Jacob Stetser
03-12-1999, 02:06 PM
Hey there..
I've used a dual boot method myself before, and as soon as I get a copy of Linux that works for my iMac (or a PC emulator than can run Linux) I'm going to do it again.
There are just a few things I use it for, though... testing scripts locally, without having to be online is the biggy. Plus using it to familiarize myself with the system.
I tend to find the arrangement of the Macintosh filing system and things like drag and drop much more intuitive to me, so I tend to use that for all my design work. For scripting I use Linux and for design I use the Mac..
As for FTP, telneting in, etc.. it's probably easier on a Mac.. plus you have the familiar environment in which to work.
(Now, to anyone else reading this... I don't mean Macs are necessarily easier than other OSes. I mean that for a Mac user, it's going to be easier to use and more productive to continue to use the Mac for such tasks, until such time as they need advanced features that perhaps only Linux provides.)
I've used a dual boot method myself before, and as soon as I get a copy of Linux that works for my iMac (or a PC emulator than can run Linux) I'm going to do it again.
There are just a few things I use it for, though... testing scripts locally, without having to be online is the biggy. Plus using it to familiarize myself with the system.
I tend to find the arrangement of the Macintosh filing system and things like drag and drop much more intuitive to me, so I tend to use that for all my design work. For scripting I use Linux and for design I use the Mac..
As for FTP, telneting in, etc.. it's probably easier on a Mac.. plus you have the familiar environment in which to work.
(Now, to anyone else reading this... I don't mean Macs are necessarily easier than other OSes. I mean that for a Mac user, it's going to be easier to use and more productive to continue to use the Mac for such tasks, until such time as they need advanced features that perhaps only Linux provides.)