Upgrading 4.0.1

[Ed Sutherland]

Andrew Mason wrote:

>Hi Jeff,
>Just wondering what your motivation for running Linux was in the first place?
>
>Unless your on an older machine (which wont run OSX), or most of the 
>applications you run are X11 or you want a non-proprietary system, then Linux 
>on a PPC system may not be the ideal thing for you. On an X86 machine of 
>course there are a whole load more incentives :)
>  
>
Speaking as an old Linux-on-Mac hand, I will say that Linux on the PPC 
and Linux on x86 are like night and day. The desktop Linux experience is 
more rewarding on an old Dell or whatever, than on a recent Mac. While 
I'm on an Intel machine for the next while, the next chance I get, I'll 
be back with a Mac mini. ;)

While Linux is cool, makes the anti-proprietary rabble warm and fuzzy, 
and does rejuvenate computers likely otherwise to be thrown on the scrap 
heap, people should not hang their head in shame if they prefer one of 
the major desktop operating systems.

Ed