From: Detlef Reichl <detlef.reichl@...>
Date: 2005-11-22T03:16:24+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Trying to change my OS from Windows to Linux/Mac

On Di, 2005-11-22 at 02:12 +0900, Sam Kong wrote:
> Hello, Ruby people!
> 
> This is not about Ruby itself but about OS.
> The reason that I ask this question in this group is that I've been
> motivated to use other OS's than Windows by this group while I learned
> Ruby.
> Thus the people in this group can answer my question very well.
> Also, I feel very comfortable with people in this group, even if I
> don't know them personally.
> (I feel like they are my friends.)
> This question is not meant to bring flame wars!
> 
> I use Windows at my work and home.
> Of course, I tried several linux OS's (RedHat, SUSE, Debian, Gentoo,
> Ubuntu) and this year I even purchased Mini Mac.

Hi,

i use Ubuntu on my Mac Mini and it works really nice.


> However, I haven't succeeded to make myself used to these OS's.
> 
> I have some questions to linux users and Mac users.
> 
> 1. When you use Ruby on Linux or just in general on Linux, do you use
> text-mode or graphic-mode?
> 
I use the standard GNOME desktop, that comes with Ubuntu and it is fast
enough (1,23 GHz, 1 GByte RAM).

> 2. I've never succeeded to make my laptops work perfectly on Linux.
> Sometimes, network card is not working, other times, USB is not
> recognized, or Sound card is not working. I've tried on 5 different
> laptops with different Linux but none was perfect. How do you overcome
> this problem? Well... if you use just a text-mode, this might not be a
> problem.
> 
The problem with laptops are often, that they use highly integrated chip
sets, where the manufactor don't release the specs. With laptops the
best way is to look what hardware ist supported (and what you really
need from the laptops hardware) und _then_ buy the laptop.

> 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.

I use a logitec mouse on my mini, cause i see only one button as an
unneded limitation.

Cheers
detlef

> 
> If anybody has experience of moving from Windows to Linux or Mac,
> please share the success story.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Sam
> 
>