* Christopher Howard <christopher.howard@frigidcode.com> [111026 13:33]:
> > I recently purchased a 2011 Mac Mini with 8 Gb of RAM. I wanted
> > something with that footprint. Didn't care that much about OSX and
> > I am a natural cynic put off by the Mac 'cult' and Steve Job's
> > cult status and some of the Big Brother mentality of Apple. My
> > most recent background is Slack and Ubuntu. I investigated a
> > dual-boot arrangement - looked like that might be more difficult
> > than on a pc. I also investigated using virtualbox. I thought,
> > what the hell, why not have all 8 Gb of RAM? So I went ahead and
> > adapted the OSX darwin interface to my needs, which include MC,
> > mutt, fetchmail, procmail, postfix, vim as the default MC editor
> > and a graphical vim (MacVim) for and MySQL. I found it difficult,
> > in fact more difficult than a slackware setup with the same goals.
> > Time doesn't permit me to say more than adapting OSX to a
> > long-time linux user's preferences is a bitch.
> >
> > I have concluded that ubuntu has spoiled me.
> >
> > But, this little bugger runs like a raped ape and is more solid
> > and stable than ubuntu is on my 4-year old gateway. I have given
> > up some control and choice, that's for sure. But I can do my work
> > now the same way that I do it on slack or ubuntu.
> >
> > My biggest complaint is that I have not been able to get a
> > free-standing numeric keypad to work - and I love working with my
> > happy hacker keyboard with a trackball on the right and the keypad
> > on my left. I'll try it again when when I get a USB hub.
> >
> > As for<flamebait> ... that's all I have to say. Time to go make
> > money with my mac mini .....
> >
>
> Okay, one more stupid, flamebait question: Why then did you buy the Mac
> Mini in the first place?
Reread my OP.
> I mean, you can get a 3.00Ghz i5 with 8GB of RAM and a 1TB drive off
> Newegg for about $600. Build it yourself, or lower the specs a little
> bit and you're talking $400-$500. I'm sure it would be just as stable
> and fast running Slack or Gentoo as your "raped ape" mini.
> > I wanted something with that footprint.
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