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Old 25-09-2007, 05:45   #9 (permalink)
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Re: Linux - Is it a viable alternative?

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As a Unix hacker from wayyyy back, you'd think I'd be all for Linux. Well, I would be, if it weren't for Apple.

OS-X shows just how to integrate Unix with a really friendly GUI. What's more, it's well documented and pretty reliable (that'd be the FreeBSD underneath).
Amen!

Also - between Macports and Fink you can have JUST about any opensource app that the Linux kids are playing with. Plus they make Photoshop/etc for it..

I'd say I spend about 20-30% of my time at the command line. When I was using Windows full time I kept a FreeBSD server on my LAN and stayed telnettedinto that just so I had a proper shell environment..

If I have to use a Windows machine these days, Cygwin gets loaded on it...
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