Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Huge Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Linus rant on HFS+ Date: 29 Jan 2015 10:47:36 GMT Organization: Piglet's Pickles & Preserves Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <54c59c6b$0$25069$c3e8da3$92d0a893@news.astraweb.com> <54c69af7$0$19857$c3e8da3$33881b6a@news.astraweb.com> <260120151536477169%star@sky.net> Reply-To: usenet@huge.org.uk X-Trace: individual.net gMMQJ0rO2ipAZgPmmq+KwQxdGCC6ZC8LnPsc+YQeAGmEpXQiW5 Cancel-Lock: sha1:XCCvElyrr/Q80iAWBay34/QHZJM= X-No-Archive: Yes User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:69309 On 2015-01-29, Electric Comet wrote: > On 28 Jan 2015 22:14:19 GMT > Huge wrote: > >> No he doesn't. He runs Linux on a Macbook Air. > > I read an article a while ago and he seemed to allude to using it. > Something like "at some point everyone just gets tired of configuring > their environment so why bother" not an exact quote and maybe I > read too much into it but it sounded like he was saying I just > use macosx because I don't want hassle with all the config > > Maybe a dual-boot or vm http://www.quora.com/What-Linux-distribution-does-Linus-Torvalds-use-on-his-MacBook-Air That's a Linux desktop on his Air; http://cdn.cultofmac.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/skitched-20120424-122922.jpg And I agree with him about the Macbook Air; http://www.cultofmac.com/162823/linux-creator-linus-torvalds-i-love-my-macbook-air/ Sufficiently so that I bought one. Although I am hovering on the threshold between between keeping it on MacOS for the automatic updates & having someone else do the support and ditching MacOS for Linux because I prefer it. -- Today is Prickle-Prickle, the 29th day of Chaos in the YOLD 3181 I don't have an attitude problem. If you have a problem with my attitude, that's your problem.