[News] User Has Had Enough of Apple; Migration from Mac OS X to... GNU/LinuxSwitching From Mac To Linux
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| The straw that broke the camel's back was the release of iTunes 7. I
| excitedly downloaded it, reading up on some of the new features. There
| wasn't much of interest for me, but who can resist a major update of a
| killer application? I turned on L7's "Smell The Magic" and began to
| check out the new interface.
|
| Revolting! The playlist panel was suddenly clunky, chopped into three
| chunks of ugliness. The "new" Coverflow interfaces made me think of
| Windows Media Player. This wasn't iTunes... it was a tr...
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No Apple computers for me
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| I had been a apple computer user for the
| past 5 years and immensely enjoyed the
| hardware and the software. But, all good
| things come at a price. Apple's price for a
| polished user experience has lately turned
| out to be user freedom.
|
| [...]
|
| All said, in the end, there is only one
| thing to do for me. Stick with Freedom and
| give up Apple. So, as of yesterday night, I
| have migrated all music from iTunes to
| Ubuntu (Rhythmbox player).
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http://scienceblogs.com/thesci...
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Why Linux is Better than Mac (or, how I learned to stop worrying and love
apt-get and debuild)
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| However, if you know what you are doing, Macs Stink! This is really true if
| you are into open source software, because it is almost impossible to compile
| someone else’s code on a Mac, even if they wrote it for Mac.
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http://www.scottgrizzard.com/blog/2009/05/29/why-linux-is-better-than-mac-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-apt-get-and-debuild/
Recent:
- From OSX to Ubuntu
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| So far I’m not really ...
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Switch to Ubuntu Linux not Apple Mac OS
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| So why are people not going over to Ubuntu? Beats me. If you are looking for
| commercial technical support, Ubuntu does offer that. If you are looking at
| extreme personalization options Ubuntu offers that, probably even more than
| the Mac OS. If you are looking for easy upgrades to future versions, Ubuntu
| offers that. If you are looking for ease of use, Ubuntu offers that. If you
| are looking for robustness and security, Ubuntu is the best. Ubuntu can be
| installed on all type...
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Mac OS X - Highly Customized Linux
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| Few players in the Linux arena creates their Linux distro to look like Mac OS
| X or Windows....
|
| Here I'm going to list some distro which looks like Mac OS.
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http://linuxtreat.blogspot.com/2008/07/mac-os-x-highly-customized-linux.html
A Linux User's Guide to Mac
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| Take a deep breath and repeat after me: A computer is just a tool. It is only
| so good as it serves to make life better for users. A "better" life is
| obviously not the same thing fo...
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Seven Reasons to Move to Linux
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| Selling businesses on the benefits of Linux has been a tough proposition for
| many years. Common reasons cited for not moving to the open-source operating
| system include system complexity, lack of in-house IT skills and a shortage
| of business applications. Both the open-source software community and the
| vendor world have done a lot to address these shortcomings, and the inroads
| gained are plain for all to see.
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http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/testdrive/article.php/3756141
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[News] [Linux] Mark Pigrim Satisfied with GNU/Linux, Having Ditched Mac OS XOne year with Linux
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| Any modern Linux distribution presents a good "out of the box"
| experience, with friendly defaults and familiar metaphors. But a
| year ago, several people recommended that I try alternative window
| managers, and at the time, I didn't understand why. Now I do. It's
| difficult to explain. People say that Ruby On Rails is
| "opinionated software." I suppose all software reflects the opinions
| of its authors, but some are certainly more opinionated than others,
| and window managers, as a class, are more opinionated than m...
[News] Mac OS X-Like Dock for GNU/Linux Reviewed by Linux.comKXDocker: More than a task manager
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| The basic idea behind Mac OS X's Dock is that when you need an
| application, you click on its icon on an on-screen bar, and the
| application is launched (if it has not been yet) or switched to
| (if it has). Stefano Zingarini has borrowed this concept for
| KXDocker, a KDE variation of OS X's Dock (which is also usable
| with GNOME and other desktop environments).
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http://applications.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/12/28/1956207&from=rss
Related:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VekgyKQoTeM&NR
http://www.youtube.com/wa...
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There and back again. Linux to Mac
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| I now have Ubuntu 9.10 running on my
| MacBook Pro. Gnome-desktop, kubuntu-destop,
| xubuntu-desktop are all installed. I like
| desktop options, but prefer KDE 4. I can
| switch between apps, terminals, connect to
| the network and print. I have not seen one
| spinning beach ball. I am much more
| productive. I am so happy to have Amorok
| back to manage my music, and KDE to manage
| my desktop, and konsole as a terminal
| application, and, and, and… I am just so
| much happier.
|
|...
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- From OSX to Ubuntu
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| So far I’m not really missing that much - clearly OSX has a certain feel of
| slickness to it but in the last couple of years Ubuntu has become much more
| refined and easier to use. More an more works without intervention - I’d long
| held an opinion that using linux was like owning a vintage beetle — It’s
| great but you have to spend all weekend tinkering with it to keep it on the
| road. For me using windows was like that, as I found more and more time was
| sucked into keeping my PC running. When I...
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- From Mac to Linux: A Musician Convert
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| Now Peter Kirn has captured Cascone's conversion story on
| createdigitalmusic.com. Interesting about the article is not only the facts
| of Cascone's conversion, but the comments accompanying it that contain
| numerous tips and information on sound processing under Linux.
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http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/News/From-Mac-to-Linux-A-Musician-Convert
Recent:
How Does Ubuntu 9.04 Measure Up to Mac OS X?
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| Over all, Ubuntu 9.04 averages a B+ in this c...
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Linux incognito part one: the Leopard
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| One commonly-stated barrier to Linux adoption is that it looks different to
| the regular computer environment people are used to. Yet, one of the
| strengths of Linux over other operating systems is that its user interface
| can be totally replaced to suit any occasion. Here is how to trick it out
| like MacOS's Leopard, and trick your friends.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/21241/1141/
Recent:
Dell Mini Inspiron 9
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| I’m living the dream, I tell you!...
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The 'year of the Linux desktop' has passed
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| But in my new role at Canonical, I've switched
| to using Ubuntu on my Lenovo ThinkPad X200s
| and have found Linux comfortably routine. Like
| my Mac, it just works--no drama with day-to-
| day Internet activities like e-mail, Web
| browsing, IM, Twitter. It lets me do all the
| things I used to do, and still largely with
| the same applications I used on my Mac.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10455816-16.html
Recent:
Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase: Lucid Ed...
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Five tips to help ease the migration from Mac to Linux
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| Of course you might be thinking “OS X is supposed
| to be the most user-friendly OS available, so
| wouldn’t migrating to Linux be even more
| difficults?” Not exactly. There are certain
| elements of OS X that inherently make the process
| of migrating to Linux easier than when migrating
| from Windows. Take, for instance, the mounting of
| images and drives. This task is completely
| obfuscated from the Windows user, but the OS X user
| actually knows to unmount a ...
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Getting Started with Money Manager Ex
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| Money Maneger Ex (MMEX) is cross platform. The developer provides
| editions for both Windows and Linux (Mac users are out of luck).
| Proceeding to the download page, the site will detect your OS. Linux
| users are given choices of a download for Ubuntu, OpenSuse, and
| Slackware. Ubuntu users have a further choice between 32 and 64 bit
| versions. While not covering all of us, most people will be able to
| use it.
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http://bytesandsuch.com/2009/09/getting-started-with-money-manag...
[News] GNU/Linux Claimed Better Than Mac OS X, Vista's Dim View Leads to LinuxWhy Mac OS X Sucks and Linux Rocks
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| For now, I decided to quit using Leopard (except when I want to take funny
| and distorted pictures), and I am more determined than ever in making Linux
| (Xubuntu) fully compatible with my Macbook Pro. You may ask why I think Linux
| rocks.
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http://www.junauza.com/2008/04/why-mac-os-x-sucks-and-linux-rocks.html
With Vista's View Getting Dimmer, Should You Give Linux A Chance?
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| Ease of use. WHAT!?! Ease of use? Yes. I've said it now. It's easy to use. CD
| based install (or even one that will go ove...
[News] User Leaves Apple's OS X, Rejects Windows, Chooses LinuxWhy I'll Never Switch Back from Linux to Mac... Maybe
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| And so a Linux user was born. As I mentioned in my article "Why I Switched
| From Mac To Windows To Linux," the switch to Linux, while certainly requiring
| a bit of learning, was fairly painless.
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http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/321868/why_ill_never_switch_back_from_linux.html
Related:
[Mark Pilgrim and Tim Bray Move from Mac to Linux]
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| Early this month, Mark Pilgrim made waves when he went shopping for a
| new Mac, but decided not to buy one, and, in When the bough bre...
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GNU/Linux Eclipses Windows – for Eclipse Users
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| For me, the highlight is the following:
|
| Developers appear to be shifting away from Microsoft Windows to Linux and Mac
| OSX for their development operating system. 26.9% of respondents cite Linux
| was as primary desktop operating system, representing a 7 percentage point
| increase from 2007. Though Windows is still the dominant development OS at
| 64%, it has decreased 10 percentage points from 2007. The most popular Linux
| variant of choice among developers is Ubuntu, w...
[News] [Linux] Linux More Secure Than Mac OS X, WindowsHow secure are Linux, Window and Mac OS?
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| Overall it looks like the Linux kernel turns out to be the most
| secure system. Not only does it have virtually no security holes
| that lead to system access, it's also very resilient to remote
| attacks, two areas where both Windows and Mac OS X aren't doing
| very well.
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http://www.masuran.org/node/29
Lots of nice charts on the page. Good summary.
Related:
Linux hacks rare as hens' teeth, says survey
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| Adding more fuel to the Linux versus Windows fire, a US research firm
| this week released a ...
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[Don't] Kick Linux To The Curb?
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| After much consideration, I have managed to put together a list of things I
| would need in order to subject myself once again to the annoying and often
| restrictive world of closed source computing.
|
| 1. Availability.
|
| I have no problem paying a reasonable price for use of my operating system.
| This being a flat fee or even a monthly subscription. But when I pay the
| bills, I expect to have access to it as I see fit. This means access to
| download and burn DVD ISOs when I wa...
[News] [Linux] Man Chooses Linux Over Mac OS X, WindowsWhich OS for Ruby on Rails development?
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| I've had experience using Linux servers (no GUIs), so I figured I
| could always drop back to the command line if something broke and
| I've had to once or twice during installations. But overall I have
| been pleasantly surprised at how civil an experience it has been.
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http://falkayn.blogspot.com/2007/05/which-os-for-ruby-on-rails-development.html
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Lin-X: A Quick Review
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| Recently a new Linux distribution was born, called Lin-X. Based off Ubuntu
| 8.10, and designed to look like Mac OS X, it grabbed my attention.
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http://jonreagan.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/lin-x-a-quick-review/
Related:
Linux That Looks Like Windows: Bad!
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| Conclusion: Linux already has excellent mainstream desktop environments
| which have a unique look and feel which differs from that of Windows.
| That's not a bad thing: Linux doesn't need to look like Windows. If a
| us...
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5 Things Linux does better than Mac OS X
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| I’ve been using Mac OS X alongside Debian since 2007 now, and I think I have
| a fairly good picture of how things work in both operating systems. In the
| end, the only feeling I got of Mac OS X is as if I were playing with Linux’
| retarded little brother. Here are a few reasons why.
|
| [...]
|
| Software Installation
|
| [...]
|
| File Management
|
| [...]
|
| Themeing and Window Management
|
| [...]
|
| The terminal/console/text thingy
|
| [...]
|
| Security
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Mac Security Part II: It’s a Numbers Game
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| “I have found that Macs are less secure than their current Windows and Linux
| counterparts,” says Mr. Dai Zovi, who is co-author of The Mac Hacker’s
| Handbook. “At least for the last several years, Apple has lagged behind in
| security, largely because the threat hasn’t been there.”
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http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/10/mac-security-part-ii-its-a-numbers-game/
Linux: the recession-proof operating system
http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/12720/cio/linux...