| W. Chris Shank on 25 Jan 2007 17:50:44 -0000 |
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I just think it's funny. I've always heard those arguments as reasons why people want to stay with windows - now I'm using these same arguments why i want to stay with linux. i guess i can see things from the windows users perspective a little better now. but, in the case of the windows->linux switch, we all know that Linux is the superior OS. i think in the linux->OSX switch, that linux is still the superior OS, at least for me. so if i could get linux on this ass-kicking hardware, it's be all set. ----- Original Message ----- From: TuskenTower <tuskentower@gmail.com> To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 12:13:43 PM GMT-0500 Subject: Re: [PLUG] Macbook Pro update > Gosh. I sound like a windows user switching to linux. Go figure. Them's fightin' words! ;) Of course you need an obligatory comment about viruses and spyware to really sound like a winDOwS user switching to linux. :P On 1/25/07, W. Chris Shank <shankwc@acetechgroup.com> wrote: > Yeah I've done all that. I've tried 4 different terminals. Some do tabs but > don't display curses well. Some have tabs and do curses but you can't launch > any Mac OS apps from them because they run from X11 (why I need X to run a > terminal??) and don't have proper paths or something. > > I've got FF set to download into a separate folder, but what I'm talking > about is not handled by downloads. On any other system, the PDFs would open > inside a browser plugin - but on the mac it downloads to the desktop and > launches in Preview, even though I have Acrobat 8 installed. > > I've got virtue, but it's buggy and not well configured. Windows pop-up in > other desktops with no notification that they are there. > > All of these issues are probably fixable if I had the time/desire to really > fix them. But I'm comfortable in Linux and know how to be productive in it > quickly. It has the apps I need. I don't want to switch OSs any more. > > Gosh. I sound like a windows user switching to linux. Go figure. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Randy Schmidt <x@altorg.com> > To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List > <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> > Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 11:42:28 AM GMT-0500 > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Macbook Pro update > > I can't help you with a lot of that but here are a few things that may > help when you have to use OS X. Give iTerm a try. It is a terminal app > that lets you have tabs. I think the PDF thing is a setting in the > browser. Virtue is a program that lets you have multiple desktops but > I don't particularly like the way it handles applications on the > different desktops. You can't drag an app to the edge of the window to > put it on another desktop. I hope that helps a little. > > On 1/25/07, W. Chris Shank <shankwc@acetechgroup.com> wrote: > > There are many standard Linux apps that I can't get to properly "port" on > > OS X or are completely unavailable as source. I guess I could try to > > download the source and attempt to compile it directly, but I think that > is > > what ports is doing. Some of the alternative apps just suck in comparison. > > My biggest beef is the crappy terminal. I like have tabs, I like to > > highlight and center button to paste, I like virtual desktops, I like not > to > > have to clear 1000 PDFs off the desktop because i've clicked them open in > a > > browser (I guess linux is putting these in /tmp). > > > > I also find the interface a little much after a while. I'm always > minimizing > > windows to get to what's beneath. I've got the dashboard set to flatten > out > > the screens when I move the mouse to a corner, but that still takes about > > 3/10 of a second. that adds up after a while. > > > > I like the hardware and the sensors are neat. But after a while all that > > doesn't matter. > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Edward Smola <n-tropy@n-tropy.com> > > To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List > > <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> > > Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 10:43:22 AM GMT-0500 > > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Macbook Pro update > > > > What do you miss about linux ? > > I have ubuntu with beryl installed at work and on a desktop machine > > at home that I rarely use. > > You can run pretty much most apps you would under linux on the MBP. > > I'm just looking forward to see if the native gtk support in leopard > > is true. would be nice not to have to run x11 anymore for some apps. > > > > http://www.mactel-linux.org/wiki/Main_Page > > > > I used bootcamp to install windows and have a vmware linux and > > windows partitions on osx also. I can't tell you the last time i > > booted to the windows partition and have rarely used the linux and > > widnows vmware installs. > > > > On Jan 25, 2007, at 10:26 AM, W. Chris Shank wrote: > > > > > My love affair with the macbook pro is over. I just got it back > > > after a week to replace the main logic board. During that time I > > > was back to Linux desktop/laptop and I realized how much I missed > > > it. I think I'll reserve OS X for graphics work, but will use Linux > > > for my day-to-day real work. Has anyone seen a how-to for putting > > > Linux on the new Core 2 Duo macbook pro? Do I need bootcamp for this? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug -- W. 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