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On 12 Apr 2008, at 9:52 pm, Guillaume Laurent wrote: > > On Apr 12, 2008, at 18:18 , D. Michael McIntyre wrote: > > >> I've >> never liked the Apple way of doing things, and I don't see that >> changing. > > OS X is just what KDE dreams to be :-). You mean Darwin is what KDE dreams to be? KDE is a desktop, OS-X is a kernel. Sort of. If you mean the whole packaage, I can't forgive the fact that the autoconf stuff is all broken, you have to deal with the Framework gcc "extensions", darwinports won't even install at the moment, at least not on my G4 PowerBook, all the great open source stuff is X which is so badly integrated with Darwin that you end up running 2 separate desktops, you have to routinely run programs which "fix disk permissions" (?) ... yada yada. It is a good Java platform though. > >> I >> sure as hell don't want to buy into a one way trip that locks me >> into Apple >> as the only solution. > > There aren't that many other destinations. Try using one a bit, you > might like it. Sorry, Guillaume, but I've just drunk a bottle of wine and it made me break silence. The only thing wrong with Linux is that it's hard to get it pre-installed. Have you tried installing other OSs from scratch? Apple have it easy because OS-X runs on so few different hardware platforms, and they manufacture them. Can you really say that installing Windows is easier? You need a box full of device driver CDs and a telepathic ability to present them in the right order. My Mac won't even play MPEG2 files out of the box! And instead of having all the solutions in one place and just an "apt-get install" away, I have to choose from Fink, Darwinports etc. The upshot is that I've got two wishs, two pythons, two gccs, two Qts... what a bloody mess. And it doesn't talk to our Sun servers properly. And it dumps silly trash files all over my flash key and MP3 player. And when you "upgrade" the media player (which it does by default unless you stop it), you lose a lot of the functionality. And you can't get it to run something when you plug the ethernet in (it's got something called launchd instead of anything unix guys might be familiar with, and it can't simulate Linux's /etc/networks/if-up.local functionality). If you just want to use what you've given, the Mac is great, and total eye candy. But try developing on it for a few days, you'll be back! (It still beats the hell out of Windows though). If I'd bought my Mac with my own money, I'd be really annoyed. I tell you, it's nanometers away from getting wiped and having Linux installed on it! Of course, this is all subjective, and tomorrow I'll probably regret I've written it. Nick/. > > -- > Guillaume > http://telegraph-road.org > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save > $100. > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http:// > java.sun.com/javaone > _______________________________________________ > Rosegarden-devel mailing list > [email protected] - use the link below to > unsubscribe > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-devel -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (Darwin) iD8DBQFIASsUFo+kGmUnzkQRAnnhAJ9SE/OunDUuFM9MWGHTGrIh/8mD3gCdGP8r eHWS4Ehp0d+A29l5vvnSX1k= =66p4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-devel mailing list [email protected] - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-devel
