[geeks] Can't decide on an OS

[rjtoegel]

It's funny how I have been hearing more of this since Apple went Intel.  Just
an observation (well...you know what I mean).

Bob

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On Sep 25, 2013, at 12:36 AM, Andrew Jones <andrew at jones.ec> wrote:

> OSX exploits exist in the wild.  I cannot recommend running an unsupported,
unpatched copy of OSX just as I wouldn't suggest unpatched Solaris or Linux.
>
> In fact, it's probably worse, since we know people target OSX web browsers
now.
>
> On 09/24/2013 05:06 PM, Jonathan Katz wrote:
>> Run an older OSX. Or, disable stupid things like system-wide search,
>> dashboard, and command center. Or switch to an ssd. Or add ram.
>>
>> Jonathan Katz
>> Indianapolis, IN
>>
>>> On Sep 24, 2013, at 4:44 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> 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?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Cory Smelosky
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