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actually, the answer to your question is "Baaa Baa"--the sound of sheep following other sheep. i am going to offer a dissent here. there is no intellectual rat

actually, the answer to your question is "Baaa Baa"--the sound of sheep following other sheep. i am going to offer a dissent here. there is no intellectual rationale for the mac worship.i think linux as as easy to work with as any mac os (and are we talking dvlpr or enduser?). & um, when was the last time you built an Apple machine customized to your needs? last i checked steve jobs didn't know--or understand--what my needs were(the guy thought aluminum was a non-conductor--genius to you, maybe...). apple products are not designed for pros(ask an apple marketing person about their swim lanes). and i think many ntwrk adms will have many unpleasant stories about mac problems on corporate networks. there was a time when apple hardware was better but june 2006 changed all that. there was a time when apple's software more closely mirrored the hacker community's push toward quality and innovation (and not just with FreeBSD) but those times are over, too. i'm going to quote a very ordinary man, who once said, "Apple is not a computer company anymore." That was Steve Jobs; and he's right. dr. jrrodriguez

ameen 15y ago
I'm talking developer usage. And which distro do you suggest to a developer who is starting out.
- sixtofour 15y ago
  "a developer who is starting out." Lots of people will say "this distro for that reason," etc. None are hands down better than all the rest, and all of them are reasonable. Ubuntu is very popular, and it doesn't require too much knowledge to get started. After you've used Linux for awhile, you'll develop your own preferences and you can switch to whatever you prefer. If you want a slightly easier way to enable media, you could go with Mint, which is based on Ubuntu. http://distrowatch.com/ http://distrowatch.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution#Popular_distributions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution#Popular_dist... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions The timeline graphic of that last one is interesting, it shows how each distro is derived from its parents. EDIT: It doesn't matter overly much, just start somewhere.
  - ameen 15y ago
    Thank you. I've tried Ubuntu before, so I guess I'll have to check out Mint as well. It was recommended by a few of my friends as well.
    - seb_z_lite 15y ago
      the new Mint Debian with Xfce is awesome and really user friendly.

ameen 15y ago

I'm talking developer usage. And which distro do you suggest to a developer who is starting out.

sixtofour 15y ago
"a developer who is starting out." Lots of people will say "this distro for that reason," etc. None are hands down better than all the rest, and all of them are reasonable. Ubuntu is very popular, and it doesn't require too much knowledge to get started. After you've used Linux for awhile, you'll develop your own preferences and you can switch to whatever you prefer. If you want a slightly easier way to enable media, you could go with Mint, which is based on Ubuntu. http://distrowatch.com/ http://distrowatch.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution#Popular_distributions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution#Popular_dist... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions The timeline graphic of that last one is interesting, it shows how each distro is derived from its parents. EDIT: It doesn't matter overly much, just start somewhere.
- ameen 15y ago
  Thank you. I've tried Ubuntu before, so I guess I'll have to check out Mint as well. It was recommended by a few of my friends as well.
  - seb_z_lite 15y ago
    the new Mint Debian with Xfce is awesome and really user friendly.