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   CrudeSausage to Alan   
   Re: Sorry, Mac Fans: Linux Is Actually t   
   25 Aug 25 08:49:03   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 2025-08-24 12:47 p.m., Alan wrote:   
   > On 2025-08-24 02:32, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >> On Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:52:22 -0400, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> But no, buying a fucking Mac is not the answer.  It's too expensive.   
   >>   
   >> And lacking in expandability and versatility. All Apple’s machines are   
   >> basically just glorified laptops now.   
   >>   
   >> And the OS may have licensed the “Unix” trademark, but it doesn’t work   
   >> the   
   >> way people expect traditional “Unix” systems to work.   
   >>   
   >> Ask one of the original Bell Labs crew, Ken “Mr Unix” Thompson: he has   
   >> given up on Apple and switched to Linux.   
   >   
   > Sorry, Linux fans:   
   >   
   > Pretty much everyone disagrees with you.   
      
   Honestly, MacOS is a more polished experience than Linux can ever hope   
   to be. Nevertheless, Linux is a more liberating experience than MacOS   
   can ever hope to be.   
      
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