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[Discuss] GNU/Linux Distro for Mac?



On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Richard Pieri <richard.pieri at gmail.com> wrote:
> John Abreau wrote:
>>
>> Nope, sorry, that's completely irrelevant to the subject of this thread.
>> To argue that FreeBSD desktops are better than Linux desktops, when you
>> really mean just the MacOSX desktop, is disingenuous at best . It serves
>> only to muddy the conversation and  derail the conversation.
>
>
> Claiming that OS X isn't a Unix desktop is the disingenuous thing.
> Proprietary or no, it is a Unix desktop as much as NeXTStep (being the
> direct successor to NeXTStep) or the CDE or the IRIX Interactive Desktop.

As far as I can tell, you are the first person to use the word "UNIX"
in this discussion thread so I'm not sure why you brought it up.
They are claiming that there is a difference between a FreeBSD and
MacOSX desktop, but that seems pretty obvious to me.

Bill Bogstad



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