Linux drove me to get a Mac

Jose jtc-vS8X3Ji+8Wg6e3DpGhMbh2oLBQzVVOGK at public.gmane.org
Thu Jan 8 14:14:30 UTC 2009


Kamran Khan wrote:
> After 7 years of Linux being my primary desktop operating system at 
> home(I tinkered with Linux since the Walnut Creek days) I jumped to a 
> MacBook with Leopard.  OS X is basically BSD UNIX with nice candy on top 
> so you all the command tools that I came to love in UNIX and Linux are 
> pretty much available.  OS X has better support for hardware, especially 
> gadgets like cell phones and cameras.  Not as much as Windows but more 
> then Linux and major vendors like Nokia release their software natively 
> for OS X.  OS X has better support for games, some of the big games are 
> native on OS X and of course there is Wine and Cedega.  OS X has much 
> better integration between its applications like iCal and mail.app.  
> Lastly, overall OS X is more "polished" then Linux.  Linux as server 
> operating system is excellent but when you move closer and closer to end 
> user applications you see a lack of refinement, lack of polish, 
> sometimes a lot of instability and very poor integration.  The 
> fasciation of getting things to work with Linux has long since passed 
> and when I buy a printer I pretty much just want to plug it in.  You pay 
> a big premium for what is essentially PC hardware but so far it has 
> proven to be the best desktop os I can find.  So long Linux, see you on 
> embedded devices everywhere.
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I stick to Suse or Fedora, I have no need for games or fancy software or 
hardware, OS X is supported by a multimillion company who better have 
good support for their own devices or they wouldn't have that kind of 
money coming in

Hey , I have worked with X and I don't find it usable for my personal 
needs as is the case for most hardcores in this list, if OS X suits you 
better, all the best
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