You do not need to feel bad about this. A good developer (or engineer, etc.) uses the right tool for the right job. Linux is not always the best choice for all situations or for all people. This is reality and it is never good for anyone to ignore the shortcomings of a product. You have found something that simply does not work as well in Linux. In truthfulness, from what I have seen, the Mac OS X sleep functionality is better and faster (sleeping and waking) than any other OS I have ever seen. I wish Mac OS X had the native package handling capabilities that Linux does. That is only one of the areas I wish Apple would improve. Windows, as frightening as it may be, is better at some things (I am hard pressed to think of any at the moment, but I am sure at least one exists). Just because at the moment Linux is not meeting all needs for you, this doesn't mean it will always be the case, but at this point it is. Accept reality and then if you desire, work to change it :)
Bill (User of Mac OS X, OpenBSD, Linux, and occasionally Windows) -- Bill Vinson | bill(at)vinsonweb.com | http://vinsonweb.com GPG Fingerprint: 19C6 EC97 DFED 5E46 B19B 2143 D7DE 6EEB 6D4C C23D GPG Key: http://vinsonweb.com/billvinson.gpg.asc
On Apr 27, 2004, at 11:46 AM, Ken Mink wrote:
For last 2 1/2 years I've been using my personal laptop as my main
machine at work and then as my secondary machine at home. It started out
as RH7.3 and is now running FC1. It was time to replace this workhorse
and tomorrow it's replacement arrives; a shiny new Powerbook. Normally
the arrival of a new toy of this magnitude fills me with the same
anticipation that I felt on Christmas Eve as a child. This time it's
different. I feel like I'm cheating on my wife or I've given up on an
old friend. I just feel dirty.
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