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My Free Choice to Move to Linux
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| Until about 5 weeks ago.
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| I had suddenly felt the urge to drop Vista and stop using OS X. And I did.
| Here were my reasons why:
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| 1. Macs are more expensive in the long-run. Sticking with OS X means
| sticking with premium-priced Apple hardware. I know there
| are “hackintoshes” (e.g. ways to run OS X on non-Apple hardware), but I
| would not rely on those hackintoshes as my main machine. I also
| understand the argument that one “saves on time”. Conceptually, that
| makes sense.
| 2. Vista is just slow. Resource-hog. Annoying pop-ups. I used Vista
| Business on my Lenovo Thinkpad X200 and while it was an decent experience,
| it was still too slow. Especially compared to XP. And that’s already
| using ReadyBoost.
| 3. Linux was interesting to try. Free software. Community-driven and
| supported. Great performance (at least that’s what I had read). Stable
| software.
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http://opendaily.wordpress.com/2009/06/14/my-free-choice-to-move-to-linux/
Recent:
Run your Linux like a Mac
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| LINUX users who want to run their computers so that they look like Macs can
| pick up this Mac4Lin distribution here.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1271790/run-linux-mac
Mac4Lin 1.0 is out!
http://nancib.wordpress.com/2009/06/14/mac4lin-1-0-is-out/
Mac4Lin Gives Linux Desktops the Complete Mac Look
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| Linux: Mac4Lin, a package of skins, wallpapers, icons, and interface
| refinements that brings a completist Mac look to Linux with an automated
| installation, has reached the 1.0 stage with an impressive array of features.
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http://lifehacker.com/5290955/mac4lin-gives-linux-desktops-the-complete-mac-look
10 things Linux does better than OS X
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| #1: Flexibility
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| #2: Open source
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| #3: Command line
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| #4: Hardware requirements
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| #5: Security
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| 6. Portability
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| #7: Cost
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| #8: More available software
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| #9: Not so dumbed-down
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| #10: Keyboard efficiency
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http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=461
Moving from Mac to Ubuntu: Why I’m switching
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| Why I’m leaving Mac
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| 1. Crap file management.The Finder doesn’t work for me. No location bar
| and no tree strucure side panel makes it difficult to navigate folders and
| move files around the way I want to.
| 2. Insufficient panels & customization. In Ubuntu I can have as many
| panels I want, can put all kinds of stuff on them, and can arrange them
| however I want. In OSX You just have the dock, and you can really only put
| applications or files on them, and you can’t even put in a separator to
| keep them organized.
| 3. Various other annoyances. Such as:
| * program menus are glued to the top of the screen on one monitor
| only, which detaches them from the window. This is especailly
| annoying when the program you’re using is on the second monitor.
| * the date/time doesn’t open to a navigable calendar. I often use
| this to check dates in the past or future.
| * you can’t see hidden files unless you run a command from the
| terminal to turn them on. Thus, hidden files are either always on
| or always off.
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http://meganmcdermott.com/2008/08/29/moving-mac-ubuntu-switching/
A Mac Devotee Looks at Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex"
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| If Apple came out with a netbook, I'd be tempted to choose it over a
| Linux-based netbook for a variety of reasons. One of them is that it would
| slot into our Mac-centric home network (mostly in terms of syncing and
| existing software) more easily. Another is that I've been more blown away by
| the iPod Touch than I ever thought I could be, and an Apple netbook might
| have the same effect. Today, however, that choice doesn't exist and won't for
| the forseeable future, and as my shoulders and back start to ache and cramp
| from the time spent in front of a desktop writing overlong blog posts, an
| Ubuntu netbook continues to be an increasingly attractive option.
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http://diderotsdiary.iannelli.us/2008/12/mac-devotee-looks-at-ubuntu-810.html
Ubuntu on an iBook
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| I started by backing up my information. Everything, everything - including
| the System Folder. I used Disk Copy to image everything in around 600 MB
| chunks so that I could burn them to a CD.
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http://linuxtidbits.wordpress.com/2008/11/28/ubuntu-on-an-ibook/
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