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> My distribution of choice is Debian. I like that with a simple command, > or a simple instruction in one of the GUI frontends, I can install > almost any kind of software. That was a great idea FreeBSD came up with, wasn't it? I can't tell what's worse. People who think some good idea is great now that Microsoft's finally picked it up, or thinking that some good idea is great just because Linux has finally picked it up. Personally, I prefer not having to run installers at all because apps don't have to get installed in 10 separate directories at once. > The thing that Windows provides over KDE is some weird kind of > consistency between Microsoft software, and bizarre integration between > anything. Mac OS X just provides Expose and eyecandy and really not much > more than that in terms of usability. And even more consistency than Windows, and scripted integration between everything, and drag-and-drop works for everything, and fonts just work, and there's actually commercial software available for it, and... > You have to install third party > utilities for things like virtual desktops and a run program dialog. OK, I don't get this one. Linux is nothing but a bunch of third party utilities flying in cliose formation. That's one of its strengths, even. The idea that "third party utilities" is somehow a bad thing, especially when (in this case) said utilities are free and open source (just like the ones that go into Linux) just boggles my mind. > I think that in desktop experience, a well organized (non-bloated) Linux > distribution and Mac OS X are on the same level, somewhere high above > Windows. I've used Linux, and FreeBSD (which is generally better integrated and less bloated than Linux). I've used KDE and Gnome, and gone back to Windowmaker. I've tried all the file managers that I could find, and ROX Filer annoys me the least and it still sucks. Annoying as Finder is, I haven't found a UNIX file manager that can lay a finger on it. > So was I. And then I bought a Mac Mini, only to after a month realize > that Mac OS X is software like all other, and deserves a good piece of > hate. Yes, but it's a *dry* hate. [Terminal.app and iCal hate] You know you can use the same software you use on Linux, if you want, and in most cases it's just a simple command for Fink or Darwinports. > I hate how clicking a dock icon opens a new window only if there's none > open already, If there is, it pops that window to the top and focuses on it. > I hate how Firefox under this platform won't let me use tab to select > hyperlinks and always opens tabs in the foreground. Have you checked your preferences? > I hate how there is absolutely no telling how keys like home and end > will behave in a text input box. As opposed to Linux, where there's no way to tell how ANY keys will behave in a text input box, and in some pretty important apps (like XV) the key bindings either don't exist or were devised by a crack-addled lemur? > I hate how by default radio buttons and checkboxes cannot be focussed > with tab. Preferences. > I hate how the terminal can't send page up and down with just those key > presses. I love the way Terminal.app doesn't pass keys like that through because 99.5% of the software (including curses software) running inside it doesn't understand it, so you hit "page up" and see a bunch of X3.64 line noise. > I hate that iSync often crashes. I hate iSync and iCal, I use Palm Desktop instead. And before you go on about third party software, remember what Linux *is*. > I hate that I can't use focus follows mouse because I can't configure > the menu bar to be attached to windows instead of the desktop. I used to hate that. I've gotten used to it. It's the price I pay for not having to fight my computer any more. > I hate that there seems to be no good way to navigate the Finder with > the keyboard (two enter keys and neither executes the selected > program...). CMD-O > I hate that you can't just drag an image to the desktop from a browser > to save the image there or use it as wallpaper. Um, I do that ALL THE TIME. > I hate that there's no easy way to find out where diskspace is going > (like KDE's blocked view in Konqueror). Put Finder in list mode. Finder->View->Show View Options. Select "Calculate all Sizes". Sort by size. > I hate that I can't find where the hell I can set program bindings, so > movies start with VLC instead of Quicktime. Click on a movie. Cmd-I or select "Show Info" from the menu. See where it says "Open With"? > I hate having to reboot after installing non-kernel software updates. You don't, most of the time. You will probably need to log out and in again because this usually means there's been a change to the cocoa frameworks somewhere, but if you feel like living dangerously you can just kill the installer and try it.There's stuff above here
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