Looking for a Linux...
Hi everyone,
I'm stuck in limbo here. About 6 months ago, I satisfied the itch that has been bothering me and built a cheap-ish PC. I love it, but windows is making me go mad. So, I'm waiting for a Mac Pro or updated iMac, but when they drop, there's no guarantee of being able to fund it.
So, I'm looking for an alternative OS. Might a good linux be it? I've never learnt more than a few unix commands, and those have long been forgotten. Is there an option that will make me slightly less desperate for a Mac?
Thanks for any help,
David
I'm stuck in limbo here. About 6 months ago, I satisfied the itch that has been bothering me and built a cheap-ish PC. I love it, but windows is making me go mad. So, I'm waiting for a Mac Pro or updated iMac, but when they drop, there's no guarantee of being able to fund it.
So, I'm looking for an alternative OS. Might a good linux be it? I've never learnt more than a few unix commands, and those have long been forgotten. Is there an option that will make me slightly less desperate for a Mac?
Thanks for any help,
David
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If you are unhappy with your PC, I'd say sell it on. I've seen Tiny selling a machine with a pretty bad spec for over £900 so I'm sure you could sell your PC for a decent price to someone who doesn't know different.
Of course, you could try putting a questionable version of OS X on your PC but this place would be better if you consider it:
http://www.osx86project.org/
I'd say sell the PC and buy either a Mac Mini Duo with 1GB Ram for £600 and live with the fact that Apple made a stupid mistake of using integrated GPUs or save up some cash for an Intel imac.
One thing I wonder is whether or not they will get OS X running in a virtualization software under Windows. You'd use your 3D stuff in Windows and apps in OS X.
Maybe there are other distros that are better, but it's still not going to compare to OS X.
I gave RedHat Fedora Core 3 a shot on my wife's PC. After getting everything working, it was just a hassle for her to use compared to a mac. After a month of constantly fiddling, I broke down and bought her a mini.
Now she's more of a mac zealot than I am.
What are you looking to do with your computer? Linux is definitely worth having as a dual boot option. There's a lot of relatively unique software available for linux, and usually it's free. SuSe is easy to install, so why not give it a shot?
Originally posted by DHagan4755
Ubuntu? I d/l it and it seems pretty good.
Beat me too it.. and by a mile but I agree!
At some later date I plan on trying out Linux for learning reasons mostly I love my OSX but never hurts to learn something new
Anyways heres the site http://www.ubuntu.com/
If you don't have fast internet they will ship you a CD free of charge (I don't think you have to pay for shipping)
Anyways let us know what you choose and how well it works out
David