[geeks] Can't decide on an OS

[Andrew Jones]

Linux support for proprietary hardware is touch-and-go for obvious 
reasons: it's proprietary.

The only distribution with steadily-decent support for bizarre mac 
firmwares is Fedora, because The Mac Firmware Guy in the linux community 
(mjg59 aka Matthew Garrett) is a Fedora board member.

Even with Fedora, your mileage WILL vary because it's proprietary 
hardware made by a vendor who is very explicitly hostile to your goals.

On 09/24/2013 04:44 PM, Cory Smelosky wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've gotten too angry at OS X being too slow and bloated to the point I
> needed to pick another one.  Windows is...windows I don't really think I
> need to explain that.  Linux makes me tremendously angry due to how
> easily I can break it along with all the politics involved (really, the
> distro I can stand isn't installing for me).  The BSDs have lacklustre X
> support (especially on a macbook pro).  CP/M isn't going to run quite
> right and I don't think FreeDOS would support my hardware quite right.
> Haiku isn't going to have the kind of hardware support either.
>
> If I can swap out the MBP's wifi chip for an ath5k (ath9k eventually,
> but I have an ath5k on hand I might be happier.)
>
> Are there any sane OSes i'm forgetting?