Todd Walton wrote: > On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 2:44 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The most attractive feature of OS X to me is that everything "just works" >> from day zero. >> >> It seems that buying a preinstalled Linux laptop would give the same result. > > Oh, I know my laptop works now... But how sweet would it be with > Compiz? I know the vendor doesn't support it, but there's very > thorough howtos on how to do it. And who knows when the vendor will > get around to supporting it? And besides, it's a learning experience. > > ... > > In all my years of Linuxing, the hardest thing to learn has been how > not to break my "production" machine. If a Linux laptop vendor could > come up with a way to slap my hand when I reach for pkg-installer, I'd > be a happy man. >
Hmmm, a slap-hand barrier. Sounds like it might be pretty complicated to configure -- although repositories do a little of that, I suppose. Of course the best advice is to consult your system administrator. ;-) Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
