Poll: Mac, Windows, or Linux? 6 points by minecraftman 14y ago ↗ HN Are you a Mac, a Linux, or Windows?
[–] tankenmate 14y ago ↗ What is the difference these days? Very soon even "PC" x86 machines will use UEFI like Macs. This poll conflates hardware architectures with operating systems. As a "paraphrase" on HHGTTG, "Mostly useless". [–] dextorious 14y ago ↗ """What is the difference these days?"""Huge, as always...
[–] fractallyte 14y ago ↗ They're all 'PCs'. Possibly you mean: 'Mac, Windows, Linux'.In which case, you're missing out the *BSDs. (And, if you want to go even further, Haiku & Amiga.)
[–] [dead] jstone2004 14y ago ↗ Narrow choices.... How about Solaris, MINIX or BSD? (Yes I know, you'll just say UNIX is UNIX, but still.....)
[–] duncan_bayne 14y ago ↗ Linux Mint, specifically. My setup is in GitHub at https://github.com/duncan-bayne/mint-setup/ (very much a work in progress still).I'm surprised to see so many HN folks running Macs ... I'd have thought that Apple's antipathy towards hacking & hackers would put people off.But then maybe geeks aren't as immune to fashion as we'd like to think ;-)
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[ 3.7 ms ] story [ 35.3 ms ] threadHuge, as always...
In which case, you're missing out the *BSDs. (And, if you want to go even further, Haiku & Amiga.)
I'm surprised to see so many HN folks running Macs ... I'd have thought that Apple's antipathy towards hacking & hackers would put people off.
But then maybe geeks aren't as immune to fashion as we'd like to think ;-)