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   XPost: alt.os.linux.redhat   
   From: lloydparsons@spamac.com   
      
   In article , Liam   
   Slider  wrote:   
      
   > On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 15:51:06 +0000, Lloyd Parsons wrote:   
   >   
   > >   
   > > I have some experience with Linux, mostly from old distos going back to   
   > > the Slackware and creative labs cd days.  But the last distro that I   
   > > loaded on my pc was Mandrake 9.   
   >   
   > Geeze, I *used* to run Mandrake 9. Before I ran SuSE 8.2 for the longest   
   > time... Mandrake 9 was...well, a little broken in areas. To be expected   
   > really on a .0 release I've found. Hardware detection was nice though. But   
   > still, Mandrake 9 is seriously outdated to complain about. There have been   
   > some *major* improvements since then.   
   >   
   I'm likely to never find that out as my pc is relegated to the back of   
   a closet...   ;-)   
      
   > > I will admit that it was a nice   
   > > improvement over the years, but still not up to OSX in many ways. Mostly   
   > > ease of use and availability of commercial software.   
   >   
   > That's changed now, for the most part.  More commercial software avaliable   
   > if you actually look for it. And ease of use has gone up dramatically.   
   >   
   For my use, OSX and almost just the apps that came with my G5, is   
   plenty enough.   
      
   I've added Office 2004 'cause I like Entourage for its handling of   
   projects and tasks.  I'd use it for email, but that fragile, monolithic   
   db that it uses just doesn't cut it.  And searches in it are horribly   
   slow.   
      
   I've also updated my iLife to '05 and got iWork because Pages is very   
   nice for my sales flyers and such and Keynote is just a snap to use for   
   presentations.   
      
   > >   
   > > I don't think that Linux will ever snag many mac users simply because it   
   > > isn't as good on the mac as OSX is.   
   >   
   > I disagree.   
   >   
   I'm sure! ;-)   
      
   > >  Nor do I think that current   
   > > distros on pc are nearly as good as OSX for most things.   
   >   
   > You don't *know* current distros, last you knew was Mandrake 9. A whole   
   > *version* ago. I may as well be complaining about Mac OS 9, and saying   
   > that the Mac isn't ready.   
   >   
   Not a fair comparison.  OS9 and OSX only have one commonality and that   
   is they were made by Apple.  Other than that, there is no similarity.   
      
   >   
   > >   
   > > Pure conjecture and opinion of course.....   
   >   
   >   
   > Lots of conjecture....   
      
   Sure, but it is my keyboard, I can type what I want! ;-)   
      
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