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So, in my past Microsoft induced rages, I've pondered this apple thing. I've been knocking around the idea of picking up a mini-mac of some sort (errr, or is it a mac mini? lol) and playing around, writing some code just to see what all the fuss is about.
Went off and one an auction, bought the 2012 version (2014 version soldered everything in place, apple doesn't like people adding stuff they cannot over charge for). Fired it up last night.....
Damn, it's Linux. Well, probably not as f'd up as most of the distros are these days, but I'm telling you, it's Unix. Hmmm.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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It's not well known, but Apple OS's are all fakes: iPhones actually run OS/360 with a pseudo-graphics interface made of ASCII art, and iPads all run OS/2 (in an attempt by IBM to get someone - anyone - to buy the damn thing and free up a couple of warehouses).
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Ahhh? That's what he meant.
That is, the heavily accented guy outside the shop said something that sounded like "flea besty" ... guess he was saying "360"
(- apparently got big discount if I bought it from him outside rather then go inside ... didn't buy any, don't want to go all fruity quite yet.)
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Yeah, it is Linux.
I own a Mac Mini for iOS development.
Recently, I put Ubuntu on an old laptop and couldn't believe how similar the desktops are (close, minimize, etc on left).
And then the command prompt of course is all Linux on both.
You could'a saved a lot of money by just using Ubuntu on an old machine. 
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lol, as I glance behind my monitor at my small pizza box running ubuntu... so little time, so much I want to learn.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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charlieg wrote: so little time, so much I want to learn
I'm with you on that.
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charlieg wrote:
Damn, it's Linux.
Linux I trust.
..but a Mac is more from the realm of game-computers. Nice for anyone who cannot handle a PC
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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I bought a MacBook Pro about 3 years ago--used, because I refuse to give Apple any money--and to this day I can honestly say I've hardly used it more than to download security updates for it every month or so.
First lesson I've learned--unlike any other hardware I've ever owned, Apple's is constantly sucking power. I've had Windows and Linux laptops that still had 90%+ power after months being powered down. Despite my best efforts, I can't find a way to fully turn off this Apple thing so I still have some battery juice left after a week of being powered down (and though the laptop was used, the battery that came with it was brand new)...
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Thinkpads - The one and only machines I've loved to touch. Or some weird gaming machines  .
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy Falcon.
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Based on BSD actually. (And partly Nextstep, but that's also built on BSD)
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As Jörgen pointed out above, Mac is BSD, not Linux. BSD is Unix and does not use the Linux kernel. Linux was built to provide a working environment similar to Unix, but is of course a completely different animal.
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The purists in the lounge... yes, I said Linux, but at the end of that line I said Unix. I knew I should have edited that out (I happen to know better and appreciate the technicality).
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Quora error page
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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errors can have errors too
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It is faster to er than to err!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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That sums up how I feel some days. Some days you don't even have the energy to groan.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?
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Are you trying to make us testy?
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Maybe an ickle bit...
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Are you trying to test us?
/ravi
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Testy!
(How could you possibly have meant anything else?  )
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Did you test to read what was written above? 
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Oops 
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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