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I'm adding this here because you gave me the idea indirectly... but what if there were a Linux Distro that targeted OS X? To make a Linux or FreeBSD version of

by 0xCMP 12y ago

I'm adding this here because you gave me the idea indirectly... but what if there were a Linux Distro that targeted OS X? To make a Linux or FreeBSD version of the "Just Works" experience?

wickawic 12y ago
I've always wondered why this wasn't the case already. The great part about targeting Apple hardware is that there isn't that much of it (comparatively).
catern 12y ago
Most distros already do this. Most distros already try to "Just Work". A better approach, I think, is to ship (with the distro, autodetected at install time) tweaks for for specific hardware, and to explicitly target developers in the out-of-the-box setup of the system. Fedora[0] (as I've said elsewhere in these comments) is now doing the latter, while still maintaining a "Just Works" system; it would be interesting if they chose to do the former as well. [0]: https://getfedora.org/ https://getfedora.org/
- 0xCMP 12y ago
  I meant more for the whole focus of the distro to be supporting specifically Mac hardware and it's variations out of the box. For instance, supporting the media keys from Mac and etc.
WiseWeasel 12y ago
That would be Elementary OS. It's gotten pretty awesome lately. I would highly recommend Elementary to jaded OS X users in particular, along with anyone else with an inclination to use Linux. I regularly and happily use all major OSs for coding, design and other super serious stuff, and this is my favorite Linux distro by far. http://elementaryos.org/ http://elementaryos.org/
- no_future 12y ago
  I tried Elementary about a year ago and uninstalled it after a couple hours. Everything was ridiculously dumbed down and unproductive, worse than anything I've ever seen. I'm a devout OSX user and contrary to popular opinion I don't find anything easier to use about OSX over Windows for general usage. Has it gotten better since then?
- Shorel 12y ago
  It's fast. It looks nice. And has no window menu whatsoever in any application at all, despite having plenty of space for that. You video player has detected the wrong ratio for the video you want to see? Bad luck, elementary will not let you change it.

by 0xCMP 12y ago

I'm adding this here because you gave me the idea indirectly... but what if there were a Linux Distro that targeted OS X? To make a Linux or FreeBSD version of the "Just Works" experience?

wickawic 12y ago

I've always wondered why this wasn't the case already. The great part about targeting Apple hardware is that there isn't that much of it (comparatively).

catern 12y ago

Most distros already do this. Most distros already try to "Just Work". A better approach, I think, is to ship (with the distro, autodetected at install time) tweaks for for specific hardware, and to explicitly target developers in the out-of-the-box setup of the system. Fedora[0] (as I've said elsewhere in these comments) is now doing the latter, while still maintaining a "Just Works" system; it would be interesting if they chose to do the former as well. [0]: https://getfedora.org/ https://getfedora.org/

0xCMP 12y ago
I meant more for the whole focus of the distro to be supporting specifically Mac hardware and it's variations out of the box. For instance, supporting the media keys from Mac and etc.

WiseWeasel 12y ago

That would be Elementary OS. It's gotten pretty awesome lately. I would highly recommend Elementary to jaded OS X users in particular, along with anyone else with an inclination to use Linux. I regularly and happily use all major OSs for coding, design and other super serious stuff, and this is my favorite Linux distro by far. http://elementaryos.org/ http://elementaryos.org/

no_future 12y ago
I tried Elementary about a year ago and uninstalled it after a couple hours. Everything was ridiculously dumbed down and unproductive, worse than anything I've ever seen. I'm a devout OSX user and contrary to popular opinion I don't find anything easier to use about OSX over Windows for general usage. Has it gotten better since then?
Shorel 12y ago
It's fast. It looks nice. And has no window menu whatsoever in any application at all, despite having plenty of space for that. You video player has detected the wrong ratio for the video you want to see? Bad luck, elementary will not let you change it.