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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Why doesn't Apple update the kernel instead of outdating hardware/software?
Date: 16 Mar 2015 16:47:27 GMT
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On 2015-03-16, Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> wrote:
> On 16 Mar 2015 16:22:56 GMT
> Ye olde AAPL kool-aid guzzler Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> Not much need to run Linux when OS X is Unix at the corei, is gnerally
>
> Ha, so you are a prognosticator, the OP never stated their need

Nope, just stating my opinion as a veteran Linux user and software
developer.

>> more problem-free and easier to use than Linux distributions, and most
>
> nowadays this comparison is not true

Yes, it is.

> the big difference in linux vs. macosx is that linux can be 
> configured to individual tastes to a finer degree than macosx

Nope. OS X is more usable in general. There are also fewer problems,
fewer compatibility issues, and the problems that do exist are more
easily solved or worked around than in Linux systems.

> that finer degree would include easily modifying the source of any
> app you use on linux

You can modify any open source in OS X as well - and there is a lot.

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