Upgrading 4.0.1

[Andrew Mason]

On Tuesday 26 April 2005 04:45, Ed Sutherland wrote:
> 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.

Absolutely. Linux, *BSD etc.. are about choice. If Linux isn't your thing then 
at least you've tried it to know.


> Ed
>
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