XCode was always an extra, but it was included for free, with documentation on the OS X DVDs. Apple also have a lot of podcasts with info. They're being nicer to developers atm than Microsoft is.

That's odd. The last time I installed Fedora it detected all my hardware including wifi and I was online in about 5 seconds after logging in. Windows 7 on the other hand... Hell, Ubuntu will even suggest to install the proprietary AMD/nVidia drivers automagically for you.

It's the HFS+ partition that died, not the Linux one. Mac OS is certainly not a "freetard" OS.

What the fuck is this bullshit? Normal people use applications, not the "operating system":

A few days ago, Windows 7 stopped booting without any interaction, nor updates on my part. It never booted again. Surely this means Windows is not ready for the desktop? Or maybe anecdotal evidence or just bad luck is completely worthless as "proof". You're not adressing the question you originally got either. Ubuntu has tools for all the things you describe, and it even offers to install codecs/java/flash during install time. I think you're a Windows shill that doesn't actually think, and that you've never use Ubuntu at all. I also think you're probably a pretty incompetent software developer, and if you do program, I want to stay the hell away from whatever shit your moron brain churns out.

Please start on Unity, I love people making asses out of themselves.

Different philosophies, and the 4 drivers the BSD guys have are easier to keep stable.

Samsung?

Of course it wasn't, that's why dreamworks use it on their desktops.

Unless you're on a laptop with an optimus chipset, in that case you're up shit creek with no paddles and a leaking boat.

Having worked some years at a Mac Repair shop, I can tell you that OS X is the most unstable POS operating system I have ever had the displeasure of working with. Kernel panics for the smallest problems, system hangs for no apparant reasons, configurations breaking without an update, sometimes OS X just randomly stops working while you're sitting there doing your thing. I'd rather be running Windows ME than this horrible UNIX-turd.

It is included on GNOME and KDE by default. Unity does it as well.

Lucky you. On my box, regardless of distro, kernel, and catalyst drivers, VLC always segfaults when trying to play accelerated video. It works fine with nvidia, so I have to conclude that the drivers for the AMD card are worthless.

However, the open source drivers give generally poorer performance because there are some bits and pieces AMD/ATi won't tell you, because it's "not their technology".

No, he didn't. He did do it to some mediocre fantasy shitfest though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTSA_sWGM44