Subj : Macintosh
To   : Deuce
From : Darkytoo
Date : Sun Jul 03 2005 12:49 am

  Re: Macintosh
  By: Deuce to Darkytoo on Sat Jul 02 2005 06:33 pm

 >   Re: Macintosh
 >   By: Darkytoo to Mrproper on Sat Jul 02 2005 16:12:00
 > 
 >  >  > I've alway wished they would take the sound support out of the kernel 
 >  >  > create a universal sound server for X, that would be lovely.
 >  >  >
 >  >  >
 >  > That's the one of linux's many, many issues.  There never will be "the
 >  > universal sound server" because someone will get sick of it and write the
 >  > own.  KDE?  Gnome?  NextStep?  text mode?  How many thousands of mail rea
 >  > are there?  millions of window managers?  each one different, with of cou
 >  > they're own themes.  I used to think this was a strength of linux, having
 >  > many choices, but it just overwhelms after a while.  I used to run linux 
 >  > then I got this powerbook for school.  Want to install a program?  Just
 >  > download and copy it to the applications folder.  want to delete a progra
 >  > just delete it.  No messing around with libraries, wider selection of
 >  > software, and the whole thing just works...no scrambled file system, no m
 >  > having to re-compile the kernel to enable some strange driver.  It's
 >  > wonderful.
 > 
 > All it needs is X integration and it will take off.  I they manage to squeez
 > OSS API implementation in there too, it'll zoom.  The main reason there's so
 > many different sound servers out there is because they are all crap and
 > incorrectly implemented.
 > 
 > Macs and Windows have the same wide selection of Stuff... there's just not a
 > much Crappy Stuff available for them.
 > 
needs alot more than that.  x.org is a quantum improvement over xfree86, but
linux still has a fundamental flaw that keeps it from becoming mainstream. 
The majority of the software is designed and written by geeks, for other
geeks.  Each program has it's own separate UI design and VERY rarely
documented.  While windows is written for the mass market, and OSX has very
tight UI guidelines.  

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