Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!feeder.news-service.com!news.netcologne.de!newsfeed-fusi2.netcologne.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Snit Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup Subject: Re: Why do I need to run Linux again? Seriously Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 00:09:03 -0700 Lines: 92 Message-ID: References: <41c0852c-6e86-4c75-9c44-a6eb58187df5@w7g2000pre.googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net anYZcj21g4LZLwqGUbYOSQM7YZLj6zGFzvE8DU43V9Xg2M4FIa Cancel-Lock: sha1:QI/xiIphugv3chLz/qyu/YZVpaM= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.28.0.101117 Thread-Topic: Why do I need to run Linux again? Seriously Thread-Index: Acv8BSqaNmpxkGpzxU20sqeM5FGMcg== Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.os.linux.advocacy:16032 comp.os.linux.setup:288 The Natural Philosopher stated in post iobev9$uhh$1@news.albasani.net on 4/16/11 12:03 AM: > Snit wrote: >> The Natural Philosopher stated in post iobdud$sb5$1@news.albasani.net on >> 4/15/11 11:45 PM: >> >>> Snit wrote: >>>> The Natural Philosopher stated in post iob1ou$msr$1@news.albasani.net on >>>> 4/15/11 8:17 PM: >>>> >>>>>>>> What do you think might break? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Any one of the terrible things I bodged to get it working in the first >>>>>>> place. Salvaged from the wreckage of another mac whose disk had partly >>>>>>> died..the only repository of programs for which the installation disks >>>>>>> have long vanished. >>>>>>> . >>>>>> One: with few exceptions, Mac programs can just be dragged to a disk to >>>>>> "install" them. Super easy to back them up... easier than on Windows or >>>>>> Linux (though with repositories you can re-install Windows programs >>>>>> pretty >>>>>> easily). >>>>>> >>>>>> Two: the fact you cannot name a single thing that might break is curious. >>>>> well it broke the font management last time I did anything and it took >>>>> me nearly 8 hours of net research to find someone who actually seemed to >>>>> know the file layouts and where corruption might have happened. >>>> Broke the font management? What happened? >> >> No response. Interesting. > > NIO, bioring. > > Fonts weren't there that should have been. something to do with > corrupted caches if I remember. I really don't like macs, and I like > fixing them even less. Ah, so you needed to delete a cache folder... or wait for it to happen automatically. Still, sometimes it is good to toss them - I suggest the free tool YASU... does that and a lot more. > I ran OSX for a while, but its a nightmare,,had a load of Iphoto stuff > that all vanished when the disk went iffy. there's no real technical > info out there. Its all specail hidden files and cunning databases. you > can get under the hood, but nothing under there is recognisable. Data > forks and program forks or whatever, lose one and the programs wont > 'see' the files..yuk. What? OS X does not use data forks. No offense, but sounds like you are rather confused. >>>>> I simply don't have the time for two weeks of my wife shrieking that >>>>> some legacy program she cant do without no longer works, or the money to >>>>> replace the $6000 of software that's on that machine. >>>> Again: what programs? >> >> No response. Interesting. > > No, boring. Adobe creatives suite, quark under OS9..MS office > suite..various glue programs and font managers..its all typsetting stuff. And this stuff is all important to you - but not important enough to do updates on it and the OS. Um, OK. >>>>> Owning a MAC is like owning a Jaguar. As long as money is no object, >>>>> you and the mac dealer will get on just fine..but there are no low cost >>>>> options ..;-) >>>> No doubt that you cannot get a new Mac as cheaply as you can get a new >>>> Windows machine. As for the rest of your comments, to vague to really be >>>> that meaningful. >>>> >>>> Chances are you can upgrade just fine if you wanted to. >>>> >>> its the 1% chance that it wont.. >> >> Well, make a backup first. If the system is important, presumably you >> already have one... right? > > Is not obvious what to back up, on a mac. Huh? The user folder and, if you want your apps backed up, the apps folder. But, since you said you do not have the system disks, of course you should back up the whole drive. -- [INSERT .SIG HERE]