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Apple: The Gold Standard for GNU/Linux

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Before I was hired for my present job I went through an interview with the young man who was CEO at the time and then a team interview with everyone except him. In the team interview one of the developers asked me if I ever worked with Macs before. My reply was something like, "Well, I never had to, but I can learn." He chuckled and said, "'...never had to,' I like that." It all worked out and I got the job, but I still had to get accustomed to a big, bright, shiny iMac.

Having only used Windows for all of my adult life up to that point I felt almost as though I was learning my way around a computer for the first time. It's been over a year and I am pretty experienced with Apple software, but I even now I don't like it. The fact remains, though, that it certainly feels superior to any version of Windows I've ever used. That is why I believe it is the "gold standard" which a Linux distro needs not only to match but also surpass.

In December 2009 I switched my family's home desktop over to Ubuntu. I'd been toying with the idea of trying out Linux for a while and had given a couple of live CDs a spin. There were bumps along the way, like not being able to set up dual-boot because of a hardware/BIOS issue, but when all was said and done I was quite a bit happier with Ubuntu than I was with Windows XP. My kids adapted quickly and my wife has actually become somewhat of a casual Ubuntu evangelist. At least, every time someone mentions having an issue with Windows she extols the virtues of Ubuntu and encourages me to tell them about it. My household holds no doubt about Ubuntu being a better option, for many reasons, than any version of Windows. So why isn't it gaining more of a foothold?

It's missing the "wow" factor.




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