[brlug-general] [CCCC-Linux] From PC Magazine: "4 Reasons To Dump Linux"

[Eric Ortego]

On 1/3/07, willhill <williamhill2 at cox.net> wrote:

> When I
> tried to sftp it with Safari, the Konqueror based browser, I got a pop-up
> asking me for $25 to buy a program called "Fetch."  It was like finding a
> coin operated sugar dispenser at Galatoires.

Behavior like this annoys me to no end...but I do see it's usefulness for some.
Personally I would have installed Firefox and looked for an addon to
do the job but I manage my addresses with the built in address book of
thunderbird & share it with openldap.


> For the money and features, I'm sticking with free software.  I've got more
> than enough computer for a long time, but Debian on a small Mac would might
> be nice one day.

I can assert that gentoo on a G4 powerbook is quite delightful.
Without multiple monitors I don't think I could work comfortably
without virtual desktops either. I hear that ubuntu's ppc distro is
quite nice as well(not that it matters for newer apples), though I
have only tried a livecd of it I wasn't very impressed, but im not
much of a gnome or kde fan. e ftw!

Cheers,
Eric