Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Why doesn't Apple update the kernel instead of outdating hardware/software? Date: 17 Mar 2015 19:26:06 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 49 Message-ID: References: X-Trace: individual.net Bz/H3Wyrds5L1PtYeJjoYg1hEGyDoFSwcNYVphScG2ytrAXtUl Cancel-Lock: sha1:VO5xRoOeUG4DlunFewxjvFhbXtc= X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:71411 On 2015-03-17, Electric Comet wrote: > On 16 Mar 2015 16:47:27 GMT > Jolly Roger wrote: > >> 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. > > Name some compatibility issues please Many more than I care to list. I don't need to prove anything to you. I have had enough years of direct experience with Linux and OS X to know the difference. >> > 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. > > Duh > But can I modify preview to change the defaults > No Just as with any closed source software, which, BTW, exists in Linux as well as Windows, and just about every other platform out there. OS X is no different. > app defaults hardcoded is more like aapl steering people away > from using it to some other app or trying to reduce support > issues in macosx by making all the core apps static That's a pretty silly statement. Preview is a closed source preview application that happens to have very basic editing support. If you dislike they way it works, nobody is stopping you from using something else. Stop bitching and moaning and do what your wonderful Linux operating system mandates of its users: tinker with other (even open source) software until you figure out a better way for yourself. Several alternatives have been mentioned in this thread that you might try. Or just shut up and deal with it. > Does aapl make a graphics app for sale? AAPL is a stock symbol, and stock symbols don't make any software. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR