See ya later, OS X

by lawrence

I’ve deleted Mac OS X from my iBook G3 and replaced it with Debian Linux. Dumb move you might say, since OS X is itself based on UNIX. But I have my reasons:

1. Running OS X (Panther) on a G3 has always been a bit heavy.

2. With Apple switching to Intel, I don’t see a future of PowerPC-based apps being actively developed. So owning a PPC-based machine feels somewhat like owning an OS Classic Mac two years ago. (I know a lot of people still use Classic, but that’s another issue.)

3. Why not dual-system? Because the iBook only has a 20G harddisk!

4. I’m trying to be cool, tweaking the impeccable integrated software / hardware overall design of Apple Inc.. :p

5. It won’t hurt to learn a bit more about computers, right?

PS: Anyone has recommendation for a desktop-based blogging application for Linux? Preferably something like MarsEdit on OS X.




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