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OS Smackdown: Linux vs. Mac OS X vs. Windows Vista vs. Windows XP
Computerworld ^
| 04/08/2008
| By Michael DeAgonia, Preston Gralla, David Ramel and James Turner
Posted on 04/09/2008 1:32:14 AM PDT by Swordmaker
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To: 1234; 50mm; 6SJ7; Abundy; Action-America; aristotleman; af_vet_rr; Aggie Mama; afnamvet; ...
Something for everyone in this face off... LINUX vs. OSX vs. Windows Vista vs. Windows XP... PING!
Linux, OSX, Vista, XP Ping!
If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.
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posted on
04/09/2008 1:37:52 AM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
To: Swordmaker
Wow.
Four OS reviewed. Zero FUD.
To: Swordmaker
Funny how the XP guy spent a good portion (not to mention the first portion) of his article hacking on Vista.
LOL!
My favs (in order): DOS/Win98, Ubuntu Linux, Win2k/WinXP, WinVista. I am looking forward to my first Mac box, now that it is BSD, hoping that I can get to a bash console... If I can, I imagine it will also beat my preference for WinXP and Vista...
Doubt it will ever beat DOS/Win98 or *nix with me tho...
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posted on
04/09/2008 1:51:19 AM PDT
by
roamer_1
(Globalism is just Socialism in a business suit.)
To: Swordmaker
Where are TRS-DOS, MPM, and BeOS?
Mark
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posted on
04/09/2008 2:24:52 AM PDT
by
MarkL
To: roamer_1
My favs (in order): DOS/Win98, Ubuntu Linux, Win2k/WinXP, WinVista. I am looking forward to my first Mac box, now that it is BSD, hoping that I can get to a bash console... If I can, I imagine it will also beat my preference for WinXP and Vista... Mac OSX has been BSD since 2001... what's taken you so long? Now it is UNIX® certified. The bash console is available on every Mac... You'll have access to all the UNIX commands and utilities.
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posted on
04/09/2008 2:37:35 AM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
To: MarkL
Where are TRS-DOS, MPM, and BeOS? In the dustbin of computer history... along with AmigaOS, MacOS, TOS, and quite a few others. Some justifiably dust and others tragically.
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posted on
04/09/2008 2:39:57 AM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
To: Swordmaker
What’s with the picture of Mookie Al Sadr in the Vista screenshot?
Putting a picture of that swine on your screenshot is not a good way to promote your fave OS.
Unless, of course, there’s a bullseye on it.
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posted on
04/09/2008 3:41:30 AM PDT
by
Westbrook
(Having more children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
To: Cringing Negativism Network
If ‘U-Bunny’ is what they consider ‘Linux’ - I feel sorry for them.
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posted on
04/09/2008 3:43:29 AM PDT
by
xcamel
(Forget the past and you're doomed to repeat it.)
To: roamer_1
hoping that I can get to a bash console
You can. I forget the details; just used Mac OS X a half hour for a friend a month ago. Search around in the window of apps you can run for "console", as I recall, and you'll find the console emulator, which opens a shell window.
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posted on
04/09/2008 4:26:54 AM PDT
by
ThePythonicCow
(By their false faith in Man as God, the left would destroy us. They call this faith change.)
To: xcamel
Yeah, Ubuntu was my first foray into Linux and it’s everything I thought it would be. Pretty, different from Windows, and confusing. I never did play a DVD on it and wireless seemed too hard to configure. It’s sad that Ubuntu is the “Windows” of Linux, i.e. best marketed. It’s NOT the best version available.
I’m a big PCLinuxOS fan these days. It found every piece of hardware on four different machines in my house. I’ve tried a variety of Linux, and PCLOS is the only one that just simply works. Dual-booting with my Windows is drop dead simple. Automatic. Easy for a Windows user to migrate to.
I’ve never tried a Mac, nor Vista, but I’d sure like to. I want a DX10 videocard gaming machine in Windows someday.
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posted on
04/09/2008 4:39:23 AM PDT
by
Big Giant Head
(I should change my tagline to "Big Giant penguin on my Head")
To: Swordmaker
... hoping that I can get to a bash console... If I can Launch 'Terminal' app in Utilities folder within Applications folder. Alternatively, click on Spotlight icon in upper right of the screen and type 'terminal' to locate terminal.app. Enjoy!
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posted on
04/09/2008 4:57:55 AM PDT
by
6SJ7
To: Big Giant Head
I’m a fedora guy, and use it on a number of work machines and production servers - It does everything I need, and sometimes quite a bit more.
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posted on
04/09/2008 5:08:31 AM PDT
by
xcamel
(Forget the past and you're doomed to repeat it.)
To: Swordmaker
The Vista one is so easy to tear apart it’s almost sad.
To: antiRepublicrat
It looks like it was written by a MS employee. Vista is about as efficient as a dump truck.
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posted on
04/09/2008 6:00:39 AM PDT
by
Niteranger68
(If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.)
To: Swordmaker
The Windows guys sound really grumpy. It’s like they know their day is over. ;)
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posted on
04/09/2008 6:27:46 AM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)
To: Westbrook
Anyone who says “gauche” without a sneer or a snicker wouldn’t have a problem with mookies (that they know of...)
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posted on
04/09/2008 7:18:47 AM PDT
by
rockrr
(Global warming is to science what Islam is to religion)
To: antiRepublicrat
If you want more than 3.5G of RAM, you need 64-bit Windows. Linux is great for experienced users but people like my wife would grow to hate it. I can’t use a Mac because I am a heterosexual.
Actually, I really see no reason for a Mac EXCEPT they are great for schools and neophytes because they are relatively virus-free. Linux would be a good choice as well. The computer colleges make their users boot Linux to thin out the non-technical folks.
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posted on
04/09/2008 7:30:39 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: AppyPappy
I can’t use a Mac because I am a heterosexual. Smile when you say that partner! {;-)
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posted on
04/09/2008 8:30:25 AM PDT
by
Uri’el-2012
(you shall know that I, YHvH, your Savior, and your Redeemer, am the Elohim of Ya'aqob. Isaiah 60:16)
To: 6SJ7; roamer_1
Launch 'Terminal' app in Utilities folder within Applications folder. Alternatively, click on Spotlight icon in upper right of the screen and type 'terminal' to locate terminal.app. Enjoy! You need to address this to Roamer_1... OK, I just did... Thanks, 6SJ7...
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posted on
04/09/2008 8:47:24 AM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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