[ale] Linux on an Apple iBook

[Dow Hurst]

A guy here with the Ti G4 notebook was showing me the new accelerated 
X11 driver from Apple for the builtin ATI 7500 chip.  He was showing me 
the abilities for using Pymol to manipulate biochemical structures and 
create gorgeous photos of those structures.  The user perception of OS-X 
is that it is so easy to use.  He turned on the firewall and followed 
the Wizard setup creating a decent firewall for his client only DHCP 
type config.  It is just a notebook so he doesn't need complex rules.  
The wireless connection just happens invisibly from his perspective when 
he clicks the button.  So for having a Unix like base with all the 
software out there available, the OS-X environment can't be beat from a 
user's perspective.  From a geek/sysadmin perspective, well that is a 
little different.  I think you would have to spend some time figuring 
out the interfaces for configuring the OS from a CLI to get comfortable.
Dow


trey wrote:

>MacOS X is a pretty damn usable environment. The last couple of
>revisions have done much to correct some annoyances. On the other hand,
>Apple has a tendency to let the documentation side of things suffer.
>Personally I think it sucks. My buddy here who's reading over my
>shoulder thinks that it's alright, just different. Maybe that's just
>vendor doco.
>There are some funny things about it. The NeXT-vintage config database
>takes some getting used to. It's different. Every once in a while you'll
>be working along in MacOS X, then suddenly you find yourself confronted
>with Linux's inherent superiority. Call it a lack of cruft.
>
>Cheers!
>
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