Re: MacBook pro - OT

Installing .msi file is simple click of a button is a f nucience alse
statement. Adding to the long list of property pages and "are you
really really sure you want to do this?" type questions, most
applications (especially free) will also install some type of spyware
package. Windows is a frail sheep, in my opinion. I run Windows
strictly on an as needed basis because it is so corrupted with mal
ware/spy ware/ virus exploitations. I don't want russians to have my
personal information and Windows seems to be the platform for this.

Every application I install in Mac is a click of a button and every
application I install works. We all seem to agree that Mac is that
simple. Regardless of how much you make, less frustration = a better
life. Mac provides this.

With regards to Linux, I suggest thinking about the newest web
applications coming out that are truely a click of a button (android
OS market, Chromium web market). Look for Ubuntu certified hardware
install tweak front end and you will be surprised how simple it
becomes to install run and install 3rd party applications in Linux.
This will only grow as the movement matures.

We all could do our Jobs on a commodore 64, if needed. I prefer to do
mine on a Mac with Ubuntu in close second. Not even sure how Windows
continues to creep into this argument.

Cheeers,

Marc Edwards DCNISS
http://cisco-voyage.blogspot.com
http://reno-ccie.blogspot.com

On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 3:00 AM, Kenneth Ratliff <lists_at_cluebat.net> wrote:
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> On Jun 28, 2011, at 4:10 PM, Joseph L. Brunner wrote:
>> You mean to honestly tell us you donb t spend time finding dependencies, kernel issues, package dependencies, messing with graphics drivers, or you're just so much better than everyone else at linux, that you can do all these things faster than I can download a msi file and run it?
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> Honestly, that hasn't been an issue for years, at least not for Debian or Red Hat derived distributions. yum and apt resolve dependancies and conflicts, almost always without user intervention, and the default kernels the distro ships works fine for nearly ever case issue. It's been a long time since I've had a problem with graphics. Sound is about the only place I'm unhappy with when it comes to Linux, the sound architecture is horrid, and pulseaudio makes me want to kick kittens.
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