On Sun, Mar 11, 2007 at 03:41:26AM -0500, Doug Smith wrote:
> With linux I like the availability of a very powerful command line (bash
> among
> others), the stability(my computer has been on for 20 days 14 hours 5
> minutes), freedom from viruses, and with enough effort it can be configured
> anyway you want.
This is true of OS X as well.
> What I don't like about it is the less that complete support
> from vendors for hardware and installing hardware and programs can be much
> harder in Linux. KDE doesn't handle fonts as well as ms windows. Open office
> still isn't as good a word processor as MS Word is, or least for me. There is
> also a for the lack of a better word a 'nerdiness' to linux world that isn't
> necessary. The supporters tend to be zealots that turn me off. They adopt the
> attitude of "If you would spend 15 days RTFM then you would be asking this
> question"
None of this is true of OS X.
I'm a Unix geek. That's why I run a Mac.
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