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I didn't say you did. I was just making a general comment.

Macs are the computing equivalent of totalitarianism. Individual user freedom is crippled for the sake of the few...

Current annoyance: can't even read my iPhone lying down in bed because it's not possible to turn off autorotate (without jail-breaking). Unbelievable.

here's one for all you nerds http://www.cracked.com/funny-1039-linux/

Well, they all try to chain you to their system...

However, UPDATE:
I've installed Linux on my netbook. All by myself! And it works! And it's the best I've ever had! It has exactly what I love about Mac OS X, but it's free, it has all the features I want pre-installed, and it works on every hardware.

maybe I need educatin' Eva, I am open to convertion

If you're tempted to try it out, you could install a Linux on a virtual machine -- Virtual Box has a Mac version...

James Blast wrote:maybe I need educatin' Eva, I am open to convertion

Not necessarily, James. I'm still very happy with my mac iBook G4. And if it ever broke down (it's already a granny now), I'd probably go and get a mac again. Cause, as we said before, they're cute, their system is the most userfriendly we've ever seen, and if you work with graphic design stuff, they're the best thing. Besides, we all hate to change habits, don't we?

BUT: If you're tired with macs, or want a netbook, or just want to be a free and independent soul, then Linux is the answer. You'll love it! As Mark said, try it out. Easiest option: Download Linux Ubuntu 9.10 somewhere, burn it as an image disc (it tells you how) onto a dvd and start your mac from that dvd. Then you get the choice to try it out as if you had it already installed. If you like it, you can even install it on a separate partition besides Mac OS X.

It really is a very friendly thing. It just doesn't look quite as nice as our beloved Leopard, but it looks much nicer than any given *cough* windows *spit* *rinse mouth*. And it requires way less "working memory" space than Vista. Plus: There are additional packages for every specialist's needs: Graphic centered, music centered, etc. - All in all it is a league of its own.

Thankee!

At uni, the Physics department put on a course this year "C Programming in Linux", in which we learn very basic C, and how to use Ubuntu from scratch.

I'll say it now, if you're not used to using a command line interface, it may take a little while to get used to Linux. A lot of things are done using the Terminal (for Windows users, the same sorta thing as Command Prompt).
HOWEVER, there is so much help for this online, including idiot-proof step-by-step instructions which have helped me no end.

I still have Vista on my machine, because there are one or two programs which don't like Linux (though protip: there is some software called WINE, which you can use to try and run Windows applications. Doesn't always work, but does fairly often) but I have barely gone back to it.

@Uncle Blast - next time I'm over, remind me, and I'll bring my laptop, and show you. Having used OSX, Vista and Ubuntu, this is easily my favourite OS.

Also, my battery life is nearly double what it was using Windows, and my startup/shutdown time quartered. Go fig, gents.

Dark wrote:Having used OSX, Vista and Ubuntu, this is easily my favourite OS.

Kubuntu's even better - the KDE desktop is much slicker than Gnome

I used that at first, but it had issues with my display drivers.

Update: Even Eggi installed it on his laptop now and threw Vista out.... hehehehe....

lazarus corporation wrote: the KDE desktop is much slicker than Gnome

There are ideological reasons to go for Gnome over KDE though, it's more true to the "Free Software" ideal.

Although how much mileage you can make from that is debatable