exactly - getting OSX to run well on a PC is an exercise in frustration.
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exactly - getting OSX to run well on a PC is an exercise in frustration.
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..as it should be - hard for the sake of hard is getting old. Noob friendly is the future!
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Try FreeBSD , in my experience it's one of the most complete operating systems I've used. There is load of documentation to help you out, strong community and generally good hardware support, albeit not as a good as Linux. It also have the choice of compiling software or using binaries which provides an added bonus.
Linux wise, I use Gentoo. Whilst I appreciate how much Ubuntu has done for Linux and how well Canonical has put together all the GNU software, Ubuntu just doesn't float my boat. If you persevere with Gentoo, you will learn a hell of lot, mainly because you have too but it'll certainly keep your attention.
Linux wise, I use Gentoo. Whilst I appreciate how much Ubuntu has done for Linux and how well Canonical has put together all the GNU software, Ubuntu just doesn't float my boat. If you persevere with Gentoo, you will learn a hell of lot, mainly because you have too but it'll certainly keep your attention.
Come to Penn and say that
Do you know a guy called Matthew Smith by any chance?
And so is Debian. lol
+1 for OpenSolaris
This may be an area of interest with the Oracle/Sun deal (more likely nothing will change though).
I don't know about you lot but I find the KDE Desktop to be a much better alternative to Gnome as I prefer it's feture set. If you've not already tried KDE you might want to try Kubuntu as this is Ubuntu with the KDE Desktop.
If you already have an Ubuntu distro on your system that uses the regular repo's then you can run "sudo aptitude install kubuntu-desktop" to install KDE onto your system.
If you already have an Ubuntu distro on your system that uses the regular repo's then you can run "sudo aptitude install kubuntu-desktop" to install KDE onto your system.
It's not illegal, and provides you with something to tinker and play with. Seems to fit your specifications to be honest?
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OSX is kinda pointless, it's no better than other free options anyway that are FREE and are easy to install.
Well yeah, but he wants to tinker, and it's something different.
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Haiku? FreeBSD? The opportunities are endless... and this way you don't have to pay or go through hours of installation torment.
As a fellow linux noob
Linux Mint
It's basically a very polished Ubuntu
http://www.linuxmint.com
A new RC just came out too
http://www.linuxmint.com/pictures/screenshots/helena/helena.png
Linux Mint
It's basically a very polished Ubuntu
http://www.linuxmint.com
A new RC just came out too
http://www.linuxmint.com/pictures/screenshots/helena/helena.png
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That's what i use - don't think i'll bother switching to the RC though.
+1 Kubuntu is a nice transition from Windows