[Gllug] Netbook recommendations?

Jose Luis Martinez jjllmmss at googlemail.com
Fri Jun 12 08:38:39 UTC 2009


On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:11 PM, James Laver<james.laver at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11 Jun 2009, at 21:46, Bruce Richardson wrote:
>
>> Try a MacBook.  Well designed, small footprint, installation is smooth
>> and well supported by an eager Linux community.  Also, every so often
>> you get a moment of priceless comedy when a Mac-head spots your
>> hardware, gives you the smug smile of Mac-head fraternity... and then
>> does a wtf double-take when they see your screen.
>
> Far be it from me to actually dare to speak like this on a Linux list,
> but I happen to consider OSX to be a feature.
>
> I can't understand why you'd pay the apple tax and then throw away the
> good operating system that comes with it in order to make your life
> more difficult.

GNOME is more user friendly :-)

Serious point: I personally find the idiosyncrasies of OSX irritating,
at the end the most user friendly environment is the one where you are
more productive.
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