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I can't really speak for anyone else, but I run Ubuntu on a MacPro as my desktop machine at work. I prefer Linux to OS X primarily because of the user interface
by thraxil 14y ago
I can't really speak for anyone else, but I run Ubuntu on a MacPro as my desktop machine at work. I prefer Linux to OS X primarily because of the user interface. I know it's heresy, but I hate OS X's (and Windows, to be fair) UI. I've run XMonad for years and Ion for years before that and now any time I have to use a machine that doesn't have a tiling WM and sloppy focus, I kind of want to throw it out the window. (I'm running on Apple hardware because for various bureaucratic reasons, we have a very limited selection of vendors that we're allowed to purchase from)
- leephillips 14y agoAgreed: once you are used to a tiling WM (I use dwm), OSX and similar windowing systems seem slow and clumsy - and OSX is hard to customize. In answer to the GP, running OSX as a host means you are using closed-source software, which some people prefer not to do.
- jason_slack 14y agoWhat distro are you running and how is wifi and sleeping when you close the lid. That is one thing I love about osx
- thraxil 14y agoMy MacPro desktop doesn't have a lid (or wifi). I run Ubuntu on a Thinkpad T500 though and power management and wifi are flawless. Never have any issues there.
- jason_slack 14y agoI did find: https://github.com/xmonad/osxmonad https://github.com/xmonad/osxmonad Xmonad for tiling OS X windows.