Comment Mac OS X and Guilt. (Score 1) 989
Looks like a trick question. Linux is still not mature enough. It still takes a fair amount of knowhow to get a distro to work correctly. Yes, it has matured much since the first install I tried (1996). However, 20 years of computer use has worn away the last bit (sorry) of geakin' in me. I want it to work, and I want it to work now.
OS X got me interested in Macs again. The Mac OS has sucked for quite some time, which is why I stayed on PC hardware.
I spent a lot of time looking for a MS alternative that wasn't a huge time-sink. OS/2 was great, as was Be. The x86 port of Solaris was a good time. I even strayed a little with Amigas, and got my hands on an Acorn once or twice. NeXT, SGI, and SPARC were (and are) just too freakin' much money.
And life is short.
When spending the time tweaking machines, I have always found BSD (I used Net and Open) to be a far better payoff for the time. Yes, I have the occasional twinge of guilt because I now use BSD (and NeXT) once removed when I run my OS X boxes.
Peace to All,
Mike Nomad
OS X got me interested in Macs again. The Mac OS has sucked for quite some time, which is why I stayed on PC hardware.
I spent a lot of time looking for a MS alternative that wasn't a huge time-sink. OS/2 was great, as was Be. The x86 port of Solaris was a good time. I even strayed a little with Amigas, and got my hands on an Acorn once or twice. NeXT, SGI, and SPARC were (and are) just too freakin' much money.
And life is short.
When spending the time tweaking machines, I have always found BSD (I used Net and Open) to be a far better payoff for the time. Yes, I have the occasional twinge of guilt because I now use BSD (and NeXT) once removed when I run my OS X boxes.
Peace to All,
Mike Nomad
