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People wanted all the CLI goodness of unix (linux) with a gui that functioned. Windows had cygwin, but was otherwise anemic at the CLI. I had a solaris and late
by matwood 3y ago
People wanted all the CLI goodness of unix (linux) with a gui that functioned. Windows had cygwin, but was otherwise anemic at the CLI. I had a solaris and later a linux desktop next to my Windows desktop, but linux on laptops was a huge PITA. I got a G4 Powerbook and had the best of both worlds, able to run something like Lightroom, and have all the familiar unix tools.
- chasd00 3y agoThe G4 Powerbook was my first exposure to Apple as well. Just having an ssh client on the command line was very nice.