I have been using Linux for 14 years (probably for less years than most people in this mailing list). My main machine is a Mac and I love it. It is probably that I hate having to figure out why my Bluetooth, sound or vnc or bonjour (avahi) services stopped working after an update. I can always fix those right away, I just hate having to figure it out. I shouldn't have to.
So my apple tax is really minor when you take into account the amount of time I waste when something, randomly, stops working. wget? if you really need it, sudo fink install wget from the terminal. Of course, this is after the great hassle of double clicking on the fink installer. >> > Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 21:32:47 -0600 > From: Chris Penn <cantorm...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [LinuxUsers] apples? > To: SoCal LUG Users List <linuxusers@socallinux.org> > Message-ID: > <AANLkTikgKSMH6EJ=ugxrk-qdkpharc3m9qsjwahwg...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > If you do not have the time to learn Linux and you have a lack of > Linux friends to help you, OSX is a good option; OSX is a far better > choice than Windows. > > I know how to use Linux and so OSX is pointless. I do not know why > anyone would choose OSX if they already know how to use Linux. The > only reason I can think of is that a person might need some software > that runs on OSX and not on Linux. Even in that case, you do not need > to make OSX your primary OS...IMO. > > > Chris... > > > On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Trevor Benedict <mre...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Ports is needed for people like us. And its pretty up-to-date on all the >> packages. Even when apps are built for Linux, unless they use Linux Kernel >> calls, I can get things to build on OSX. >> Things "just work", thats why I love it as a desktop. >> -- Trevor >> >> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Chris Penn <cantorm...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> the BSD kernel... >>> >>> You an install wget on osx... >>> http://wget.darwinports.com >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Benjamin Hargis >>> <benjamin.har...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Darwin is based on BSD correct? >>>> >>>> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Roger E. Rustad, Jr. >>>> <roger.rus...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 3:53 AM, <benjamin.har...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> What distros of Unix are you running? >>>>> >>>>> OS X is based on Darwin (a Unix variant) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> LinuxUsers mailing list >>>>> LinuxUsers@socallinux.org >>>>> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> LinuxUsers mailing list >>>> LinuxUsers@socallinux.org >>>> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to >>> be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." >>> ?-Roger Penrose >>> _______________________________________________ >>> LinuxUsers mailing list >>> LinuxUsers@socallinux.org >>> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> LinuxUsers@socallinux.org >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> >> > > > > -- > "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to > be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." > ?-Roger Penrose > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > End of LinuxUsers Digest, Vol 44, Issue 8 > ***************************************** _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list LinuxUsers@socallinux.org http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
