Thursday, July 10, 2008
Linux Haters Blog, Hackintosh
I read the linux haters blog. Seriously... I went and read every post. I've been a Linux fan for years, but not always a user. I had seriously hoped to move more toward being a user, but reading this made me rethink a lot.I had a recent frustration, which I have since resolved, but in the time that it took, I acquired an Apple PowerBook G4. I now remember every reason I used a Mac before. Stuff just works. Then I used it some more, and wanted to do some stuff, and remembered why I quit using Macs... Everything costs money.The question isn't really whether it is worth the money, but rather, whether I have it to spend. Linux has costs too, mostly time. I'm short on both money and time these days, so it can be hard to decide if I should let either dictate my OS of choice.I'm going to try building a hackintosh, Maybe then I can really evaluate whether I need that Mac Pro tower. Well, no... not really, I don't need it. But, I would like to experience some of the OS X goodness on some higher end hardware... and all my high-end hardware isn't Apple branded... so there. Worst case scenario, I lose some more time, and end up back on Linux, looking for marginal programs to do things that I could just pay money and get good applications for on Windows or OS X, right?
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Regarding the above and comments on my blog, I know what you mean but I'd rather work at creating a Free software system that works (so that everyone can benefit, not just rich people of the developed nations) than keep on paying oodles of cash to a single company. But I DO know what you mean about stuff breaking. I'd be interested to know what Linux distributions you have been using. Fedora breaks from time to time but I enjoy learning about how to fix it. Centos is rock-solid, as is Debian.
@ Christopher Brown:
Fedora has pretty much been my mainstay. I first tried Slackware back in 1995, then RedHat Linux until they stopped boxing it. My first real Fedora experience was with 7. In that gap between RH9.0 and Fedora 7, I did mostly Windows and Mac OS X.
I did do a couple of quick trials with Ubuntu and openSUSE recently, but I dig Fedora's philosophy. As you mention... freedom for everyone, not just the people who can afford to choose to pay for what they want.
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