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- freedom fighting at the gates of hell
The Mac Girl Opensource Challenge is back! I started it off mid-way through the summer but then life got in the way. If you’re not familiar with the concept here is the intro write-up. However dear friends it’s not that easy. I installed Linux on a virtual machine. This kind of defeats the purpose since a virtual machine business would already scare half the non-techs away. Or about 80%. Secondly there’s a software issue. Mac OS comes only with bootcamp, which is officially for installing windows (yuk!) and indeed you have to do that first to then install linux. Plus it partitions the drive and it’s a whole lot of hassle….
- Mac Girl Open Source Challenge
Here’s the deal: I haven’t used Linux since the age of 15 so we can pretty much safely say I never used it. I’m your token Mac Bird, I’ve been working on macs for about 5 years now, I physically cringe when I have to even look at Windows (yes, say what you want, aesthetics of daily tools are important). I want to switch from Mac’s operating system to Linux. I want to do all the things I do on my macbook in open source apps. I really don’t care about the guts of it, what and how, I want it to work. I’m not willing to change any of my usual habits to go open source, I want it to work around me. Ladies and gentlemen, fasten your seat belts…
