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   XPost: alt.os.linux.redhat   
   From: nospam@nospam.org   
      
   On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 21:44:29 -0500, linxlvr wrote:   
      
   > On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 19:10:37 -0700, 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?   
   > No, but apparently there is someone well experienced with Linux,   
   > constantly monitoring the RedHat NG and probably other's, but doesn't like   
   > Linux. I'm new around here, but that sure sounds like a Troll to me.   
   > -- DW   
      
   I have been using OS X since before 10.0 (I used the Rhapsody OS back in   
   99) and I've been running Linux for about 24 hours. I also ran BeOS as my   
   pprimary OS briefly back in the R5 era before Gassee destroyed the   
   company. BeOS was a great OS but it never had a chance because no one   
   developed apps for it. Panther is a magnificent OS and I'm sure Tiger will   
   just improve on something that is already close to perfect. Everything is   
   easy in OS X. It is elegant and extremly user friendly. I have converted a   
   numer of my Windows using friends and they are very happy. Linux isn't   
   quite that user friendly, but so far I am really enjoying it. I consider   
   myself an intermediate-advance computer guy so I enjoy tinkering.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)