Comments on: Why I switched. http://dreid.org/2007/03/19/why-i-switched/ Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:00:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: dreid http://dreid.org/2007/03/19/why-i-switched/#comment-1393 dreid Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:09:40 +0000 http://dreid.org/2007/03/19/why-i-switched/#comment-1393 Glyph: I'd say it doesn't, I started using my powerbook as my primary development machine long before I started my current job. After that, except for the few weeks it was out to applecare having the logic board replaced I used my linux desktop almost entirely for gaming. Now I don't even need to do that. My favorite game (The Wolf ET mod True Combat Elite) runs just fine on my MacBook Pro. I've even been considering getting one of those fancy one handed gamer keyboards so I don't have to use the laptop keyboard or hook up a full size keyboard. Glyph: I’d say it doesn’t, I started using my powerbook as my primary development machine long before I started my current job. After that, except for the few weeks it was out to applecare having the logic board replaced I used my linux desktop almost entirely for gaming.

Now I don’t even need to do that. My favorite game (The Wolf ET mod True Combat Elite) runs just fine on my MacBook Pro. I’ve even been considering getting one of those fancy one handed gamer keyboards so I don’t have to use the laptop keyboard or hook up a full size keyboard.

]]> By: Glyph Lefkowitz http://dreid.org/2007/03/19/why-i-switched/#comment-1359 Glyph Lefkowitz Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:50:19 +0000 http://dreid.org/2007/03/19/why-i-switched/#comment-1359 Of course, this has nothing whatsoever to do with where you work, right? Of course, this has nothing whatsoever to do with where you work, right?

]]> By: Travis B. Hartwell http://dreid.org/2007/03/19/why-i-switched/#comment-1126 Travis B. Hartwell Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:09:11 +0000 http://dreid.org/2007/03/19/why-i-switched/#comment-1126 I would say that I miss two things primarily on choosing Linux on my desktop over OS X: QuickSilver and the Open Scripting Architecture (I'm not a fan of AppleScript, but a fan of what you can do with it). Yet those things aren't enough for me to drop Linux. I'm an advocate of Free Software. I can't describe it in terms other than, "OS X just does't feel right". Linux does for me. If you ever want to hack on a QS-like tool for Linux, look me up. I'd love it! I would say that I miss two things primarily on choosing Linux on my desktop over OS X: QuickSilver and the Open Scripting Architecture (I’m not a fan of AppleScript, but a fan of what you can do with it). Yet those things aren’t enough for me to drop Linux. I’m an advocate of Free Software. I can’t describe it in terms other than, “OS X just does’t feel right”. Linux does for me.

If you ever want to hack on a QS-like tool for Linux, look me up. I’d love it!

]]> By: Jonathan Lange http://dreid.org/2007/03/19/why-i-switched/#comment-1118 Jonathan Lange Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:21:23 +0000 http://dreid.org/2007/03/19/why-i-switched/#comment-1118 I used OS X on the desktop for the last couple of years, so I didn't get bit hard by the first point. I miss Quicksilver so much. But I miss iCal more. "Windows as a usability goal" is definitely right. I noticed this in the way people spoke at LCA 2007. You can also see it in the way long-term Linux users don't really seem to get why Mac users are whining all the time about the crap Linux UI. I mean, how many different places are there to hide a preferences dialog? I used OS X on the desktop for the last couple of years, so I didn’t get bit hard by the first point.

I miss Quicksilver so much. But I miss iCal more.

“Windows as a usability goal” is definitely right. I noticed this in the way people spoke at LCA 2007. You can also see it in the way long-term Linux users don’t really seem to get why Mac users are whining all the time about the crap Linux UI.

I mean, how many different places are there to hide a preferences dialog?

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