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To: kevao
Which distro are you using?

Debian, RedHat, and Suse. I also run Windows. But I don't use them much any more. I have moved on to Mac OS X as my main system.

Ten years ago a Linux geek that I knew told me that in the future I would be using Mac OS X as my main system. It only took my ten years to realize that he was correct.

For the skeptical such as myself, I think that running a bunch of Linux distros is the best route to the Mac.

87 posted on 08/17/2011 2:19:29 PM PDT by stripes1776
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To: stripes1776

I’ve tried Fedora, Ubuntu, and Linux Mint. Of those, I really liked Mint best, but it wouldn’t recognize the wireless card on my laptop. Then I found PCLinuxOS and love it. Not being a geek, and hearing the horror stories, I thought the transition would be much more difficult than it was.

Another benefit, this whole experience (and I did do this initially solely as a learning exercise) has me *wanting* to learn more about computers. So I got hold of a really good (and free) booklet on using the terminal (http://people.wallawalla.edu/~larry.aamodt/engr122/TLCL-09.12.pdf). Maybe I’ll eventually turn into a geek after all....


91 posted on 08/17/2011 3:09:34 PM PDT by kevao
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To: stripes1776

I’ve used Linux for years, but recently got a MacBook Air so I have something small, light and reliable for use out in the field.

I can’t wait to get my new desktop machine so I can get back to Linux.

Mac OS X is not horrible, but it’s not the pinnacle of perfection that it’s claimed to be. And it’s not very configurable.


105 posted on 08/17/2011 9:20:09 PM PDT by B Knotts (Just another Tenther)
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