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I just updated the list. Though Paddy and Zlatan's names are there, they haven't committed. But DD said they ain't going nowhere. . .

Damest09:
I don't know the man or heard his name before, can we have some pics of him?

https://www.sunnewsonline.com/images/funsho%20Williams.jpg

I agree totally with Mariory. Whoever killed F Will was not politically motivated

Nah, until I met U I have never broken my head over a girl. . . Ooops, not exactly accurate. There was this girl almost 10 years ago now. . .

Stop giving people the impression that we are gay.

New job? No, I am going back to school. Not too far from you by the way.

Nzeribe perhaps?

Enter Ubuntu Christian Edition: http://www.christianubuntu.com/

[I]Q: Is Ubuntu Christian Edition designed for Protestants or Catholics?

A: Both! Ubuntu Christian Edition will always try to cater to the needs of all Christian denominations.[/I]

So what is it that makes Christian Ubuntu so, shall we say, divine (pun intended)? Erm,
[I]
Along with the standard Ubuntu applications, Ubuntu Christian Edition includes the best available Christian software. The initial release contains GnomeSword, a top of the line Bible study program for Linux based on the Sword Project. Future releases will contain even more great Christian software.[/I]

GnomeSword Bible study program. First of all, what a belligerent name for such a peaceful piece of software. Is there a hidden message here, I thought we were done with the Crusades? You can learn all about it here: http://gnomesword.sourceforge.net/about.php Note that the screenshots are so crappy, apparently the authors don't pay much attention to how they present the Ubuntu Christian Edition flagship software product. . .

Anyway, that's the only discernible difference, one application. And, of course, you get your branded Ubuntu, branded with your FAVORITE RELIGION!!!

What if you require an Ubuntu that has support for Buddhism? Well, maybe you can submit a bug report and they may consider that in their next release.

Meanwhile, here are some more great [pure] Christian resources:

http://www.whatwouldjesusdownload.com
http://www.whatwouldjesusdownload.com/linuxforchristians/blog.html
http://www.qualitychristianwebhosting.com/
http://whatwouldjesusdownload.spreadtheword.com/ (nothing says Jesus like retail!)

https://whatwouldjesusdownload.spreadtheword.com/imagelib/homepage/200603/mainblock_bible.jpg

And finally, if you're fed up with these religious nuts altogether, how about you join me in a protest against religious zealotry by pouring your heart out to [email]root@religion.com[/email]?

What was his support base really like?

Thanks for the mention Giorgio, real sweet of you.



Based on the title of this treatise of mine you are, likely, safe in your assumption that I am about to tell you all, using the bestest words my mind can muster, why I stopped using MacOS X and switched over to Linux.

Now, there have been a few other various blog postings along a similar vein as this and, by no means, do I wish do beat a dead horse (unless said horse is into that sort of thing). But I have a sneaking suspicion that this will prove itself of interest to some of you.

Let me start by schooling you on the topic of myself, so that you can best understand the points I’m attempting to make.

I have used many operating systems in my day. A few of my personal favorites include OS/2 Warp 3 (Warp 4 just didn’t do it for me), OpenStep and AmigaOS 3 (gotta love that Workbench). Some might call me an “OS LovePeddler”. I prefer to think of it as being “Technologically Agnostic”.

That is, until Apple purchased NeXT and released the original iMac. I fell in love. Sure I had used Macs before, but I’d never really lusted after one. From the day that original iMac came out… I was hooked. Sure, it was an, arguable, underpowered machine… but just… LOOK at it.

And that changed the next several years of my life. I sharpened my development chops under MacOS X Server 1.0 (before it had that “Aqua” look and feel) and, a few years back, quit my day job and started a Mac-specific software company. Over the last few years I have poured my heart and soul into developing, supporting and marketing software for MacOS X. This is how I have paid the bills. This consumed the bulk of my waking hours.

Recently (as in, within the last few months) myself and a good friend took over the operations of a rather popular (and long lasting) Mac-specific theme-ing / modding website known as ResExcellence.com. The previous owner was going to close it down, so the opportunity came up for us to take it over.

I was crazy excited. I was at the apex of Mac geeky-ness. I ran a known Mac software company, hosted a big Mac website. I was all Mac.

So why, with all this glorious Mac-ness around me, would I drop it all and switch to Linux? Well that, my friends, is a good question.

Allow me to break my reasoning down into a few key points:

1) The Mac Community

It has been my experience that the Mac “community” (ie, the most vocal and active of the Macintosh enthusiast and power users) tend to be incredibly negative and expect much more than they deserve.

Now, I know how that sounds. It sounds like I’m being a big cry-baby. That some Mac users was mean to me so I’m whining about it. Well, I may be whining a bit… but I’m not the only one who’s noticed this…

Through my Mac adventures over the years I have come to know many Mac “celebrities”. Webmasters and editors of some of the bigger Mac websites and developers of some of the most popular Mac third party software. (I’m not going to name names as that would adversely affect many individuals ability to make a living.) And many have noticed the same thing.

It’s almost amazing really. If you go to many seasoned Mac developers (especially ones who have also developed and released software for other platforms as well), and you say something like…

“My Mac users tend to get upset if they don’t get a good enough product… even if the product is free and nobody makes them use it. They assume the product is dead if it hasn’t been updated in the last week. And they don’t act like users of other platforms when they get upset. They get… mean. Personal attacks. Outrageous demands.”

… you’ll, often get a laugh or a sigh followed by a “tell me about it”… followed quickly by an anecdote.

In my own Mac experience I ran a free Mac website and was greeted with an absolutely immense amount of hostility. I have also release free (and, in some cases, incredibly inexpensive) Mac software and was greeted with hostility there as well.

Now, you might say… this is just the way it is. Sometimes people get mean and I should just get tougher skin. Except… it’s not.

I’ve also released Windows and Linux applications and the response overwhelmingly positive. And, oftentimes, this was for applications that were direct ports (of, often, lower quality) of the Mac versions I’d already gotten hell about.

Likewise, I began co-hosting a Linux-centered Podcast (www.linuxactionshow.com) recently. Myself and the other host are amateurs. We are learning as we go. And what was the response? Overwhelmingly positive. Heck, even the criticism we received was good natured and constructive (unlike what we received when attempting to run a Mac free website).

2) Apple and their practices

This is a simple one. Apple has a long track record of directly copying 3rd party application developers (most notably small shops) and including almost perfect clones of those, usually shareware, apps in their next version of OS X. Watson & Konfabulator are the two most high profile recent examples.

And I am in the software business. If Apple clones one of my apps… I’m out of business.

Sure, you could say that Microsoft does this too. Except they have a tendency to just straight up purchase the technology rather then re-make it. They find it easier. Apple likes to copy. There’s a big difference there when you’re looking at it from the point of view of trying to pay for food.

3) Apple’s software quality

I’m sure I’ll get plenty of flack for this one (then again, I’m sure I’ll get plenty of flack for all of this), but Apple’s software quality has gone into the toilet.

Case in point. Apple released iLife 06 this last January. My friends and I were all excited. Apple added Podcasting specific features into Garageband. And they made a new web publishing application called iWeb. We were determined to use them to make a great podcast (which ended up being www.castablasta.com for those interested).

So we literally rushed to the local Apple store the MOMENT it was in stock and picked up iLife 06. Over the next few months we struggled, on an almost daily basis, to keep Garageband (which we were using to record and edit the podcast) from crashing. We lost a LOT of data. And a lot of time. And an even greater amount of patience.

We wanted to use iWeb to create our Podcasts website and publish it to our newly purchased .Mac account.

That was a nightmare. iWeb crashed a lot (not as much as Garageband… but a lot). It was slow to use. And the .Mac service was too slow and buggy (and feature-free) to run a podcast from… despite Apple’s marketing claims.

Now, before many of you chime in and say how great those apps work for you… I just plain don’t care at this point. We tried multiple updates of these apps on multiple different types of Macs (G5’s, G4’s and Intel with may different configurations of Ram and audio equipment). None of it proved any more stable for long-term use. And Apple’s support was almost useless in this.

So we moved to using Audacity under Linux. Did it crash? No. Is it harder to use? Yes. But, you know what? At least we can get the job done.

And this example is just the surface of the software problems. OS X itself is becoming more and more buggy in my usage. Apple’s bundled web browser, Safari, renders many pages I visit incorrectly (often in weird ways)… and, when it doesn’t, it often crashes (or at least hangs for a minute or more at a time rendering my system almost unusable).

So. There’s three of the primary reasons I left. I didn’t list games, specific applications, etc that I needed on another platform. I was just focused on whether or not I could use what Apple was providing me in a, relatively, simple way and in a community that was pleasant to be around.

And, in those regards, the Mac has failed me.

To be quite honest the community problems was the real killer. If all the other problems existed… but the community was fun to be around and work with… I would have stuck it out. I would have made it work (no matter how much productivity or hair I lost).

But I had to quit. To move on to something that made me happy. An OS, and a community, that was, in general, positive and helpful. Linux has that community.

The distro I settled on at this point is Ubuntu. I like it. It’s easy to use, cool looking, flexible… and it works. And when I have a problem, an idea or a solution there is a massive community out there to share and work with.

Now I’m sure some of you will notice that I claim that Mac users tend to expect too much for free… and you might argue that Linux users expect things free and open source. But, you know, that’s not my experience so far.

Sure, Linux users have come to expect open source and free software. And many of them balk when presented with commercial software. But, amazingly enough, the Linux community at large seems to be much more open to the concept of paying for your software than the Mac community. Of course that will be put to the ultimate test as I begin to release software for Linux.

That is my rant. If you have questions, please feel free to post them in the comments here and I will do my best to answer.

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Yesterday's episode was particularly heart rending because Diego told Paloma that he doesn't love her anymore (the spineless cunt can't even admit to his chic that he is going to prison, instead he chose to lie to her), gave her to Sanz and then promptly got himself picked up by the police. What a mess. Ines has told Fabian that he would not live to enjoy El Cafetalero (if my grandma told me that kind of thing I would take a running dive off the 3rd Mainland Bridge). Wow! Action packed. I hope I'll be able to finish the damned soap so I can live out my life as before, watching lots of football,

Tell me people, what is the point of taking this picture?

[img]http://www.juventuz.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=30245&stc=1&d=1154001300[/img]

Trust me, my dear, the last time I got worked up over anything at all was four years ago. . .

I am not worked up.

There was a guy who was assasinated in Jos. I forget the name now. . .

https://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m32/Chxta/Juventuz%20smilies/rofl.gifYou are cracking me up. . .https://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m32/Chxta/Juventuz%20smilies/rofl.gif

Of course we will. . .

Would send it tomorrow. Obviously the software is on me system at home

My view is that both sides are full of idiots. And the US government are even bigger idiots for taking sides in this conflict. They have only succeeded in prolonging hostilities for another generation. . .

It's all over the news. Some geezers who were on the way to my office for a meeting have turned back, so I guess I'm free to galivant around the internet. . .

Sorry namesake of mine. . .

https://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m32/Chxta/Juventuz%20smilies/heart.gif

https://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m32/Chxta/Juventuz%20smilies/disagree.gifOn the contrary, your IP address can be blocked from your ISP or even from your server within your own network. Send me your email so I could send you a piece of software that can achieve this. . .

Felt that you guys have to see this site: http://www.fromisraeltolebanon.info/

I'm off to sleep at another meeting. Later y'all. . .

At the risk of sounding generic, [size=18pt]FORZA JUVE!!![/size]

The future is bright.

Thanks for the three spell checks Nutter, I really deserved that, and I am truly humbled.

I think the reference to Ojukwu in Nkem's article today should once and for all show you that Ojukwu is not the hero you claim he is. . .

As for your insinuating that I am a hypocrite, once again you have shown how myopic you can be. I never said I would not die for Nigeria, I said that I would have to look at the situation. There is no human on God's earth who would lay down his life when he knows that that sacrifice would not be appreciated.

You for example would not die for Biafra if you know that at the end of such a sacrifice, they would still lose the war and you would be forgotten. Before you carve a reply (which you always do anyway), think about that little statement.

I would sit down again and carve a more suitable response. But for now, I am a tard busy. As you very well know, I am disengaging from Itex tomorrow, so lots of papers to prepare, haven't had much time for the internet.

One more thing, I would be in Ojoto for about three days starting Sunday or Monday. You could let your Biafran hordes know my location. At least they could use me to prove that they are real men, not run to the Ivory Coast when things are getting too hot.

@ Nutter, very easy for you to resort to name calling. Why didn't you quote my entire post which gave the reason why I could die for Nigeria or not?

Maybe I should post it again. . .

Maybe I could die for Naija. Depending on the situation.

But to be frank, it would be pretty difficult for one to lay down one's life for Naija as it is currently constituted and run, when you know that if you die for the country that you will be forgotten.

But if things such as this continue to happen, we will slowly develop a sense of national pride. And it is national pride that gives people the zeal to consider making the supreme sacrifice for their country.

I have noticed that you only take the part of a statement that you want to attack and leave the rest. Next time please attempt to attack the whole thing.

And unlike you who lives in dreamland saying that Biafra and other ethnic based states are Utopia, and refuse to see anything wrong with such creations, good luck to you. I am not a hypocrite. When Naija has problems I point them out. At no time have I ever said or implied that Nigeria is perfect. Unlike you who howls about the perfect state that Biafra would be. The second paragraph of my initial post clearly pointed that out. If Nigeria has problems, I state them. Igbo land has problems, I state them. That is me.

By the way, Chris Rock has on more than one occassion publicly stated that he can't die for the United States. What does that make him? US Senators refused to send their kids to Iraq. What does that make them?

And you my dear Nutter, should your beloved pipe dream of Biafra come to fruition, would you leave the confort of London to come and stand in the trenches and fight against the onslaught that would surely follow?

I know what you would say, but know this: saying yes on an internet forum is a world away from facing up to it if (hopefully not when) that bitter reality occurs. . .

Ouch

Is that so? Suburban made a similar claim sometime ago. . .

Oh la la! Je vous souhaite tous les deux bien. . .