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Why do you prefer *nix?
sway:
Look! my first topic, i am cool now. anyways.. my main reason i think *nix is 'leet' would be:
i'm not really into warez at all, so i like free software, that is one thing Windows doesn't offer very well, and MacOSX has a good amount of freeware, but not many of the original MacOS based applications are free.
[ December 16, 2001: Message edited by: sway ]
CommonSense:
Small side note: Mac OS X is UNIX. Here's the uname -a output:
Darwin powerbook.fuckmicrosoft.com 5.1 Darwin Kernel Version 5.1: Tue Oct 30 00:06:34 PST 2001; root:xnu/xnu-201.5.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh powerpc
All the freely-downloadable open-source stuff available for other UNIXes work on here, too. They may need minor patches to compile, but if you don't want to do that (or aren't qualified to, like me), chances are someone's already done it for you (like the Fink project).
jtpenrod:
UNIX is a true multi-tasking system: it doesn't fake it like that other OS.
It's a true multi-user OS: every member of the family can share one 'puter without having someone foul up your files.
It doesn't treat you like an idiot, like that other OS.
Its apps are way cooler, and most of them are free.
It's much better suited to today's computing environment with greater security, not like that other OS that was created for one PC, one user, no networking.
Greater range in choice, not like that other OS where one version is distinguished from another mainly by the level of bloat.
It's not that other OS.
sway:
quote:Originally posted by The Webmaster:
Small side note: Mac OS X is UNIX. Here's the uname -a output:
Darwin powerbook.fuckmicrosoft.com 5.1 Darwin Kernel Version 5.1: Tue Oct 30 00:06:34 PST 2001; root:xnu/xnu-201.5.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh powerpc
All the freely-downloadable open-source stuff available for other UNIXes work on here, too. They may need minor patches to compile, but if you don't want to do that (or aren't qualified to, like me), chances are someone's already done it for you (like the Fink project).
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yes, i run MacOSX at the moment on my iMac, and i do know about fink (and love it almost as much as the QNX package manager)
maybe i should of just pointed out to the original MacOS based applications? not many of them are free :P
Foney:
quote:Originally posted by jtpenrod:
It's a true multi-user OS: every member of the family can share one 'puter without having someone foul up your files..
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My windows 2000 box can do that
quote:Originally posted by jtpenrod:It's much better suited to today's computing environment with greater security, not like that other OS that was created for one PC, one user, no networking.
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Windows securty is is as good as the admin of the box, just like unix.
One user? One pc? no networking? What are you talking about?
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