[ale] wireless card

[James Sumners]

I loathed the window manager when I first started using OS X. There
are still some annoying things about it, but I've grown to like it for
the most part.

A big plus is the inclusion of an X11 implementation. If I can't find
a suitable, preferably free, OS X program to do what I need I can
(almost) always use an X11 app. The downside is that Fink usually has
outdated packages (and uses a horrible filesystem layout), and
Macports doesn't provide binary packages yet. Of the two, I prefer
Macports. So, I can still use Gnucash, Maxima, Wireshark, etc.

On 9/28/07, Jeff Hubbs <hbbs at comcast.net> wrote:
> I've gone the same route, and while I miss things like amarok and
> certain keyboard/mouse behavior, overall I'm happy and much of my
> Linux-type functionality is still here.
>
>
> James Sumners wrote:
> > Going slightly off-topic, I've taken to liking OS X for every day
> > computing. When I decided to give OS X a try, by buying a Powerbook
> > with a student loan, I had a basic requirement. The laptop needs to
> > "just work." I don't want to fool with suspend2 (and it doesn't work
> > well if my Arch Linux machine is any indication), extremely limited
> > software selection, et al. When I say limited software selection, I
> > mean stuff like Office and education software. Sure, a majority of my
> > classes use Maple and Matlab, which have Linux ports, but I do need
> > Office and other such things from time to time. Fooling with wine, or
> > some derivative, doesn't fall into the "just works" category.
> >
> > With OS X I have a cohesive desktop environment on top of a standard
> > Unix base. It really is the best of both worlds, in my opinion.


-- 
James Sumners
http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/

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