| Sir Chewbury Gubbins 2005-04-07, 5:54 pm |
| Jacob Oost <zork@columbus.rr.com> wrote:
quote:
> Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
>
> You Apple freaks have to stop bragging about that OS, like it was
> Apple-created. :-P Linux is more customizable.
Arguable, yes, but only at the expense of stability and robustness. It's
a well known adage that when a BSD developer writes a device driver he
starts grokking the hardware. The linux developer starts by writing a 3D
accelerated swoopy installer with transparency effects and phong shading
quote:
> BTW, what kind of
> gamer has a Macintosh?
Me?
quote:
> I mean, I hate Windows but I at least keep the
> partition so I can play all those great PC games made for DOS and
> Windows.
I use consoles for playing games.
quote:
>Mac users have to take whatever scraps they can get. And you
> do know there are now more desktop users using Linux than Mac OS right
> now, eh? :-D
What a load of bollocks. There are a lot of hobbyists and tinkerers
*playing* with linux and reinstalling every five minutes, sure. Mac
users tend to use the machine to perform a task, rather than as
something to tinker with.
quote:
> Mandrake is the Apple of the Linux distros. I like it because it comes
> with some great system software to make managing your settings and such
> way easier.
Until, of course, the gui tool doesn't work properly, at which point you
realise the much vaunted linux filesystem standard is a beast of myth.
Choobs
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