What is up yellowdog buddies?

Etienne Beaule yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Mon Mar 10 18:04:00 2003


> Too bad I don't use nothing but linux.

Well... I work in a PC environment (I'm the only mac there - no=20
kidding) so I'm already a rebel for that. The IT department, when they=20=

see me using a Mac, tells me that I won't be able to connect to servers=20=

or to printers (bull$hit, obviously since it works both under Linux and=20=

OS X, thanks to CUPS and Samba). I use the Mac because of system-wide=20
PDF support, superior graphics (Quartz is really great) and for stuff=20
like Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Quark Xpress (the rest=20=

of the crowd don't even understand that there is a whole world outside=20=

of the Microsoft box - they use M$ stuff for *everything* - it really=20
makes me sick because I work for the government - can you imagine how=20
much public $ are pumped into Micro$oft avery year?).

I started using linux quite some time ago (since LinuxPPC 2000) and I=20
really like it (beats Winblows quite a bit). I think that OS X and=20
Linux really could complement each other and I would use linux a whole=20=

lot more if I could use whatever file I created when I happened to be=20
under OS X at the time (saves a reboot - quite a big deal). I really=20
hate having to copy stuff that I need to use in linux from my HFS+=20
partition when I need to work with it and then copying it back to the=20
HFS+ partition in case I'm under OS X next time I need it. I hate=20
having 2 mp3 music libraries, 2 photo libraries, etc.

Solving this would really make me use linux a hell of a lot more...

=C9tienne=