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Yeah, except if you want to actually install various open source software/libraries. Then you spend hours trying to see which of the various competing mac pack
by apu 18y ago
Yeah, except if you want to actually install various open source software/libraries.
Then you spend hours trying to see which of the various competing mac package-management systems have some (out-of-date) version of the software. Or, you give up and try compiling from source, to find that nothing compiles cleanly with out all sorts of various problems.
I've gone through this process so many times for even mainstream software, and it's never worked without a lot of fiddling on mac (and sometimes even not then). With Ubuntu, all the software I need is either in the standard repository, or it can be easily compiled (with no twiddling of configuration).
Of course, YMMV, but I tend to use a lot of libraries and FOSS packages for my work, and it's definitely significantly easier to manage on Ubuntu.
Hardware can definitely be an issue on linux, but if you do some research beforehand to see what will work, you're in the clear.
- scorpioxy 18y agoAlso, people seem to forget that Apple does have an advantage here. It has complete control over the hardware. Essentially, it is a hardware company. A GNU/Linux system on the other hand needs to work with everything. Older hardware and newer hardware. This is a maintenance nightmare if you don't have the hardware specs. Which a lot of manufacturers don't/won't release. As for the browsing/email/administrative use of a system, then i find any modern distribution would do that with hardly any configuration. I use Ubuntu, but Redhat/Suse are also fine. Any desktop-centric distribution that is.