On Tuesday 26 April 2005 04:45, Ed Sutherland wrote: > Andrew Mason wrote: > >Hi Jeff, > >Just wondering what your motivation for running Linux was in the first > > place? > > > >Unless your on an older machine (which wont run OSX), or most of the > >applications you run are X11 or you want a non-proprietary system, then > > Linux on a PPC system may not be the ideal thing for you. On an X86 > > machine of course there are a whole load more incentives :) > > Speaking as an old Linux-on-Mac hand, I will say that Linux on the PPC > and Linux on x86 are like night and day. The desktop Linux experience is > more rewarding on an old Dell or whatever, than on a recent Mac. While > I'm on an Intel machine for the next while, the next chance I get, I'll > be back with a Mac mini. ;) > > While Linux is cool, makes the anti-proprietary rabble warm and fuzzy, > and does rejuvenate computers likely otherwise to be thrown on the scrap > heap, people should not hang their head in shame if they prefer one of > the major desktop operating systems.
Absolutely. Linux, *BSD etc.. are about choice. If Linux isn't your thing then at least you've tried it to know. > Ed > > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-newbie mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie _______________________________________________ yellowdog-newbie mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie
