Hackintosh Vs. linux (fedora/ubuntu)
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Well im getting pissed of with vista messing up all the time. Ive had to do a system restore twice in the past month and its really annoying. And its only after seemingly routine updates.
Anyway, im thinking of dual booting for a while and then possibly going over permenantly, so what do you reckon i should go for?
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Well ive kind of ruled out actually buying a mac, as thats expensive.
Im kind of tending towards the hackintosh at the moment, as alhough it would be hard to setup it would be cool, os x always seemed like a pretty sweet os, and more importantly SU will run natively on it with no messing about. Its a pity there isnt a mac version of indigo though, thats the only thing really stopping me form going full hackintosh rather than dual booting.
Anyway, im off to do some reading about setting up multi boot systems, gettign a hackintosh going and modding linux distros
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Except that I'm neither overweight nor have a mustache, I'm definitely the guy in the Tron suit.
The real problem with Linux for an architectural designer is that the typical industry software doesn't work, or if it does work it is still a miracle. I'm amazed SketchUp runs on my Ubuntu box...I haven't made it crash yet, except by tampering with the OpenGL settings. But Rhino 4.0 does not (2.0 does), Photoshop CS3 does not (CS2 does), and anything dependent on .NET does not (like Google Layout). There are plenty of substitutes in every area of software for things that don't run (Inkscape for Illustrator, Scribus for InDesign, Cinelerra for After Effects/Premiere, Processing for Flash, QCAD or GraphiteOne for ACAD LT, etc.) but these FOSS programs all suffer from a certain eccentricity, in terms of stability, capability and GUI.
In other words, for paying jobs where I can't afford things to go wrong, I turn Windows XP back on. For fun I do my own projects on Ubuntu. I really like the variant called Ubuntu Studio...talk about a neat set of programs and desktop items!
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I hope this is going to be a clean discussion and not a fanboy or bash thread as these things sometimes seems to envoke childish behaviour on the web.
Anyway, so you want to discuss this right?
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I believe both Linux people as Mac folks will swear to their own OS.
My choice would be the one with best performance, being easy to use and availability of software. For me it remains Vista as I am used to it.
From time to time I experiment a little with MacosX, which seems to me to be similar to Vista but 'rearranged'. The software for Mac is pretty decent, although I would miss the typical overwelming amount of handy freeware on Windows.Don't know anything about Linux, but people I know are really happy with it and they tell me it is about choosing the distribution ('distro')that works for you.
And since Wine seems to work pretty well, I expect Linux being a good choice as well.About doing a 'hackintosh': unfortunately it is not that easy....especially in getting all your hardware configured to work with Mac Os.
But it also seems that this is rapidly changing and things get more easy to set up.
Off course, buying a Mac is easier , as bootcamp is already almost fool proof, while doing it the other way around still is more tedious....Tough decision to make mate
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This doesn't look hard at all, Remus:
I've built more elaborate computers and set up odder software. It seems like someone else has already done all the hard tweaking.
You know, an Apple Store just opened down the street. It's wall-to-wall-to-glass-staircase in expensive, attitude-laden minimalist hardware...I'm really tempted to make one of these Frankensteins just to--metaphorically of course--stick my finger in Mr. Job's eye.
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