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gryphon Newbie Posts: 6 From: The world is my office. Registered: Apr 2002	posted April 22, 2002 07:24 Nice to see there are a lot of Mac fans here. But are there also some Linux fans over here ? Cheers . . . . IP: Logged
EngrBohn Highlie Posts: 745 From: United States Registered: Jul 2000	posted April 22, 2002 07:35 But of course. This is the home of (da-duh-dum!) Linux Lass! ------------------ cb Oooh! What does this button do!? IP: Logged
dragonman97 Super Geek Posts: 205 From: Westchester County, New York Registered: May 2001	posted April 22, 2002 07:43 I wish I could find the thread devoted to this, but I cannot readily find it. There are many of us Linux users. We are relatively understood here, but some have their prejudices either way, mainly the Mac/PC and/or Mac/Linux/Windows disputes (Yeesh, there was a little squirmish/mini-flame war the other day). IP: Logged
gryphon Newbie Posts: 6 From: The world is my office. Registered: Apr 2002	posted April 22, 2002 10:35 nice, I look around the pages a bit. Thanks. IP: Logged
Ti Super Geek Posts: 178 From: Fort Collins Registered: Oct 2001	posted April 22, 2002 12:46 Hey man, you don't have to seperate your mac fans from your linux fans anymore... We're one big happy family now! Didn't you hear? IP: Logged
+Andrew Super Geek Posts: 223 From: Boston, MA, USA Registered: Aug 2001	posted April 22, 2002 13:50 raises hand I'm a big Linux fan. I'm running it on 10 or 15 computers here, and a stuffed Tux sits atop my SparcStation's monitor. I'm not against Macs - OS X looks very nice and even OS 9 isn't bad (I got to use Photoshop 6 on an OS 9 G4 at MIT last weekend) and it was pretty nice - but unfortunately they're a bit too expensive for me. -Andrew IP: Logged
GameMaster Super Geek Posts: 191 From: State of insanity Registered: Mar 2002	posted April 22, 2002 15:02 Heh, I was just thinking that most geeks don't worship Bill the way that most people do, and I began thinking about the quote "This goes beyond big brother, this is big mother." And I came up with... Theme song of geeks everywhere.... MAMA WORKS FOR MIRCOSOFT Mama don't allow no linux usin' around here. Mama don't allow no linux usin' around here. We don't care what mama don't allow, We're going to dual boot anyhow. Mama don't allow no linux usin' around here. Second verse same as the first, A little bit loader and a little bit worse. (repeat first verse) Mama don't allow no Macs around here. Mama don't allow no Macs around here. We don't care what mam don't allow, Were going to use ti books anyhow. Mama don't allow no Macs arounf here. {Grand ending) Mama only allows windoze around here. Mama only allows windoze around here. Mama's been brain wased by micosoft, Her brains in the clouds way aloft. Mama only allows windows around here. (C) Game-Master.org, April 22, 2002. IP: Logged
gryphon Newbie Posts: 6 From: The world is my office. Registered: Apr 2002	posted April 22, 2002 16:33 I never workt with Apple OS myself, [ not for long anyway ] but I do like the idea. Isn't OSX a lot like Linux / UNIX ? IP: Logged
azagthoth Geek Larva Posts: 21 From: Boca Raton, FL, USA Registered: Mar 2002	posted April 22, 2002 20:56 quote: Isn't OSX a lot like Linux / UNIX ? Well, yes and no. It is a UNIX like operating system[0], like Linux, but it is based on BSD style of UNIX as opposed to the SYS V style of UNIX. It's also not POSIX compliant like Linux is[1]. This means that alot of the core setup, user land stuff, etc, etc is completely different. So although it's all UNIX and UNIX like, alot of things are different between the two different major styles of UNIX[2], for that matter alot of things are different between most, if not all flavors of UNIX. As my roommate loves to say "If you've seen one UNIX you've seen one UNIX" =) [0] Trust me, you do not want to get into "what constitutes a true UNIX operating system" discussion unless you REALLY want to know =) [1] Which can be a good or a bad thing, deppending on who you talk to. [2] Don't even get me started on the hybrod unice[3] that try to combine the 2. [3] Plural of UNIX. HTH -- Rob "Being a sysadmin is like hitting yourself in the head with a brick. Eventually it doesn't hurt too bad and you actually look forward to it, because the more it happens, the less it hurts." -- Bill Bradford IP: Logged
azagthoth Geek Larva Posts: 21 From: Boca Raton, FL, USA Registered: Mar 2002	posted April 22, 2002 20:59 Oh and, yes gryphon, I am a Linux fan. My main preference being RedHat, although I've tried most of the major ones. -- Rob IP: Logged
crazyarlo Maximum Newbie Posts: 16 From: Belpre, Ohio, USA Registered: Mar 2002	posted April 23, 2002 10:07 Hey, I am using OS X, like many of us (BSD) and I have Linux installed on my wife's Windows 98 machine (dual boot). My wife is a computer neophyte, and wanted a Windows machine to train on...it's worked out well, and I have Linux on it to play around with!! I agree that we are one big happy family now, though. UNIX/LINUX/OSX IP: Logged
gryphon Newbie Posts: 6 From: The world is my office. Registered: Apr 2002	posted April 23, 2002 13:46 Yep, one big family. Like RedHat myself. Have had SuSe, Mandrake and Debian. But RedHat suits me most. Use a lot of dual and some triple boot systems myself. IP: Logged
spacefem Newbie Posts: 6 From: kansas Registered: Apr 2002	posted April 28, 2002 08:18 Linux user here! but not a mac fan, sorry, they are not one in the same kids. expensive hardware? new OSs that won't run on your comp if it's more than, like, a year old? iDeskLamp? Count me out, I'll stick to x86 and real, live Linux! ------------------ IP: Logged

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