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<blockquote data-quote="bluelotus" data-source="post: 1224492" data-attributes="member: 199443">Hello People of Mac Forums,I need to get a Mac, because I'd like to edit all my videos in FinalCut. Currently I am a Ubuntu Linux user and I occasionally resort to Windoze 7 for weird file types, hardware, etc.I support open-source and consider it one of the very few remaining threads of true freedom in this globalized, commercialized and bureaucratic modern world.Thus paying for digital content is not part of my nature and yet.... I need FCP&nbsp;1) I am thinking of building a hackintosh, but after watching the 'MacHeads' documentary I might just snag a used iMac from craigslist. (This would be a big deal for me, since I strongly believe in supporting the right cause with your $$). Would you consider this a noble act?&nbsp;2) Anyone who uses both Mac and Linux out there, have you found enough open-source software to meet your needs for the Mac or do you constantly find yourself needing the most basic utilities (like an NTFS reader) and shelling out $5 here, $10 there? &nbsp;3) [Just for fun] Mac GUI's intuitiveness is the future, no doubt. How soon do you see the Linux OS catching up to the same level of usability?That's all folks!Looking forward to reading your comments <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="bluelotus, post: 1224492, member: 199443"] Hello People of Mac Forums, I need to get a Mac, because I'd like to edit all my videos in FinalCut. Currently I am a Ubuntu Linux user and I occasionally resort to Windoze 7 for weird file types, hardware, etc. I support open-source and consider it one of the very few remaining threads of true freedom in this globalized, commercialized and bureaucratic modern world. Thus paying for digital content is not part of my nature and yet.... I need FCP 1) I am thinking of building a hackintosh, but after watching the 'MacHeads' documentary I might just snag a used iMac from craigslist. (This would be a big deal for me, since I strongly believe in supporting the right cause with your $$). Would you consider this a noble act? 2) Anyone who uses both Mac and Linux out there, have you found enough open-source software to meet your needs for the Mac or do you constantly find yourself needing the most basic utilities (like an NTFS reader) and shelling out $5 here, $10 there? 3) [Just for fun] Mac GUI's intuitiveness is the future, no doubt. How soon do you see the Linux OS catching up to the same level of usability? That's all folks! Looking forward to reading your comments :D [/QUOTE]

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