ARR and Mac

[Altena]

That's where Linux has the best of both worlds, Linux and OSX are both based on Unix, so anything you can do on OSX you can do on any Linux distro, and you have the ability to replace hardware at will because it is installed on a PC. Mac is essentially a Linux distro made by Apple and that is why most (read most not all) people think it is the best OS.

I am not knocking Linux as I don't use it day to day, and I have heard great things about it for sure~

As far as I know though, Linux still has a lot of compatibility issues with both drivers and software, does it not? Truthfully I don't know enough about Linux to truly comment on it, and although I have heard good things about it - it does seem more like a "programmer's OS".

In saying that though, if you base your computer's build on Mac OS compatible hardware you can quad-boot Windows/Ubuntu/Linux/Mac OS if you really desperately want to.

[Delsus]

I am not knocking Linux as I don't use it day to day, and I have heard great things about it for sure~

As far as I know though, Linux still has a lot of compatibility issues with both drivers and software, does it not? Truthfully I don't know enough about Linux to truly comment on it, and although I have heard good things about it - it does seem more like a "programmer's OS".

In saying that though, if you base your computer's build on Mac OS compatible hardware you can quad-boot Windows/Ubuntu/Linux/Mac OS if you really desperately want to.

The only real driver compatibility problem I have seen is when using at least AMD/Intel hybrid graphics, on my laptop in paticular I am unable to switch between the GPUs, and the Intel GPU is used by default with no ways to change it currently, this prevents me from using hardware acceleration, and various other features. If you have a single AMD or Nvidia GPU there will be no issues with drivers, just download the propriatory drivers after your install.

On the more software side there is a lot of compatible software, more people are moving towards supporting Linux, if you take Ubuntu the software center has a lot of software to download, from Skype and Dropbox to software that does the same as the Windows or Mac equivelant.

You can also use Wine in any Linux distro, but as we all know Wine compatibility can vary a lot, but this is the same for Mac.

Also if you don't find software you want in the software center you can check the developer's website to look for compatible software, but you might have to google how to install it, a lot can be made into a shell script which requires you to change the script's permissions to allow them to run "chmod +x <filename.sh>" then just run it with "./filename.sh"

Linux getting a lot more user friendly now, and it's getting a lot more compatible with software.

[Altena]

The only real driver compatibility problem I have seen is when using at least AMD/Intel hybrid graphics, on my laptop in paticular I am unable to switch between the GPUs, and the Intel GPU is used by default with no ways to change it currently, this prevents me from using hardware acceleration, and various other features. If you have a single AMD or Nvidia GPU there will be no issues with drivers, just download the propriatory drivers after your install.

On the more software side there is a lot of compatible software, more people are moving towards supporting Linux, if you take Ubuntu the software center has a lot of software to download, from Skype and Dropbox to software that does the same as the Windows or Mac equivelant.

You can also use Wine in any Linux distro, but as we all know Wine compatibility can vary a lot, but this is the same for Mac.

Also if you don't find software you want in the software center you can check the developer's website to look for compatible software, but you might have to google how to install it, a lot can be made into a shell script which requires you to change the script's permissions to allow them to run "chmod +x <filename.sh>" then just run it with "./filename.sh"

Linux getting a lot more user friendly now, and it's getting a lot more compatible with software.

Interesting to know. They have come a long way then..

As far as software, I did a quick google and the main piece of software I use does not support Linux. - Ableton.
I also use a lot of Mac OS exclusive software that I have been using for years and can't imagine switching to a "similar but different" piece of software. Examples are-
Logic
FinalCut
Apature

So Linux truly wouldn't suit me personally, but I am sure it is perfectly fine for other people.

[Huginn]

Interesting to know. They have come a long way then..

As far as software, I did a quick google and the main piece of software I use does not support Linux. - Ableton.
I also use a lot of Mac OS exclusive software that I have been using for years and can't imagine switching to a "similar but different" piece of software. Examples are-
Logic
FinalCut
Apature

So Linux truly wouldn't suit me personally, but I am sure it is perfectly fine for other people.

Ableton may not support Linux, but Linux supports Ableton.
Ableton works FLAWLESSLY, out of the box, with no modifications in WINE http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManage...ation&iId=2113