[Halfmanhalfamazing]

There goes the notion that OS 10 is light years ahead.

If Linux can keep up with a Mac, what does that say about linux vs windows?

[ShadowAce]

[HAL9000]

In briefly glancing at the article, I spotted some factual errors about Macs. The author was wrong about file typing - it doesn't depend entirely on file name extensions. The author complains about font anti-aliasing, without mentioning that it can be easily adjusted in System Preferences to suit the user's preference. And there were conspicuous omissions in his discussion of user interface technology, like the Quartz Extreme compositing engine that give Mac OS X a fast, smooth appearance - in contrast to X11's crude window system. Of course, some of the opinions are subjective. The author prefers a cheap plastic case to a sturdy aluminum case.

The author also fails to note that most Linux software can be compiled to run on Macs, but Mac software generally won't run on Linux. Next year, Macs will be able to run Windows too, so there is a lot more versatility in the Mac environment.

The bottom line is - Linux is an excellent operating system for servers, but a lousy platform for desktop users. Linux has a long way to go before it can catch up to Mac OS X as a desktop computer, and given the state of anarchy and chaos in the Linux development community, it's unlikely to ever catch up.

[Salo]

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[Swordmaker]

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[Question_Assumptions]

There goes the notion that OS 10 is light years ahead.

The GUI, alone, is not the sum total of OSX. As someone who used Linux as a primary home desktop machine for several years before it was either easy or popular to do so (roughly 1995-2000), what Linux is missing is similar to what the Mac is missing -- commercial software support in certain areas. And given that Mac OSX runs on top of BSD Unix and given that OSX now comes with an X server, you can run most of what you can run on Linux on the Mac, along with a whole host of other commercial software that doesn't have a Linux version. But what Linux probably really needs is a mainstream hardware vendor selling prepackaged user-friendly Linux computers to the public and businesses. Put another way, Linux needs an ad budget the way Apple and Microsoft have an ad budget and spend money to promote their OSes.