Hi Simon, I thing this is not a forum to promote one or and other os. I was just putting light on a drawback of this new situation for mac user to migrate to gv_sig. Fine if you like unbuntu which is a verry good os. But, I work all day in window I have unbuntu on my mac but... for now at least, for me the user choose the os... for me is osX. So it's unfortunate, for me but I will have the choice of playing "roulette russe" with gv_sig or going to a more secure gis.
Maccel Le 10-10-21 à 18:04, Simon Cropper a écrit : > Hi All, > > On Friday 22 October 2010 2:23:16 am Chris Puttick wrote: >> what then? > > My son has been using a iMac for several years and resisted moving > away from > the computer and its operating system for all the wrong reasons > (i.e. vendor > lock in with iPhone, iTunes, etc). > > Recently he moved away from his iPhone and now only use iTunes and > comparable > music related products. > > Faced with an operating system that only allowed Apple products and > one that > in recent times is just getting slower and slower (a bit like > windows XP and > Vista was doing a year or so back), I convinced him to move to > Ubuntu (well he > really convinced himself as I have been nagging him for sometime. > The pivotal > point was when he saw me log on and open a program on my machine in > seconds > compared to minutes on his). > > After backing up his system (2-3 hours), it took less than one hour > to set up > the base system in Ubuntu. He is enjoying the OS, the 'free' > software and > lightning fast OS (at least compared to OS-X). > > Where to from here? Move your iMac to Ubuntu. You won't be sorry. > > I know it sound drastic but it really isn't. > > P.S. It's funny how things are not apparent until they hit you in > the face. My > son, while looking at the various movies he had downloaded to > iTunes, asked me > how he could view these files as they were in a proprietary format > that could > only be read by Apple software. He was livid that he could not view > these files > using other software as he had paid good money for these movies. > After a bit > of searching we were able to find a conversion routine written in > Open Source > that could convert the apple movie format to a more commonly > encountered and > used format. > > -- > Cheers Simon > > Simon Cropper > Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd > PO Box 160 Sunshine 3020 > P: 03 9311 5822. M: 041 830 3437 > W: http://www.botanicusaustralia.com.au > _______________________________________________ > Gvsig_internacional mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserv.gva.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gvsig_internacional _______________________________________________ Gvsig_internacional mailing list [email protected] http://listserv.gva.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gvsig_internacional
