dpaanlka said:
I thought the smiley gave it away as me being cheeky. I was well aware of what he meant. I didn't mean to be mean.
Well, it's my experience that that would be a pretty ridiculous argument to try and make, and I've never met anybody in real life (as in, outside of forums) that tried to make it. Of course some small minority always thinks one inferior thing or idea is better than something that is clearly better, like GEOs and BMWs. There's a crazy cult out there that argues the Amish school girls deserved to die, and goes around on the news saying that. Should I respect their argument too?
I cannot possibly see how anybody could try to tell me that Linux is a comparable end-user desktop OS to Mac OS X, or for that matter even comparable to Windows. That is just... wishful thinking and denial wrapped together to form one creepy mindset that is just too geeky for my taste.
While I realize that Linux can perform some tasks satisfactorily similar to Windows and OS X, as a whole it isn't really that great of an OS to work with, especially for non-technical people, as I've come to realize with a few of my non-technical friends who I have running Ubuntu.
Honestly I think the Enlightenment window manager is far superior to the dock and the OS X window manager. I'm not saying as a whole here, but it supports two major features I find missing in OS X that I dearly miss.
1) I can hold ALT+CLICK and drag a window to move it, no matter where I click in the window. Much easier than going to the title bar in OS X.
2) I can hold CONTROL+CLICK and drag the mouse to resize a window, no matter where I click in the window. Much easier than going to the one tiny corner to resize a window in OS X.
As someone who grew up using the command line, I am comfortable there and thus it is much more powerful to me. I never said everyone will be, but there are people out there that find Linux and FreeBSD to be superior in terms of usefulness. OS X gives me a nice alternataive, easier configuration (most of the time) and the command line I know and love.
There are trade-offs with either system. You're obviously looking at it as a desktop user experience. I am a developer, I like messing with things under the hood. Can't do much of that in OS X, but I can do just about anything with Linux or FreeBSD.
If you haven't, Ubuntu Linux is probably the easiest install I have ever seen. Even easier than OS X.
Trust me, your single opinion based on probably very little usage, if any, isn't going to argue with someone who used it for years and convince me that you're right.
I was quite happy in Linux land for years, I wanted a nice laptop that allowed me to do a lot of different things and still be able to run Word... thus, I bought my first MAC... ha... how do you like them apples?
I am thoroughly happy with it, and I just added a big brother to the line up with a Mac Pro on the way. But you can't tell me it isn't a better user experience if you've never used it. It just so happens that OS X is a nice "median" for me... for others Linux or FreeBSD will be the better choice. For others, OS X. We have choice here... choice is good, how would you feel if your only option was Windows? not much of an option is it? Different operating systems work for different people... and Linux has a big enough following to have huge companies behind it... bigger than Apple. Obviously millions can't be wrong on their choice of what is better for them now can they?
