[clue-talk] OT: Request to borrow Mac OS 10.5.X install disc

[Silas Martinez]

My issue with OSX as desktop unix is probably a leftover from my love of
linux - there appears to be a dearth of open applications readily available
for it, and I'm not thrilled with its package management. Yes, there is
MacPorts - but its ugly (this was a year or more ago, now - perhaps it's
better these days). There are probably a few other efforts out there that
are similar - but nothing I've seen to match apt-get or Yum, in terms of
simple package management and overall ease of application management. I lost
my love for watching applications compile some time ago, but I haven't lost
interest in running some standard applications on my desktop. My memories if
installing a standard AMP-suite, plus a few things like memcached, etc, for
some testing locally ... are not fond.
Sadly (perhaps? my wallet doesn't think so) I'm happier with a solid desktop
linux distro, and a good wine-descendant, like crossover. My needs include
the ability to play games, good virtualization (vmware server 2 seems pretty
solid - I like it better than parallels for many tasks - except perhaps
running windows integrated with the unix desktop), and lots of applications
support. Having things in more traditional locations, and having an
environment that's comfy because its what I work with, are both nice pluses.

*shrug* thats me.

-Silas.

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> From: Nate Duehr <nate at natetech.com>
> To: CLUE talk <clue-talk at cluedenver.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 2:05:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [clue-talk] OT: Request to borrow Mac OS 10.5.X install disc
>
> Do it.  You'll want the mega-disk-space if you do any virtualization of
> other OS's.  Also max out the RAM.
>
> Also invest in a similar sized external USB drive and point Time Machine
> at it.
>
> Automated backups are a wonderful thing, and an added bonus I didn't
> know until we bought my wife a new iMac a few months ago, is that Apples
> machine "migration" software is flawless... plugged the wife's Time
> Machine drive in, waited 30 minutes, and everything including all her
> applications was set up properly... on her new machine.  It even copied
> the older versions of Apple apps onto the machine but was smart enough
> NOT to overwrite the new iLife suite's applications.  Launched those,
> they properly imported the data from the older versions, and I went to
> bed early that night, after making sure I had a whole evening to
> dedicate to migrating her from one machine to another.
>
> It was so painless, I might just forget how to use tar.  LOL!
>
> Sorry, I know it's a Linux list, but I just had to share.  OSX is what
> desktop Unix SHOULD be.  Sad maybe that it's not 100% open, but hell...
> if I can get things done and not screw around with it... I'm an awfully
> happy camper.  A six-pack of Jolt and all-nighters just don't cut it for
> this "old guy" anymore, unless I'm building something interesting, or
> working on a presentation or something about something new/interesting.
> Rebuilding machines from bare metal is an utter waste of time, these
> days... unless I'm at work and getting paid for it.  :-)
>
> Virtualization, machine images... all this new fun stuff makes life
> better.  Still having a great time with computers, but not wasting so
> much of it fighting with the desktop... the Mac just "stays out of my
> way" most of the time, and does its job.  Not the cheapest machines I
> ever bought, but worth it if you're past that stage where bare metal
> migration of Linux machines to new hardware is "interesting"...
>
> Nate
> --
>  Nate Duehr
>  nate at natetech.com
>
>
>
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