Re: Linux advocacy

On 9/25/2024 1:35 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Wed, 25 Sep 2024 01:27:47 -0400, DFS wrote:
 

And at least 2 former cola Linux advocates - Tattoo Vampire and
SMelzzzzz - have abandoned Linux and embraced Apple.  That tells you a
lot about how good Apple stuff is.

 Quality of advocates beats quantity any time.
 Ken Thompson, one of the original Bell Labs crew that created Unix, now
80 years old, was asked last year what OS he uses, and he replied
<https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/unix-pioneer-ken-thompson-announces-hes-switching-from-mac-to-linux.88451/>:
      I have, for most of my life — because I was sort of born into it —
     run Apple.
      Now recently, meaning within the last five years, I've become more
     and more depressed, and what Apple is doing to something that
     should allow you to work is just atrocious. But they are taking a
     lot of space and time to do it, so it's okay.
      And I have come, within the last month or two, to say, even though
     I've invested, you know, a zillion years in Apple — I'm throwing
     it away. And I'm going to Linux. To Raspbian in particular.

  > Think about that: one of the original crew that created Unix does not

see Apple’s current offering as a worthy successor to his pioneering
work: he prefers Linux instead.

What you should think about is the fact that one of the early Unix pioneers didn't primarily run Unix or Linux for most of his life.
"Sort of born into" Apple is bs.  Even if he started with Apple from the beginning - mid-to-late 70s - he was already 30-35 years old.  I wish he was more specific on what bothers him about Apple.