061222 15:01 by iDRMRSR

On the OSX front, I've been doing some studying, and here's the torture trail for Windoze folks, the things that will cause US to rip out our hair more than the Linux command prompt:

1. Copy a folder to a folder with the same name elsewhere. OSX destroys the old folder (instead of merging the files). INSTANT coronary for a Windows user.

2. Closing windows does not stop the application. Slow death for a Windoze user.

3. Dragging a file to a blank CDR to back it up just puts a LINK to the file on the CD. Like Polonium 210 for us Windoze folks.

4. Cannot MAXIMIZE a window. WTF?

5. Many applications open SEVERAL small windows at once. WTF?

6. Only one FINDER open at a time. Kill me now, before I buy a Mac Mini.

7. CTRL DRAG to actually copy a file's contents. AIEEEEE.

8. Hidden .DS_store files splattered all over your disk.

No thanks.

BTW, I took Leonard's advice and tried this distro:

http://www.slax.org

The LiveCD actually ALMOST WORKED on my laptop. I could get the wireless card to connect. Sort of. Still can't reach the internet, but there's still time THIS YEAR to solve that problem.

It's a cute and FAST distro with KDE. Looks rilly nice, like the girls in those Russian mailorder bride pix, but once you get it home...arrrrggghhhh...