XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, alt.os.linux.mandrake, comp.os.linux.advocacy
XPost: alt.os.linux.redhat
From: sstommel@vub.ac.be
Snit wrote:
> "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?
>
Been using linux ever since ms announced you wouldn't be able to quit
windows and go to DOS. Linux is in my opinion slowly bursting by it's
own enthousiasm. If you want to run it at its full potential you will
need to invest time in it... loads of it. I managed to get my linux
completely the way I wanted it, did an update and oops, back to tweaking
things. Got sick of it (after 4 years of near-dedicated linux usage) and
tried freeBSD.
FreeBSD involves quite the bit less tweaking and for a linux user it's
like heaven when you start using it. Most stuff works out of the box
with clear instructions upon installation. It's pretty fast and I have
yet to see another OS that will top it for stability (yes, even mac os x).
Then of course I realised, freeBSD was a bit too hardcore for today's
industry with most programs being GNU, and often designed with linux in
mind. This tends to cause trouble on freeBSD especially if you're
looking at multimedia apps but windows wins that round anyway hands
down. Not so much because of multimedia capabilies (if your hardware is
linux supported it will laugh at the redmond folk) but because of
supported software (musicians like me will know).
So I thought to myself wouldn't it be awesome to have like freeBSD and
all the funky software you get on linux AND windows. Hit myself in the
head a few times for not thinking of this sooner and got a mac.
Since mac os 10.3.8 it has been very stable as opposed to the odd logout
bug on 10.3.7 but it might have been me (abusing quicktime plugin in
safari still crashes safari though).
Networking with windows workgroups (or samba) seems a bit awkward as the
other computers take time to be found and rebooting for instance an XP
machine to linux will severely confuse the finder. Dropping into the
console and manually mounting samba shares works neat, but unmounting
these manual mounts will again confuse finder.
Still, all in all as a multi-purpose desktop OS I have to admit mac os x
comes out as my favorite. Installing software is real easy and feels
clean (compare with linux dependencies or windows registry). It looks
absolutely gorgeous (and I mean exposée, consistent dialogs/hotkeys etc).
I could write a few more pages on the subject but this kind of
represents what I have been experiencing the past year. Note that I went
from linux to BSD about 4 months ago (switching between linux for
gaming, freebsd for anything work-related and windows for sound
programs) and got my mac about 1 month ago now (iMac G5 cause I didn't
have an LCD display yet).
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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