"A friend of mine phoned to ask if I thought he should install Ubuntu Linux on his Macs - a 1.33 GHz G4 iBook currently running OS X 10.4 Tiger and a 1.25 GHz Power Mac G4 tower with OS X 10.3 Panther installed. My friend had read a feature in the local newspaper extolling the virtues of Ubuntu Linux and thought it sounded interesting. Does Ubuntu Linux make any sense for Macintosh users? In my friend's case, I would say no, and I did." My take: I wrote about this subject earlier.
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Member since:2005-09-02
Fair comment, and I agree---these sorts of articles, where there is sensible user feedback, do indeed help to highlight certain issues for developers. But bear in mind that "desktop-ready" is a fairly relative term. For some people, such as myself, OSX is not nearly as desktop-ready as Ubuntu, because the things I use my desktop for are quite different, and I have different expectations of it than OSX was designed for. For example, even the look of OSX is grating to me; I much prefer Gnome, and would never switch.
Naturally, given that I'm a geek, I will always find OSX nothing but restricting. Hence, Ubuntu is a much better desktop for me. That doesn't mean it's better for other people, and maybe it's not even better for most people when compared to OSX (compared to Windows is another story). Just bear in mind that desktop-readiness isn't a solid line you can differentiate.
Member since:2005-07-06
Sometimes you need tough love. Horrible, and nobody wants to have reponsibility in the age of the Internet. The more times linux users discover that linux isn't as desktop ready as it is often touted to be, then the faster that situation will improve. Blindly ignoring those few large bumps in desktop linux, in the name of zealously will get them nowhere.
Linux has more networking apps is modular and more important has repositories.No more endless hunting for apps and digging through ad banners and such.
But i sincerly believe in the saying:"The right tool for the job".If i ware an professional photographer,musician,graphics artist i would most likely have a mac pro (desktop!).Now i code and use networking apps,linux is heaven.
It all depends on what you want and or need,your mileage may vary.Linux has allways been ready just not for everyone.The same can be said for every other OS that exists today.
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2005-11-10
Sometimes you need tough love. Horrible, and nobody wants to have reponsibility in the age of the Internet. The more times linux users discover that linux isn't as desktop ready as it is often touted to be, then the faster that situation will improve. Blindly ignoring those few large bumps in desktop linux, in the name of zealously will get them nowhere.
I feel that, however, I am discrediting those fine volunteers who work without zealousy on the solution of desktop linux, the meek shall inherit the earth.