village lass, pure as a mountain stream no expensive tastes....sounds like slackware to me :>
-----Original Message----- From: Kiggundu Mukasa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: LUG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 24 Jun 2003 09:24:42 +0300 Subject: Re: lug_: Linux will pass Mac OS X next year > The slut in you just comes shining through, dumping good women for > faster ones with more makeup? :=) :=) > > Me I shall stick to the village lass, pure as a mountain stream, and > does all I need without the expensive tastes > > How can you argue with 3000 + gnu apps while only a handful have been > converted to MacOS X. > > Running Win4Lin will give me Windows, although I don't see why. The > only reason for a Mac is that wicked processor!!!! > > I wish there were more distributions that carried linux versions for > that processor, I would then switch in a heartbeat, erase OS X and > install my village lass :=) > > Kiggs > > On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 09:07, Paul Bagyenda wrote: > > > Kiggs, > > > > > > I have tried very hard to show you the light, but like most old dogs > > you refuse to learn new things! > > > > > > The only advantage for Linux-on-desktop over MacOS X is price, and > > even that is not significant. Apart from that, every true geek wants > a > > MacOS X machine under their fingertips. As one who switched in Jan > > this year after 3 or so years as a Linux desktop user, I can tell you > > it has been pleasurable all the way. You get everything one gets on > > Linux/Windows, and better eye candy: I get MS Office vX, I get 3 > > browsers (Safar, IE 5.2 and Mozilla), I have all the Unix toys -- X > > Windows, vi, bash, PostgreSQL, emacs, Apache -- and I have Windows > > XP running under VirtualPC, for those times when Windows is required. > > > > > > And the Apple software is a joy to work with: Apple Mail is so clean > > and fast and has such a powerful built-in junk buster, it integrates > > beautifully with the Addressbook application, iTunes the music player > > is so nicely put together, the list goes on. > > > > > > And we haven't even started talking hardware -- oh! Any one out there > > who can do DVD playback on a Linux or Windows laptop for 2 1/2 hours > > -- on battery -- give me a call! > > > > > > So, Linux on desktop, last I checked, is improving greatly each > > passing day, and the numbers will be good if only because of Linux's > > growing market share. But MacOS X will beat the pants off Linux in > > useability for years to come, particularly now that they've done the > > Unix core thing. > > > > > > I am too sold. Linux is still very much the old girlfriend: she was > > good, very good, but wasn't quite good enough to keep around when > the > > next one came around. > > > > > > P. > > > > > > On Tuesday, Jun 24, 2003, at 08:32 Africa/Kampala, Kiggundu Mukasa > > wrote: > > > > > > > <excerpt><underline><color><param>0000,6666,0000</param>http://slate.ms > n.com/id/2084727/ > > > > > > </color></underline><italic>Business Week</italic> columnist Alex > > Salkever <underline><color><param>1999,1999,FFFF</param>dropped the > > bomb</color></underline> last week that next year, "Linux should pass > > Apple in market share for desktop operating systems on computers." > > > > > > </excerpt><<image.tiff> > > > > <excerpt> > > > > </excerpt> > > -- > **************** ***************************** > Kiggundu Mukasa # Computer Network > Consultancy### > KYM-NET LTD. # Intranets & Internet > Solutions# > House 73 # Data Communication Service > #### > Plot 80 kanjokya Street > P.O. Box 173 Kampala, Uganda > Tel: +256 77 972255 > +256 71 221141 > Fax: +256 31 262122 > *********************************************************************** > ** >
