Comments on: Hatin' on Linux

By: Omega plus one

Omega plus one — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:22:18 +0000

I find OS X to be much “cleaner” than Windows and better thought out (in GUI terms at least) than Linux/GNOME. GNOME has a “not quite finished” feel that I find exhausting after extended usage. My only complaint with OS X is the Dock, a Nextstep holdover that’s always getting in the way of drag-boxes.
(I wish Mac and PC weren’t still referred to as if they were different platforms, when current Macs are identical to current PCs apart from EFI and a few minor hardware tweaks. Comparisons of the two are largely comparisons of OS X to XP/Vista/Linux et al, not of two distinct hardware designs as they were before 2005.)

By: Thomas Mailund

Thomas Mailund — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:46:03 +0000

Well, to be completely fair, I’m likely to complain just as much about my Mac once I start using it full time and stress it a bit more

By: razib

razib — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:41:48 +0000

It has been my OS of choice since 1995 and until spring this year when I got a Mac
that’s what makes your complaints more important. and you ain’t grandma….

By: Thomas Mailund

Thomas Mailund — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:39:58 +0000

Hehe, this post is getting way more attention that I had anticipated. Or wanted, really.
I must have touched a nerve here, ’cause clearly a lot of people feel strongly for Linux.
I had just had to reboot for the second time this morning and was angry as hell, so I just had to let off steam, which I did in the post.
I’m not really a Linux hater, I promise
It has been my OS of choice since 1995 and until spring this year when I got a Mac. In all that time, I haven’t had that many problems with it.
Now, obviously, I have, but the post is perhaps a bit stronger on that, than what I really feel when I have cooled down.