Comments on: Welcome to CrunchGear’s All About Linux 2008

By: kdm

kdm — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:19:51 +0000

Hmmm. seems like I did say something about Unix in there…sorry for being so general. Freebsd Unix….and that is Unix. Picking nits are we? The comment was directed at the OSX user who didn’t have a clue where OSX came from. Oh,,he probably uses an apple, the machine that is smart so the operator doesn’t have to be.

By: drdrew

drdrew — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:25:02 +0000

jb, when you guys get to any of the “live/minimal/better than windows tools” distros (knoppix, dsl, etc), mention slax.
best. distro. evar…

By: Kent Pribbernow

Kent Pribbernow — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:47:37 +0000

@KDM

OSX is based on FreeBSD Unix, not Linux. So there is no relation other than the fact both foundations are open source. Other than that OSX has as much in common with Linux as gravel has with mashed potatoes.

@John Biggs
To quote Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove.. “Gentlemen, please! You can’t fight in here, this is the War room.”

We see eye to eye. Just wanted to squirt a bit of lighter fluid on the coals. I like my flame wars done to a turn. ;-)

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:37:42 +0000

Correct.

By: John Biggs

John Biggs — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:38:38 +0000

girls, let’s not fight. OS X and Linux are both great. It’s VISTA that sucks.

By: kdm

kdm — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:45:25 +0000

Hmmm Linux copying OSX? I remember OSX when it first came out…look at your history folks. Although there are many Linux features that imitate OSX..but wait…history shows OSX as being based on Linux. Not the other way around. Linux and Unix were the basis of OSX.

By: John Biggs

John Biggs — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:39:46 +0000

i hear you, kent. However, I’m glad a group of young talented open source hackers are copying the magic of OS X rather than the magic of Windows XP. Linux is trying to grab the best of everything from everyone and most of the best comes from OS X

By: Kent Pribbernow

Kent Pribbernow — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:59:49 +0000

No crankiness here (aside the usual Monday malady). Just want to point out that Linux is a hotbed of imitation, err.. innovation.

By: John Biggs

John Biggs — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:44:17 +0000

Yes, cranky, that’s true as well.

By: Kent Pribbernow

Kent Pribbernow — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:39:12 +0000

“OS X owes a debt to Linux and Open Source”

God yes. It’s not as if Linux borrows or mimics countless features and UI elements from OSX. No sir.