"I kept my Linux desktop, but moved most of my daily work to the laptop. I also repartitioned my hard drive and reinstalled Mac OS X to give myself space to use Linux/PPC. I tried to get used to Mac OS X for six months, but when a new version of XFree86 came out and supported my video card fully, I finally switched away from Mac OS X. Why? There are plenty of reasons, most of them related to my primary goal."
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Member since:2005-07-07
He should have written: I like Linux a lot, but I tried OS X anyway and I didn't like it because it isn't Linux.
Funny you put it like this. If you'd put it like this originaly, I would confirm your comment not attacked you. Hell, I would even mod you up if I would have damn mod points. You could even add "... it isn't Linux and shut the fsck up" and I would still agree.
Now, let me disect your original comment:)
I did my time on Windows, Linux and OS X. For me it's obvious OS X is the best desktop OS of those three.
This is generaly, not personally spoken. If you'd wanted to speak personally, then you should put something like this:
For me and my use OSX is the most suitable.
Every Linux distro looks like it's a messy collection of a bunch of beta software with a logo of the distro maker stuck on together with the reason why this one out of a thousand distro's does it all right.
Again, generaly spoken. Now look for example my side.
Please, do not be offended with this next part, it is merely trying to represent my point of view on your comment, not to insult you in any way.
While that might be truth from where you stand, I can assure you that I can't achieve as much conforming, uniform and well balanced system as on Linux distros (but real fact is that in my opinion OS9 was the most conforming and consistant OS of all, ever). It is all about personal choice. And the most messy OS? Definitely OSX. As I finally set up all the tools I need (and most of them were still crapped out. yes, using linux apps under x11 on OSX is crap worth) my desktop looked like holly damnation of the crappy rainbow (btw. I did first tried to find OSX equivalents of the apps I need, and whenever I did, I used that one, but that still wasn't enough to make a difference), not even two pieces of software looked similiar.
One could say you're not capable to set up Linux, then again one could say I'm not capable to set up OSX. On the other hand, what is the truth? You're probably most productive under OSX which seems to suit you best. I'm most productive under Linux, which seems to suit me best. Everyone got its own best, where best completely differs. And in the end all that it matters is that we both are happy. And this should be reason enough why one OS can't be better than other. Sooo,... Which is better, yours or mine? Answer is, neither when speaking for humanity. And yes, one is better when you look at this thing personally. But then again, speak like you did in this last comment of yours.
This is why I often ask people to stop speaking their opinion as general. Go trough my comments and you'll find out I never speak my version as humanity opinion, except in few comments where this really is general opinion or real state of the things.
And even this being so, I don't just attack everyone, I just attack posters that post "hollier than thou" like comments (like you did, rightfully accusing writer of the mistake, by repeating his mistake) but being just as guilty as the reasons for their post. Maybe you didn't ment it to be like it was, but you did it.
Fair enough?
Edited 2006-06-05 16:15
Member since:2005-07-18
I think "For me it's obvious OS X is the best desktop OS of those three" is clearly a personal opinion, because of the "for me" part at the beginning.
Now I do give you a point for claiming I generalised Linux distro's for being a messy collection. Ubuntu and SUSE aren't messy.
But I think things do become a little messy when you use Gnome and start using KDE apps or when you use KDE and install some Gapps. Simple things like a file requester start to differ from application to application. XMMS isn't Gnome or KDE, so it introduces its own file requester.
Install Ubuntu and only extra Gnome apps you start with a consistent system that stays consistent.
However there are (and have been) distro's that just fill your hard disk with 5 browsers, 4 e-mail clients, 7 news readers en 4 instant messengers. These kind of distro's are messy (IMHO). To attain this level of "choice" a lot of beta crap is included. Like I remember a version of SUSE where you had about 3 programs to control the sound volume.
I'm happy Ubuntu still manages to deliver a good functional system on only 1 CD.
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2005-07-18
Do, not take me wrong. I agree with your opinion that articles as such are unwanted, I don't agree with the way you put it out (your opinion as truth for population).
I don't think I stated my personal opinions as facts. In my personal opinion OS X is the more complete and better working desktop OS and in my personal opinion Linux distributions are collections of software sometimes dubious quality. Not to say some stuff is very good though, but it's never a unity.
There is one real solid fact and that is the author complaining that two different things aren't the same thing and he needs a couple of pages to do so. Now sometimes it's funny to read how an expert on System A makes a mess on System B, thinking it works just like System A, but this time the author really taking it out on OS X. And for what? For not being a Linux distro?
He should have written: I like Linux a lot, but I tried OS X anyway and I didn't like it because it isn't Linux.