Why Yellowdog?

[Andrew Mason]

Well if you love OSX then use OSX. There are a lot of people who like apple's 
hardware but don't like their OS. I don't like aqua, I feel it gets in my way 
and i'd much rather use KDE, Gnome or XFCE over aqua. Also aqua isn't network 
transparent, where as a DE that sits on top of X is. Another thing that Linux 
has over OSX is its speed and responsiveness. You probably wont notice it 
much on a g4 but on a g3 800 its a lot quicker to boot, to get into a GUI, to 
use and app, and respond under load. If you use mainly aqua apps on your mac 
then the reasons for running Linux aren't going to be as great either, 
however all of my favorite applications are X11 based and I don't want to 
have to run X on top of aqua, then GTK/Qt apps on top of that. its a waste of 
resources.

PLUS Linux has tux racer :) 

hope you found this useful. 

Andrew
On Thursday 20 January 2005 12:47 am, Joel McCracken wrote:
> I've been a Linux fan since I've tried it. I really like its flexibility
> and the power a user has over his operating system.
>
> I just recently bought an Ibook g4, and I've downloaded and installed YDL
> 4. The sound didn't work as desired (I've been skimming this mailing list
> for months, and I've seen how to fix it), and there isn't support for
> airport extreme.
>
> Of course, Linux has its values. The ability to control your operating
> system is second to none.
>
> My problem is, I love OSX. Some of it is closed source, which is fine, but
> it is a quality OS, in my opinion. I don't have any pililosophical
> differences with Apple. OSX is easy to use, but one can do a lot of
> advanced things with it; my biggest joy is using gcc and vi.
>
> So, I guess my question is, why use Linux over OSX?
>
> Sorry if this has been discussed/answered before. Just flame me if it has
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