[TriLUG] I Feel Dirty (a confession)

[Bill Vinson]

Ken,

You do not need to feel bad about this. A good developer (or engineer, 
etc.) uses the right tool for the right job.  Linux is not always the 
best choice for all situations or for all people.  This is reality and 
it is never good for anyone to ignore the shortcomings of a product. 
You have found something that simply does not work as well in Linux. In 
truthfulness, from what I have seen, the Mac OS X sleep functionality 
is better and faster (sleeping and waking) than any other OS I have 
ever seen.  I wish Mac OS X had the native package handling 
capabilities that Linux does.  That is only one of the areas I wish 
Apple would improve.  Windows, as frightening as it may be, is better 
at some things (I am hard pressed to think of any at the moment, but I 
am sure at least one exists).  Just because at the moment Linux is not 
meeting all needs for you, this doesn't mean it will always be the 
case, but at this point it is. Accept reality and then if you desire, 
work to change it :)

Bill (User of Mac OS X, OpenBSD, Linux, and occasionally Windows)
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On Apr 27, 2004, at 11:46 AM, Ken Mink wrote:

> For last 2 1/2 years I've been using my personal laptop as my main
> machine at work and then as my secondary machine at home. It started 
> out
> as RH7.3 and is now running FC1. It was time to replace this workhorse
> and tomorrow it's replacement arrives; a shiny new Powerbook. Normally
> the arrival of a new toy of this magnitude fills me with the same
> anticipation that I felt on Christmas Eve as a child. This time it's
> different. I feel like I'm cheating on my wife or I've given up on an
> old friend. I just feel dirty.
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