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I disagree wholeheartedly with his analysis. Yes, Apple is more closed. But…you can do a lot with OS X, other than the window manager and desktop system. I r
by simonjoe 16y ago
I disagree wholeheartedly with his analysis. Yes, Apple is more closed. But…you can do a lot with OS X, other than the window manager and desktop system.
I rooted my iPhone. Just like a lot of people.
I script everything.
I don't run the apple versions of openssh or openssl or a bunch of other things, all just done with the ordering of folders in my path.
Almost everything I want to do on Linux, I can do on OS X. And the things that I can't aren't GUI-based, so ssh works fine.
It's worth having to run another computer (or a virtual machine) to run some OSX/Windows-only apps. And it's not worth running windows.
The hacker culture is alive and well on OS X, and I don't see Apple as doing anything to stop it…you just have to learn a bit more…in a lot of cases, that's not even necessary.
But, I guess that fits…because it's all about user experience instead of coding the actual OS.