Ubuntu should zig to Apple’s zag

Re:Ubuntu should zig to Apple’s zag by statictype on Saturday October 29, 2011 @11:41PM (#3173572)

Unless you have some religious zeal to use OSS software there is no good reason to even consider Ubuntu over Windows or OSX.

Problem with making sweeping statements like this is that you now make it difficult to continue any sort of rational discussion.

(and so, I downvoted you for that last line even though you had some good points to make)

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Re:Ubuntu should zig to Apple’s zag by jsz0 on Sunday October 30, 2011 @04:58AM (#3173964)

I usually avoid sweeping statements for exactly that reason but I think it's true in this case. If anyone has a good counter argument I'd be happy to admit I am wrong. Just to give you some idea where I am coming from I used Ubuntu on my work laptop for about 5 years. I got a new machine recently with Windows 7 and I just couldn't think of any good reason to install Ubuntu.

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Re:Ubuntu should zig to Apple’s zag by halostatue on Sunday October 30, 2011 @09:54AM (#3174377)

I can think of a few good reasons, but hey are purely developer-oriented. At my last job, I had an Ubuntu-based desktop because it made virtualization cleaner with a more stable base system—and the company wouldn't buy Macs. Windows ran in a virtual machine, and I developed on Linux, Windows, and a couple of Unixes. For that job, Ubuntu was the best choice I made.

Now? I'm happily running on a Mac.

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