There are many points. The following are few.
1. Linux is "FREE".
2. Linux has much more hardware support than OS X (referring to the one
that ships with Mac) since one can't even imagine to run OS X other than
on Apple's own hardware and expect everything works. One can run Linux
on both Dell and Apple's notebook but not OS X. You are tied up.
3. Power users do not need to pampered.
4. Linux also has eyecandy (Beryl, compiz etc).
5. You can use Linux as a "sandbox" if you are part of project for huge
server deployment. To my knowledge, there are not many users that would
opt for OS X for their enterprise server deployment. OS X is just a
desktop class (Apple might claim otherwise, BSD Unix may be server class).
Srikanth
BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
*/Srikanth Konjarla <srikanth.konjarla@xxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:
Interesting subject as always. To me, yes Linux beats XP/Vista etc.
Last
time i have run windowZe for business was NT4 (i go to customers) since
then i have started running Linux on laptop (started with RH7.0, no
dual
boot either).
But, for many out there it may not beat XP because there is no vendor
stands behind "Linux" to support. Also, Linux has become very general
term and i guess these days we gotta be specific about a Linux
distribution (F7, Ubuntu, SuSE etc). If there is a vendor who is ready
to pre install Linux (any distro) and extend it to full supportability
while providing all the drivers (video, wireless specifically) then it
can beat any OS (in my opinion OS X also).
The question, who is gonna do that.
Srikanth
Hum.. why do you think Linux beats OS X which is based on
BSD Unix?
