From: Rich Morin Date: 2005-11-22T03:05:26+09:00 Subject: Re: [OT] Trying to change my OS from Windows to Linux/Mac At 2:12 AM +0900 11/22/05, Sam Kong wrote: >1. When you use Ruby on Linux or just in general on Linux, >do you use text-mode or graphic-mode? I assume that you're talking about command-line mode vs. GUI mode. I use Mac OS X, but the principle should be pretty much the same. The command line (and associated tools) are complementary to the GUI and its tools. I tend to keep a few Terminal windows around at all times, but they may be hidden, depending on the task at hand. >3. For Mac users, do you feel OK with the simple mouse? Probably I'm >too accustomed to Windows mouse. Whenever I use Mac, I miss the >right-button and scroll-wheel. The one-button mouse is very restrictive. I use a Kensington Optical Elite mouse, which has four buttons and a clickable scroll wheel. The driver supports chording, application-specific settings, etc. I love it and have bought enough for all the local machines. >If anybody has experience of moving from Windows to Linux or Mac, >please share the success story. The last M$ OS I spent any time with was MS-DOS 3.2, which I used by means of the Mortice Kern tool kit. I consider this to be a success story (:-). -r -- email: rdm@cfcl.com; phone: +1 650-873-7841 http://www.cfcl.com - Canta Forda Computer Laboratory http://www.cfcl.com/Meta - The FreeBSD Browser, Meta Project, etc.