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On Sat, Jun 04, 2011 at 05:10:01AM +0200, Stroller wrote: |
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> Part of my post that you chose not to quote was "I'd be the first to admit that Macs have flaws." |
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> All desktops / UIs / operating-systems are a compromise. I don't believe any of them are perfect. |
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> Last time I used Linux on the desktop (in ernest) I had some dreadful problems with KDE crashing or failing to open under certain circumstances, which I found frustrating and impossible to overcome. That was several years ago, and no-one on the mailing list or Usenet group I tried was able to help; I don't think I knew at the time to try the KDE mailing list. |
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That's not a problem with Linux, it's a problem with kde. |
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That's once of the reasons I strongly dislike kde4 BTW -- with kde3 most |
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windows users were impressed and easily switched. As you found (and as we see |
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daily on this list), kde4 has yet to achieve that level of carefree stability. |
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People whose first experience with *nix involves kde4 are bound to come |
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away relieved they have windows to go back to! |
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> Currently the biggest thing holding me back from giving Linux another good chance to prove itself to me is basically that Mac OS X is "good enough" for me. |
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Low standards, or perhaps you just value "other things"? |
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Does Apple Mail give you the option of wrapping text at a sensible |
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number of characters? Perhaps it's just your settings... |
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> One concern about using Linux on the desktop is that I don't think the apps will be as good or as polished as the ones I use currently |
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Never understood the obsession with "polish". |
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Either it works properly or it doesn't. The "polishing" Apple |
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delivers always seems to end in me looking at a blnding box of light |
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with the only recourse being to dim *everything*, invert colors on |
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*everything*, or wear shades. Incredibly annoying, and not my idea of |
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"polished" at all (then again, I genuinely don't see why anyone would |
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buy 100 watt light bulbs other than for industrial use). Apparently Apple |
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doesn't give a rat's behind about accessibility issues. |
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"Imperfect physical specimens need not apply" is what Jobs would |
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probably say if he were honest. Disability is *so* uncool... |
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Another is that (I believe) gestures are not supported in present window managers - presently I can pinch outwards with two fingers to zoom in on an image, or I can swipe with 4 fingers to show an overview of my virtual desktops and open windows. Spreading all 5 fingers shows me the desktop. So I don't like mice, and I was getting pissed off with cleaning my trackball on a daily basis (the ball kinda gets all clogged and slow) … it's hard to find a device with as many buttons as I can make trackpad gestures. |
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You have a keyboard, why the need to "pinch" something? :) |
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> Nevertheless, there are some things I agree are absolutely shit about OS X. |
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Yes, like FINDER (actually makes windows explorer look almost reasonable), |
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utter crap security, xnu, and Jobs' stupid obsession with microkernels. |
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The Mac Defender fiasco is the beginning of the end. |
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A similar thing happened with the original Mac OS, and within two years |
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there were hundred of malware instances just like windows. |
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Apple is more interested in design than in engineering, it's been their |
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downfall before. |
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You say OS X is "good enough" |
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I say you've got some mighty low standards. |
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