On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Kenneth Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > hey whoa man. i didn't mean to set you off. i wasn't discouraging him from > buying a mac. i would say that mac is a really good platform if you have the
Hmm, sorry. I'm a member of a few groups that are rather "There Is Only One Way To Do It" and that way happens to start with an 'L.' Deactivate shields Spock, this one's friendly! > money. i dont and wish that i did. when i said that linux was made by people > that know computers, i meant that those people made them, but didn't > necessarily have the common user in mind. there is certainly a learning > curve for linux. but i plan to be a programmer, a graduate of computer > science, so that for me, isn't bad. you certainly have some good points, and I too am a computer scientist, and I find that the Apple phenomenon is quite attractive because I can spend all that time I would normally be tweaking my Linux on more important projects like programming. > i would say that anyone that is willing to brave the learning curve to get > linux will have a better computer experience than with microsoft. Mac If you learn to use Linux you'll be able to really use the Mac as well. Mac is all UNIX, so if you are terminal-savvy then you have a major leg-up in how the internals of OS X and iPhone work. If you have that, then hey! you might get a career! I learned to use Linux before I got my Mac, and quite frankly I wouldn't trade my Linux skills for a shiny new Mac Pro, or even a lifetime supply of Apple hardware. What I learned with Linux is worth more than any Mac. But this is coming from a computer geek - if you're not a programmer, then this argument might not apply to you. > eliminates the learning curve at a price. I don't want to get into any kind > of "which OS is the best" war. i think that Mac is great - i've run into so > many problems with linux and windows on the same computer it's not even > funny. If you have the money, Mac is better because they have more software > options that were built to be sold, meaning that a lot more effort can be > put into it. > > basically, unlike windows, both mac and linux are less prone to being taken > down by viruses and stuff. my reference to mac in the first place was to put > ubuntu or linux/unix in the spotlight for being secure. > > but i never said that Linux was the absolute best or that mac was even bad. > and this does happen to be a conversation within a group concerned with > linux. > > i'd like to keep the conversation focused on helping this guy get his stuff > in working order with ubuntu. Don't look at me, I'm just a miserable little Debian server admin. ;-) -- Registered Linux Addict #431495 http://profile.xfire.com/mrstalinman | John 3:16! http://www.fsdev.net/ | http://www.fsdev.net/~cmiller --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
