I have not used OSX since 2011 (at that time I thought it was greatest thing) so I thought it was time to check in and see what was up. I threw together an imac from some spare parts around the house and installed my legit copy of snow leopard and then bought upgrade to Mountian Lion.
My conclusions after a couple days of use are that I have a better OS with openSUSE 13.1.
1) Installing apps outside of the app store requires no less than 6 mouse clicks and a password. I would rather do yast2 one-click method or regular repo install any day.
2) Applications are still way over priced, I mean really $35 for a launcher/clipboard thing. Compare this to the same android app that cost $2 and the developer still makes huge money because of large consumer base. I then think about the open source Linux community where I can get some of the same functionality for a donation I consider worthy (I like to donate to good developers).
3) Development seems stagnant even after all the years I have been away the same apps and developers have stayed the same and not really made any innovation. I wonder why? Is it the OSX app store or something else?
In the short time I have been looking around for mac software I have run into several rants from developers about the app store and its policies. It mostly boils down to Apples rejection of software updates that do not take advantage of the newest OSX technology, ie total rewrite of software per new osx release.
4) DigiKam blows away iphoto in almost every way possible, I never though I would find a better photo software when I was using osx.
5) iTunes can not play ogg or flac, what is up with that? On the other hand, it is more user friendly than Amorak.
6) Hardly any hardware actually works with OSX, I am talking about peripherals like mice, keyboard, speakers, etc...... Of course if you actually have a macbook you really do not need this stuff so no big deal but if you are using imac then you have limited hardware.
7) Mono actually works better in Linux, I need this for keepass 2.x.
So in short, I am totally happy with my move to Linux and openSUSE and I can finally put my mac envy in the rear view mirror.
After checking out the other side again (closed source) I am sure that oss and open OS is going to provide the best most economical operating system.
My conclusions after a couple days of use are that I have a better OS with openSUSE 13.1.
1) Installing apps outside of the app store requires no less than 6 mouse clicks and a password. I would rather do yast2 one-click method or regular repo install any day.
2) Applications are still way over priced, I mean really $35 for a launcher/clipboard thing. Compare this to the same android app that cost $2 and the developer still makes huge money because of large consumer base. I then think about the open source Linux community where I can get some of the same functionality for a donation I consider worthy (I like to donate to good developers).
3) Development seems stagnant even after all the years I have been away the same apps and developers have stayed the same and not really made any innovation. I wonder why? Is it the OSX app store or something else?
In the short time I have been looking around for mac software I have run into several rants from developers about the app store and its policies. It mostly boils down to Apples rejection of software updates that do not take advantage of the newest OSX technology, ie total rewrite of software per new osx release.
4) DigiKam blows away iphoto in almost every way possible, I never though I would find a better photo software when I was using osx.
5) iTunes can not play ogg or flac, what is up with that? On the other hand, it is more user friendly than Amorak.
6) Hardly any hardware actually works with OSX, I am talking about peripherals like mice, keyboard, speakers, etc...... Of course if you actually have a macbook you really do not need this stuff so no big deal but if you are using imac then you have limited hardware.
7) Mono actually works better in Linux, I need this for keepass 2.x.
So in short, I am totally happy with my move to Linux and openSUSE and I can finally put my mac envy in the rear view mirror.
After checking out the other side again (closed source) I am sure that oss and open OS is going to provide the best most economical operating system.