A Linux User's OS X Experience
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A Linux User's OS X Experience
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Re: A Linux User's OS X Experience
#2I'm also an Arch user (not use Linux that much now, but my VMs and servers are all Arch, as well as my netbook before I tried to install Plan9 on it the hard way, now it's waiting for some OS) and OSX user. After reading what the OP wants from an operating system, then bashing OSX for not being that is like wanting a spoon, getting a knife and complaining about what a shitty spoon a knife is.
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#3I'm not quite sure what the point of this article is. He's quite clearly not the target market, and is shocked and enraged by this. This is clear right from the get-go:
>Be customisable. I want to be able to replace any part of the system I would like
So you're going to use a closed-source OS that's notorious for enforcing homogeneity wherever possible?
>Be transparent in its workings
Again, so you're going to use a closed-source OS?
He then complains about a lot of optional features that can be turned off in a few minutes (Gestures, SIP) and have clear use cases for the remaining 99% of the system's users. His complaints about SIP are particularly bizarre. It's obvious what the utility is, it's trivial to disable, and yet it's "the sort of decision that is endemic to a system which is designed to lock you into a software prison"?
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#4>But as a scientist and as a programmer, I will never understand why people enjoy such childish things.
This is why we end up with software that is painful to use.
Re: A Linux User's OS X Experience
#5I'm not quite sure what the point of this article is. He's quite clearly not the target market, and is shocked and enraged by this. This is clear right from the get-go: >Be customisable. I want to be able to replace any part of the system I would like So you're going to use a closed-source OS that's notorious for enforcing homogeneity wherever possible? >Be transparent in its workings Again, so you're going to use a…
Yeah, he seems to completely miss the idea that Macs are meant for the everyday person.. particularly with that can't modify system files bit.
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#6I'm not quite sure what the point of this article is. He's quite clearly not the target market, and is shocked and enraged by this. This is clear right from the get-go: >Be customisable. I want to be able to replace any part of the system I would like So you're going to use a closed-source OS that's notorious for enforcing homogeneity wherever possible? >Be transparent in its workings Again, so you're going to use a…
Yes, it's fairly obvious that the author wasn't go to like osx from the start. However, I really do appreciate him giving it a go for a week. It's mind-blowing how many supposedly open-minded people refuse to try something before knocking it. Seriously, this is Green Eggs and Ham level stuff: try it try it, and you may. But geeks are some of the most stubborn people out there. Good for him for giving it a whirl, even if it was inevitable that he was going to hate it.
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#7System doesn't conform to my biases, waaaaa, film at 11.
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#8For me OSX gives one very clear advantage over Linux. Time.
Running Linux I found myself constantly wasting time on fixing WiFi card drivers, etc after every update. I don't have time for that shit. A Macbook may be more expensive out of the box but the extra time I can spend on stuff that is important (and fun) is worth it.
Re: A Linux User's OS X Experience
#9For me OSX gives one very clear advantage over Linux. Time.
Running Linux I found myself constantly wasting time on fixing WiFi card drivers, etc after every update. I don't have time for that shit. A Macbook may be more expensive out of the box but the extra time I can spend on stuff that is important (and fun) is worth it.
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#10>But as a scientist and as a programmer, I will never understand why people enjoy such childish things. This is why we end up with software that is painful to use.
As a scientist, shouldn't he be all about trying to understand things as opposed to dismissing them outright?