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Post by donatj » Fri, Sep 19, 2014, 10:01 PM UTC

kasabali wrote: post #33

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Please don't downvote this. What is on debian today that you can't get on or don't like about OSX? I ask this as a former Linux die hard. What am I missing back in the Linux world these days? Also, One Note is killer isn't it? It is so much nicer than Evernote. I've loved One Note ever since the first time it shipped with Office. It's so great to see Microsoft porting their better apps to other platforms.

I can't (easily and reliably) get OS X to run on my non-Mac computer while Debian runs like a champion, this is what's missing from OS X :) Otherwise I would like to try it seriously as my main OS if I get a chance in the future. Heck, I even used Windows 7/8 for a few years and even they get good enough after installing Cygwin, so I can't think of any showstoppers that would make me dislike OS X. (Well, lack of the…

Post by kasabali » Fri, Sep 19, 2014, 10:03 PM UTC

ryanmarsh wrote: post #35

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I can't (easily and reliably) get OS X to run on my non-Mac computer while Debian runs like a champion, this is what's missing from OS X :) Otherwise I would like to try it seriously as my main OS if I get a chance in the future. Heck, I even used Windows 7/8 for a few years and even they get good enough after installing Cygwin, so I can't think of any showstoppers that would make me dislike OS X. (Well, lack of the…

If you have an iPad with a bluetooth keyboard OneNote is great on iOS. Also, thanks for the link to Cherry Tree. It looks cool.

Post by mserdarsanli » Fri, Sep 19, 2014, 10:16 PM UTC

ryanmarsh wrote: post #34

ryanmarsh wrote: post #26

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Please don't downvote this. What is on debian today that you can't get on or don't like about OSX? I ask this as a former Linux die hard. What am I missing back in the Linux world these days? Also, One Note is killer isn't it? It is so much nicer than Evernote. I've loved One Note ever since the first time it shipped with Office. It's so great to see Microsoft porting their better apps to other platforms.

and I got downvoted... sheesh HN.

Post by hristov » Fri, Sep 19, 2014, 10:22 PM UTC

ryanmarsh wrote: post #42

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Saying "please don't downvote this" does not immunise you from getting downvoted.

It was more like, "hey wait I'm not attacking Linux, just read the full comment". Didn't work.

Post by higherpurpose » Fri, Sep 19, 2014, 10:36 PM UTC

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How is that disheartening? The whole point of the Chromebook is to only use the web.

The fact that Google is starting to roll out the ability for Android apps to run as Chrome apps suggests that they are aware of the limitations of being "web only". It also stands to reason that if they're going to soon allow Android apps to run under ChromeOS, you should be able to develop them too, no? To boot, the Pixel's relatively decent hardware, high-res display, and touchscreen just seem like it would be idea…