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[News] Programmer Tries a Mac, But Says GNU/Linux is Better for Programming

  • Subject: [News] Programmer Tries a Mac, But Says GNU/Linux is Better for Programming
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:52:38 +0000
  • Followup-to: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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Linux: still better for coding

,----[ Quote ]
| Something like one year ago I switched from 
| Linux to Mac OS X. It was not an easy switch 
| if you think that my desktop on Linux used 
| to be this one, that is, just fvmw2 with a 
| minimal configuration, super fast virtual 
| desktop, border-less windows. 
| 
| [...]
| 
| The strength of Linux, or why Mac OS X is 
| weak as development environment
`----

http://antirez.com/post/linux-better-for-coding.html

*Real* work is done on GNU/Linux.


Recent:

My Free Choice to Move to Linux

,----[ Quote ]
| Until about 5 weeks ago.
|
| I had suddenly felt the urge to drop Vista and stop using OS X.  And I did.
| Here were my reasons why:
|
|    1. Macs are more expensive in the long-run. Sticking with OS X means
|    sticking with premium-priced Apple hardware.  I know there
|    are âhackintoshesâ (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 âsaves on timeâ.  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 thatâs already
|    using ReadyBoost.
|    3. Linux was interesting to try. Free software. Community-driven and
|    supported. Great performance (at least thatâs what I had read).  Stable
|    software.
`----

http://opendaily.wordpress.com/2009/06/14/my-free-choice-to-move-to-linux/


Run your Linux like a Mac

,----[ Quote ]
| LINUX users who want to run their computers so that they look like Macs can
| pick up this Mac4Lin distribution here.
`----

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

,----[ Quote ]
| 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.
`----

http://lifehacker.com/5290955/mac4lin-gives-linux-desktops-the-complete-mac-look


10 things Linux does better than OS X

,----[ Quote ]
| #1: Flexibility
|
| [...]
|
| #2: Open source
|
| [...]
|
| #3: Command line
|
| [...]
|
| #4: Hardware requirements
|
| [...]
|
| #5: Security
|
| [...]
|
| 6. Portability
|
| [...]
|
| #7: Cost
|
| [...]
|
| #8: More available software
|
| [...]
|
| #9: Not so dumbed-down
|
| [...]
|
| #10: Keyboard efficiency
`----

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=461


Moving from Mac to Ubuntu: Why Iâm switching

,----[ Quote ]
| Why Iâm leaving Mac
|
|    1. Crap file management.The Finder doesnât 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 canât 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 youâre using is on the second monitor.
|           * the date/time doesnât open to a navigable calendar. I often use
|           this to check dates in the past or future.
|           * you canât 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.
`----

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.
`----

http://diderotsdiary.iannelli.us/2008/12/mac-devotee-looks-at-ubuntu-810.html


Ubuntu on an iBook

,----[ Quote ]
| 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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