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Re:Arch Linux on MacBook Pro Retina 2014 by po1nter on Sunday January 18, 2015 @06:50AM (#8907292)
* OSX is NOT Linux * OSX is not free * OSX is not Open Source
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Re:Arch Linux on MacBook Pro Retina 2014 by insaneirish on Sunday January 18, 2015 @10:42AM (#8907754)
> * OSX is NOT Linux

Is this sportsball? Glad we're picking teams.

> * OSX is not free

Not really concerned with a Richard Stallman view of the world, nor am I about the semantics of free vs. free.

> * OSX is not Open Source

Parts of it are. And I fully support the rights of companies to distribute which parts of their own projects that they deem necessary.

> * OSX > * OSX > * OSX

Actually, it's OS X.

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Re:Arch Linux on MacBook Pro Retina 2014 by kolinko on Sunday January 18, 2015 @07:41AM (#8907371)
"Free" as in FSF? No, but free as in "costless" - yes it is.
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