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Which OS I should take
Canadian Lover:
Installing OSX on x86?
You are offically retarded... :rolleyes:
insomnia:
quote:Originally posted by Canadian Lover:
Installing OSX on x86?
You are offically retarded... :rolleyes:
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Nope.
http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/
If you want to try Linux without any installation needed, try a knoppix live CD(it's all free ):
http://www.knoppix.org/
Feel free to ask noob questions. ;)
[ September 12, 2004: Message edited by: insomnia ]
insomnia:
quote:Originally posted by worker201:
Slackware is great, no problems. But it doesn't default to a graphical runlevel. Configuring X can be kinda tough. And most people migrating from Windows want to see gnome running right away.
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All true, but IMO people need to understand these things.
It's a lot easier to admin a Linux system if you know all it's basiscs.
Slackware is a hard but fast way to learn this(so is Debian).
bedouin:
At one point I was thinking of buying an x86 laptop and installing Linux on it. When I tried to find a PC laptop that matched the weight, battery life, size, and coolness (thermal) of my iBook I started to get ridiculous prices, and no guarantee that Linux would even be fully supported (I refuse to run Windows ever again).
When it comes to portables Apple offers the best deals. Not to mention, OS X is the best operating system out nowadays in my opinion. If you want to pay the mandatory Microsoft tax, fiddle with getting basic functionality out of your laptop after installing Linux, and lug around something the size of luggage -- go the x86 route. And if you still desire Linux, Apple's laptops oftentimes make better Linux machines than PCs.
As for support, I bought Applecare for my iBook. A couple days ago I went to the Apple Store to get a replacement rubber foot. The guy went to the back and couldn't find any replacement feet, so he gave me an entirely new battery! (The missing foot happened to be were the battery was located).
worker201:
I'm a big fan of the iBook myself. And I also learned the hard way that laptops are hard to get working in Linux, especially if they have an oldschool soundchip or internal winmodems.
But I don't think you can beat the experience of installing and running a Linux distro. Insomnia is right, everyone should learn how to edit rc* files and configure X. But it sucks not being able to use your computer for what you want until you do learn those things. Other Linux distros ease you into it.
Once Linux is mastered, then you can go on to OSX, and use the BSD subsystem to harness the full power of the Mac. Imagine your friends, eyes bulging with greed, when you tell them you have a version of gaim running on your iBook that is 4 versions ahead of what fink has available. You'll be a Mac god in no time!
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