On Thursday 26 October 2006 23:44, Peter Machell wrote: > I know the licensing is a bugbear, but if you could spend a few days > with OS/X I'm sure you'd find some appreciation for it.
I did spend a few days. And I didn't completely wipe OS/X either - it is still on one partition, and I still could boot into it (but probably won't, because they will soon work as mail server, web server and application server locked away in a ventilated cupboard in my surgery and not have either keyboard nor monitor attached The main criticism is of course the crippling of X11 which makes it useless to me as a desktop client for my application servers. And while I can install most important system administration tools via ports/Fink - why the heck were they left out in the first place? It's like delivering a new car, but without the wheels. OS/X itself - why the heck is there one single confusing menu bar for *all* applications? Why can't it be in the application's window? Working with multiple applications simultaneously on OS/X is a PITA Then, the inconsistent working of the right mouse button - some applications support it, others don't. Then, the packaging system - some software is installed via ports, but many aren't. There is no way how to get a single way of managing all installed software apparently I am probably just biased by what I am used to, but personally I find the usability of KDE 3.5.5 (from the point of view of a "power user") miles ahead of anything else, and the upcoming version 4.0 is yet another quantum leap. Horst _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
