Benjamin Smith wrote: >> Just out of curiousity, why replace OSX with Centos? >> >> Mike >> > > 'Cause it's just better. Among other things, MacOS has the following problems > that DRIVE ME UP THE WALL: > > 1) Multiple Desktops, or, at least, the lack thereof. Yeah, Leopord will come > with 'spaces', but if it isn't released, it isn't released. > > 2) Application windows don't alt-tab between them. So, if you have two or > three terminal windows open, you have to use the mouse to switch. (AGUHG!) > > 3) The dock is easy to use, but just irritating to me. It succeeds in being > pretty and consuming useful desktop space without providing much useful > information at all. It's like a pretty girl with rocks in her head - nice to > look at at first, but no fun to live with! > > 4) No task bar. (Hey, it's easy to jump straight to whatever you want by > hitting the button, without having to "hunt" for it based on whether or not > you minimized it) > > OTOH, I have to support Mac OSX with our client-side software - so being able > to run Linux, Windows, and OSX on a single machine without alot of pain would > be very, very nice. (but I'm starting to get my reservations) > > -Ben > > Not debating anything here, but just wanted to point out... 1) very true 2) works for me and every mac I have. 3) I take the apps out, shrink the icons and "auto hide" it. 4) expose - pretty cool shortcuts there. Dustin -- dnk