On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 brocken22@gmx.de wrote:
I'd like to buy a new PW 550 and so I'm interested what are the reasons for using suse ppc or yellowdog-linux etc. Do you have old hardware that it's not fulfilling the huge hardware-needs of OSX or are there other reasons. What is your impression of working with OSX?
I run Linux 97 pct. of the time Why not OSX? Or Classic MacOS? It's a combination of different things: OSX is impressive. No doubt about that: You have a great looking userinterface with the possibilities of running Free Software / GNU-programs side by side with Photoshop, MS-Word or whatever you like (or need) from the non-free world. And with "Fink" using Debians packagesystem it's easy to install new software. But... I prefer Gnu/Linux over OSX because of 1) The concept of Free Software (as a political project), 2) The combination of Gnu/Linux and KDE (or whatever desktop you choose) beat OSX in performace. 3) Programs I like are maintained on Linux. 4) I have worked a lot with Linux lately, and whenever I boot in OSX or Classic I miss something.... virtual desktops, the look of the menus in LyX or something.. 5) Gnu/Linux is sexy and have a great community. I guess I'm a strong believer in Free Software... :-) ..and no.... SuSE don't pay me! ;-) -j I have a PowerBook "Pismo": G3-400 MHz. 640 mb ram. -- "Only whimps use tape backup: real men just save their important stuff unencrypted and let NSA mirror it."