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I do not currently use Linux and never have. However I know a little
about it and support them. Maybe oneday I'll stick it on a computer.

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I was going to vote twice. I have Mac OSX on my new laptop (got it for
Christmas). I'm moving everything from my old PC to that. At work I
still use Windows 2000, and my home machine also has Windows 2000.

For those that didn't know, Mac OSX runs on top of Unix.

"Linux" contains "uni" spelled backward. But in Unix it's spelled the
right way.

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What if we have more than one computer? 🙂

I think I can have every option there except for the Mac.

Must try harder 😉

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I run the MS OS's....... I really don't have time to mess with Linux
although I'd be interested in getting in depth with it. But I make my
living in a microsoft environment.

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I use Windows XP and I really love it. However, I am constantly being
bombarded with Mac propaganda from my instructors at college and from
the cheesy Mac lifestyle ads at apple.com. I'm what you would call "Mac
curious". I'd love to give OSX a try. I've only used OS9 so far, and my
biggest problem is the little things like managing the different
applications on the desktop. In Windows, you can see everything you have
running on the task bar. Also, I'm not up on the Mac keyboard shortcuts,
so that tends to slow me down some.

Secretly, I'd love to get an ibook, but I'd really like to work with OSX
first.

Joe

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I have run all different distros of linux, and I also use Windows XP
(for photoshop and bryce)

I've used Slackware, Gentoo, Mandrake, Red Hat, Vector Linux, Arch
Linux, College Linux, Fedora Core 1, SuSe, Lycoris, Ice Pack Linux, and
Turbo Linux. I have also used live linux distributions such as Knoppix,
Slax, PHLAK, Damn Small Linux, F.I.R.E., and Knoppix STD.

I've used Mac OSX as well, and I found it to be something fun to play
with, but I wouldn't like to use it as a main OS.

I saw "BSP" as an option, I assume you mean BSD? I haven't used BSD yet,
but I'd like to try FreeBSD in the future.

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I'm an old unix hack from way back to the AT&T Unix days. Now I run
FreeBSD unix exclusively on my personal computer and my daughter has a
Mac OSX laptop which, as John pointed out, runs a BSD derivitive of
unix. I also support a lot of unix boxes. However, as odd as this may
seem, I don't do a whole lot with Linux or System V in general.

I even sport some BSD Unix on my highly modified 'KH24'
(http://gallery.unicyclist.com/albuq88).

Cheers,
Jason

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I've worked with Unix for fifteen years and Linux for about ten. I did
all of my Masters thesis on a Linux platform. Great OS - stable, compact
and secure with powerful built in utilities, but is not as easy to use
as XP. If you program it rocks.

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zod said:

*But I make my living in a microsoft environment.*

Solaris and LynxOS all the way, babyyyy!

I have Slackware installed at home from my degree project last year, but
I hardly ever use it now. Windows 2000 is my main OS here.

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First dipped my toes into Linux over 2 years ago, now I use it on my
desktop everyday for just about everything. Surfing the web, e-mails,
playing music and movies...

My main desktop PC can still "dual boot" into Windows 98 for the odd
game playing session, but my laptop only runs Linux and nothing else.

If you're curious to see what Linux is like (and you have a CD writer) I
strongly recommend 'Knoppix'
(http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html). This allows you to try
out a typical Linux desktop system simply by booting the Live CD; it
never touches your hard drive at all and can set itself up to work with
most PC hardware straight away.

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Mojoe said:

*I'm what you would call "Mac curious".*

I was for years. But I think I'm lucky I never really got into it until
OSX. It's much nicer than the previous versions.

Quoted message said:

*In Windows, you can see everything you have running on the task bar.
Also, I'm not up on the Mac keyboard shortcuts, so that tends to slow
me down some.*

OSX has an equivalent of the Taskbar, showing everything running. But
their concept of an "open" program is a little different. ALT+TAB is
there, but it also works a little different. It's a little frustrating
but I'm gradually getting more comfortable with it.

For keyboard shortcuts, Ctrl = Command. Remember that and the majority
of keyboard shortcuts are already translated. Your hand just has to get
used to defaulting to that Command key.

The Mac is designed to be more user-friendly for "normal" people,
allowing them to get things done without having to become experts. I
think the more of a techie you are, the less you will like OSX, unless
you're into Unix, which is a whole different story. What you *do* get
with OSX is a lot of well-integrated software, designed with your tasks
in mind. You can do a lot of cool stuff with a lot less learning,
reading, and experiementing like you'd typically have to do with
powerful Windows software.

What you *don't* get are the huge choices of software and hardware.
Hardware for the Mac is usually very good to excellent, and usually a
little pricey as well. Software is less abundant. I'm disappointed I
haven't been able to find a good equivalent to the ThumbsPlus program I
use in Windows to manage my zillions of images. So far I'm working with
ACDsee and iView Media Pro. If they were one program, I'd be very happy.
But each is missing a few little features ThumbsPlus has...

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I am in the process of remastering Knoppix/Feather-Linux to include MANY
features like loopback encryption, video caputure, and a FULLY
functional browser.

Currently, I use Suse 9.0, 8.2, and 9.1 and have used Redhat in the
past. I am excited about building an OS that runs from (and be easily
installed from) CD for *daily* use. Imagine being able to take your OS
and configurations anywhere!

I realized that there are only a few core tasks that I do with a
computer, and it doesn't take a "fully blown" installed OS to meet my
needs and there will be durability benefits (like not worrying about
hackers, crashed filesystems, or ftp updates).

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I wish I could vote for three systems. My home computers are Macs,
because OSX is so rugged and easy to use. I have a G-4 laptop for email
and general office stuff and a dual G5 monster for numerical
simulations, software development and watching DVDs (I don't have a TV).
The G5 screen is absolutely AMAZING because Apple's main market are
graphics professionals. Apple would have lost that market if their
screens were just OK.

I do most of my work on Windows machines because I have to. My day-job
hands out Windows 2000 as general stock, and my consulting laptop uses
Windows XP Professional because I have to run MathCad and a few other
Windows-Only packages. I hate both of them. They're hard to use and
kinda flakey. The last "update" Microsoft sent permanently damaged the
OS. It scrambles memory sticks and won't work on the WiFi network any
more. I'm tired of wasting my time trying to fix it.

I also program in Java on a net of linux machines in the lab. Wonderful
stuff, Linux. I'm seriously thinking of converting my consulting laptop
to Linux and running MathCad on Wine so I can take advantage of the cool
Linux user interface, but I'm no OS guru. The guys at the lab keep
offering to set my machine up. Someday I'll take them up on that offer.

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Laptop Name: Tiny God. OS installed: Gentoo Linux.

I still have Windows XP installed on my desktop box, but I don't know
why... all it seems to have been doing the last 6 months is using up my
40G hard drive. I also have Gentoo on it, and that's what runs 99% of
the time, except for the odd Counterstrike or Freelancer game.

I enjoy Linux's reliability, cost, performance, and the fact that I can
make it look as pretty or ugly as I want. It just rocks.

Sure, it can be a pain to learn how to use, and depending on the distro
you use it can be easier or harder than Windows for most things (Rock
Linux anyone?) but if all of us here took the easy way, we be reading
Rec.Sport.Bicycling instead 😉

My name is Nick, and I've been a Linux [censored] for 7 years now. (Since
RedHat 6.2).

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johnfoss said:

For those that didn't know, Mac OSX runs on top of Unix.

Hmm...

Technically, Mac OS X includes BSD Unix functionality within a MACH
2.5/BSD derived Operating System (derived from NextStep and OpenStep).
The user interface is build on top of Darwin, the combination of the
Mach microkernel, a BSD kernel grafted into Mach, and the IOKit
services. It is a different beast than straight BSD Unix.

Ken

I LIKE Linux a lot more than Windows, and Mandrake 10 is pretty cool,
but I still use Windows for my main OS.

The main reason is that I can do everything I need in Windows, but not
everything (like gaming) in Linux.

Sure, Linux is a lot more customizable, better-looking, more secure,
more user-friendly (or so I believe) than Windows, but I don't see the
need for two OSes when I only really need to use one.

I like Linux, so I may load Mandrake 10 back onto this comp sometime,
but for now Windows XP is doing the trick.

BTW, Open Source still pwnz j00. :p

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I like to play games and mac as you probly know is not really a gaming
system. Linux I would like to use sometime can have some games played on
it like Unreal Tornament 2004.

funny video on mac gamers
http://webdev.o1.com/rvb/movies/switch/RvB_switch.mov right click save
as

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Quoted message said:

Laptop Name: Tiny God. OS installed: Gentoo Linux.

Heh, thats a fitting name if I've ever heard one.

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fleshflower said:

*I have been wondering about something. Is is a coincidence that I am
a Linux user, and I ride the unicycle?*

My sources say yes.

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