Monthly Archives: Monday September 17th, 2007

If you’re doing creative work – use an Apple.

This Anonymous Coward pretty much got it: apple.slashdot.org

“Seriously, why would you want to buy a Mac if you can have Ubuntu, apart from Adobe/Macromedia products?”

Oh, I don’t know, Apple products? Ableton products? Native Instruments products? Steinberg products? Propellorhead products? Corel products? Quartz? Colour matching built right into the drawing engine? A whole slew of audio, video, modeling, graphics, typesetting and printing (as in not your rgb inkjet) and media applications?

“UI looks as funky (if not funkier), more available software, albeit most of it is OSS or free.”

“Looks”. Heh. It’s never been about how the UI looks. The UI is more or less the same as it’s been since System 7. It’s about how the UI _works_, it’s about how the UI acts and feels, it’s about integration, simplicity and slickness. It’s about doing what it does and doing it responsively with a minimal resources. I’ll guarantee you that KDE won’t be nearly responsive on a 233 G3 w/ 192mb ran as Tiger was. Only people who don’t actually use Macs figure that it’s how the UI looks. (and I’ll concede, I think Enlightenment 17, and certain KDE setups are allot prettier, but neither works as NextStep did, and OS X does.) These are the same people who pitch compiz as the greatest thing since the colour monitor, sure it looks pretty, but it in no way boosts functionality, and all it exists for is to look pretty. And lets not forget the CLI, all the power under the hood of a full-out POSIX compliant BSD core, and weather or not you ever actually use the command shell is entirely a matter of preference and choice, and that’s how it *should* be.

“more available software, albeit most of it is OSS or free.”

Again, it’s fairly clear you’ve never actually used a Mac. Fink (apt for Darwin), and DarwinPorts offer the free software. What, you thought the POSIX compliant, BSD core was for show? Ad don’t forget all the wonderful non-free software availible for the platform. How’s that for choice, you get your pick from the best of both worlds.

“The only good thing about Macs is the look of the case, and even THAT is a matter of taste.”

SGI cases were prettier, but I digress. If all you’re doing is checking emails, word processing and some dev work, Ubuntu is fine. But once you get to any level of _serious_ creative work, Macintosh is the only viable option left with the demise of Irix. And let’s not forget the bit about everything working with minimal hassle on the Mac. Ever tried using a graphics tablet as your core pointer in Ubuntu? Or using a KAOS pad? Or just about any higher end, vaguely exotic multimedia hardware, for that matter? Yeah, I didn’t think so.

Just as an FWI, I’ve used various Unices for the past 15 years (Irix, Solaris, AIX, Free/Open BSD, Interix, Linux, and Darwin/OSX) Linux for close to 10. But there’s this way of thinking tat doesn’t seem to be too common these days, “using the best tool for the job”. Linux has it’s uses, serious creative work isn’t one of them. It may be good enough for what YOU do, but don’t assume that everyone else’s needs match your own. And for fuck’s sake, if you’re going to criticize something, use it first. You read like one of those pointless Linux distro reviews that bases the whole thing on the install sequence, then offers a generic gnome screenshot, and somehow thinks there’s anything even remotely useful in the article.

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Best 404-page ever !

I don’t remember where I found this. But it’s one of the most funny 404 pages up on the net. I like it especially for it’s subtleness. I really had to look twice.

Peugeot 404

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Gallery update auf Version 2

…und auch gleich das WordPress Plugin (WPG2) installiert. Nun mal ein wenig testen, wie das so laeuft. Das Widget fuer die sidebar vermisse ich bisher noch. Wo ist es nur ?

Etwas zu klein geraten, die embedded Gallery, was ?

gallery, embedded

Dann muss wohl diese Spalte etwas breiter gemacht werden.  — Aber heute nicht mehr.

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OOXML erst mal noch kein ISO Standard

Tja. Manchmal helfen auch die miesesten Tricks und die meiste Kohle nix. ;-)

Ein grosser Tag fuer alle freien Standards ! Und ab wann unterstuetzt eigentlich Apple’s Pages endlich ODF ? Oder hat Jobs Angst, dass dann BillG boese wird ?

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Stupid Helpdesk

Mal sehen wie ein Posting mit einem kleinen Bild aussieht.

Wie gross. – Wie, wenn man draufklickt ?

Helpdesk Warning

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Entries may belong to many folders

Just like in iTunes with your music and iPhoto with your pictures, in Journler your entries may be placed in more than one folder. When you drag an entry to a folder the entry is not moved to the folder. Instead, the entry is added to it. In a sense folders don’t have any real existence. They are simply a way for you to group your entries, with the entries potentially belonging to more than one group.

For more information about folders have a look at the Folders Help page.

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