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<blockquote data-quote="IvanLasston" data-source="post: 1224704" data-attributes="member: 145676"><p>With one post, and with the way you worded your questions, you sound like someone who really backs FOSS. I have been using *nix since the 90's from school through my professional career. I've built my own computers, tried putting Linux on everything that I've owned, and even tried to give back some code in the hopes that people find it useful.</p><p></p><p>If you are genuinely interested in supporting open source - then money going to Apple is well spent. Like every large software company - there is a lot of open source that Apple uses as well as donates code.</p><p><a href="http://www.apple.com/opensource/" target="_blank">Apple - Open Source</a></p><p><a href="http://developer.apple.com/opensource/" target="_blank">Open Source - Apple Developer</a></p><p></p><p>The year of the *nix desktop has already happened. It is called Mac OSX - based on BSD UNIX - specifically Darwin</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeBSD" target="_blank">FreeBSD - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_(operating_system" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_(operating_system</a>)</p><p>If you know how to administer an Unix box - you can administer your Mac the same way. </p><p></p><p>Since you know Ubuntu - there are two package managers I like - Fink and Macports. I've been mainly using Macports now - but depending on what you need it may be in one of the two.</p><p><a href="http://www.macports.org/" target="_blank">The MacPorts Project -- Home</a></p><p><a href="http://www.finkproject.org/" target="_blank">Fink - Home</a></p><p></p><p>Lastly - a true Mac is the only machine where I can run Windows, Linux, and Mac all on the same machine. It also seems to be the most well built and stable of hardware. I have run Windows 7 64 bit with no problems, as well as Ubuntu 10.10 within a virtual machine. Windows I have run under bootcamp to get the full power for games.</p><p></p><p>tl ; dr - Apple is a big supporter of FOSS, and there is plenty of FOSS on the Mac. If you need anything that doesn't run native, run a Virtual Machine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IvanLasston, post: 1224704, member: 145676"] With one post, and with the way you worded your questions, you sound like someone who really backs FOSS. I have been using *nix since the 90's from school through my professional career. I've built my own computers, tried putting Linux on everything that I've owned, and even tried to give back some code in the hopes that people find it useful. If you are genuinely interested in supporting open source - then money going to Apple is well spent. Like every large software company - there is a lot of open source that Apple uses as well as donates code. [url=http://www.apple.com/opensource/]Apple - Open Source[/url] [url=http://developer.apple.com/opensource/]Open Source - Apple Developer[/url] The year of the *nix desktop has already happened. It is called Mac OSX - based on BSD UNIX - specifically Darwin [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeBSD]FreeBSD - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_(operating_system[/url]) If you know how to administer an Unix box - you can administer your Mac the same way. Since you know Ubuntu - there are two package managers I like - Fink and Macports. I've been mainly using Macports now - but depending on what you need it may be in one of the two. [url=http://www.macports.org/]The MacPorts Project -- Home[/url] [url=http://www.finkproject.org/]Fink - Home[/url] Lastly - a true Mac is the only machine where I can run Windows, Linux, and Mac all on the same machine. It also seems to be the most well built and stable of hardware. I have run Windows 7 64 bit with no problems, as well as Ubuntu 10.10 within a virtual machine. Windows I have run under bootcamp to get the full power for games. tl ; dr - Apple is a big supporter of FOSS, and there is plenty of FOSS on the Mac. If you need anything that doesn't run native, run a Virtual Machine. [/QUOTE]
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