[aklug] Re: Linux on a laptop

Thanks to all for laptop advice!

FWIW unless I buy a used Intel Mac Apple is not an option for me. The
laptop I had to lug around at a conference last week is a G4 PPC which
is a lousy machine for most of the programs I'd want to run on it. I
would note further, and perhaps off topic that I think Apple looks more
and more like MS of late and is playing games with me in order to
increase profits. At work we don't plan to update to the Apple OS 10.9
(so called "Maverick") because if it is like previous Apple upgrades
some of the "legacy" software we depend on might/will stop working.
Besides, I don't like any corporation that requires me to furnish it
with a credit card number (Apple Store) in order to upgrade my software.

Just say'n.

--greg

On 11/11/2013 08:18 AM, Jeremy Austin wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 8:01 AM, Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com
> <mailto:tim@akwebsoft.com>> wrote:
>
> . I have virtualbox installed, but have
> not used it thus far. I have very *nix-like environment. Bash,
> mutt, mysql, fetchmail, procmail, postfix, vim, macVim (gui
> version of vim for mac) mc and many other tools installed with
> macports.
>
>
> Likewise. I'd be interested to hear an A/B comparison of a recent
> optimized Linux vs. the latest Mac OS on the same hardware. Mavericks
> has some interesting new features (new to the Mac, that is) like timer
> coalescing and memory compression that have made real-world battery
> life improvements for me. I'm as pro-Linux as the next guy on the list
> (well, depends on the next guy) but I've never been tempted yet to
> ditch the Mac OS on Apple hardware.
>
> For my particular workload, the Mac OS makes the most sense as a
> front-end, but I rely heavily on macports and remote X-Windows.
> Virtualbox, Parallels, and VMware are terrific for sandboxing and
> testing, as well as running the occasional Windows-only software for
> obscure hardware configurating.
>
> jermudgeon

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