to understand where everything   
   lives.   
      
   One very important point is that MacOS gives you the best of all worlds. It   
   is (nearly) as much fun as BeOS, as stable as Linux, easy to configure and   
   you can run all that Linux stuff via X11.   
      
   Cheers,   
      
   Steve   
      
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