How I ended up with Mac
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How I ended up with Mac
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Re: How I ended up with Mac
#2I just want to add, that once you want packages and such, for a tool chain,
you'll at least discover some problems, as there is a package anarchy out there
compared to GNU/Linux!
But http://macports.org has a solid repository of packages.
When it comes to "private packages" packages I have found outside repos, I do install
them as "account installs", that is ~/opt/bin, ~/opt/man/man1 .. and so on, so it is
easier to upgrade the OS, and less conflicts with the different packet managers.
Having said that, most things do work, and people are friendly and easy to reach.
Most GNU packages just work, shouldn't you find what you are looking for elsewhere.
I think Mac Os X, (or just OS X now adays), is the greatest platform for free software ever!
My reason for starting out with a Mac was Applescript (http://macscripter.net) and inter application communication IPC. I haven't regretted that a single day.
Re: How I ended up with Mac
#3This wasn't all that interesting until I read the authors name. Wow.
Re: How I ended up with Mac
#4I recently switched over to a MBP from using windows exclusively...ever. For the most part it is awesome, really love it. But not everything "just works" as people like to say.
The one thing that stands out to me the largest is A2DP, idk if this is exclusive to the MBP(late 2011) but it is simply broken. Works 1/2 the time and when it does the quality is horrible.
Another annoyance is theme engine is non existent.
My favorite is the trackpad + osx, such a pleasure to use compared to any other laptop.
With that said i love both windows & osx, each has there advantages.
Re: How I ended up with Mac
#5I recently switched over to a MBP from using windows exclusively...ever. For the most part it is awesome, really love it. But not everything "just works" as people like to say. The one thing that stands out to me the largest is A2DP, idk if this is exclusive to the MBP(late 2011) but it is simply broken. Works 1/2 the time and when it does the quality is horrible. Another annoyance is theme engine is non existent. My…
What does A2DP stand for? I've likely never used the feature personally.
Re: How I ended up with Mac
#6Trivia:
Miguel de Icaza (born c. 1972) is a Mexican free software programmer, best known for starting the GNOME and Mono projects.
Re: How I ended up with Mac
#7I'm always amused by these posts praising how everything just works on the Mac, and how it's so nice not having to worry about [annoying linux/windows stuff #351].
Am I really the only one blind to this effect ? I've used a mac. It's nice. But it "just works" only until you want to productively use Finder, or you want to connect to a Samba server, or you want to shuffle files with UTF-8 filenames around, or a dozen other things like that.
I suppose I'm just not the target market. But I would have expected someone like the author not to be in it either, so.. shrug
Re: How I ended up with Mac
#8>Once a virus got on your machine, that was pretty much it. And Microsoft wasn't doing much to stop the infestation. For a long time they didn't even see it as their problem. In retrospect, it was the computer equivalent of Three Mile Island or Chernobyl.
They want to protect users with Secure Boot, and still they get a lot of crap for it.
Remember Palladium? That would've stopped malware in its tracks. It was railed against big time, and later the same people gave rave reviews the iPad/iPhone more even though Apple implemented the Palladium spec pretty much to the letter.
Also, wasn't Miguel supposed to be Microsoft's shill or something for introducing Mono for Linux and pushing C# on Linux and Mac? Now here he is, selling a Mac!
Maybe he was just a technology lover all along!
I am sure the anti-Microsoft folks' heads are exploding with the contradictions!
Re: How I ended up with Mac
#9I recently switched over to a MBP from using windows exclusively...ever. For the most part it is awesome, really love it. But not everything "just works" as people like to say. The one thing that stands out to me the largest is A2DP, idk if this is exclusive to the MBP(late 2011) but it is simply broken. Works 1/2 the time and when it does the quality is horrible. Another annoyance is theme engine is non existent. My…
What does A2DP stand for? I've likely never used the feature personally.
Advance Audio Distribution Profile [1].
I actually had to look up the name, but it is a bluetooth profile for passing audio over bluetooth. I personally use it to connect my MBP to my audio system wirelessly. It barely works even when the distance between between the MBP and the receiver is less then 3 feet.
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth_profile#Advanced_Audi...
Re: How I ended up with Mac
#10I'm always amused by these posts praising how everything just works on the Mac, and how it's so nice not having to worry about [annoying linux/windows stuff #351]. Am I really the only one blind to this effect ? I've used a mac. It's nice. But it "just works" only until you want to productively use Finder, or you want to connect to a Samba server, or you want to shuffle files with UTF-8 filenames around, or a dozen o…
I too have switched from Linux to Mac in the last two years. Every OS has its annoyances, but the problems you describe are minor/few compared to the problems I experienced routinely on Linux.