Realistically it takes what system requirements? How much memory?
Which version (distro I guess you call them) of Linux are you running?
Thanks
Any modern machine should be happy with most distros. The favorites are Ubuntu, SUSE, Mandriva, and Redhat in about that order currently. The cost of playing with any one of them is “FREE” except for the time investment.
Now let’s be VERY honest here. Mac OSX is a Unix derivative just like Linux is. It’s base architecture runs on a “Microkernel” that came originally from Jobs’ Next computers. (Yeah I know Mach didn’t originate with Next...it just got to Apple that way.) Linux is internally very different from OSX, but they have the same basic API as far as running software which is based on Unix. The big difference is really the GUI and the apps you get with each.
The GUI in the MAC is more consistant in how it operates. I don’t happen to care for it - but that is a personal preference. There are multiple GUI’s available for Linux - each with it’s strengths and weaknesses. Most people like either KDE or Gnome.
Now the one thing I REALLY take exception to is the Volunteer User support available for the MAC. I think the Linux world has this beat all to hell just because everything about Linux is done via volunteers.. including creating the OS itself!