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You cannot control or change the OS according to Jeff. Which means that you are as free as the OS allows you and not as free as the hardware allows you. I do a
by venomsnake 13y ago
You cannot control or change the OS according to Jeff. Which means that you are as free as the OS allows you and not as free as the hardware allows you.
I do agree that OS that allows you to run self signed code and unsigned code and have root access is almost on the top of the freedom ladder.
- nknighthb 13y agoYou have exactly as much technical control over Mac OS X as you do over Windows. You can execute arbitrary code and modify any system file you wish, even the kernel. I'm not clear why people don't know this. Do non-Mac users really think OS X has to be "jailbroken" like an iPhone?
- venomsnake 13y agoBut can you change the OS without bootcamp? Arbitrary bootloaders etc?
- nknighthb 13y agoWhat? Yes. Of course. Again, I don't get this. Where is the idea that Macs are locked down coming from? Who told you this is a problem? Edit: By the way, in 1996, Apple released MkLinux. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MkLinux http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MkLinux This was even before they stopped using non-standard components in their computers. How anyone could ever have thought Apple was blocking installation of alternative operating systems is beyond me.