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Well, this first post is to explain some points,  and tell something about my experiences with MacOSX.  See some explanations below:

- Please, don’t waste our time defending MacOSX, Windows or Linux. I will delete your comment(*tards) with a lot of pleasure, here there isn’t democracy, that is my blog;
- I will talk about technical stuff, and some opinion. I’m not writing it to do a flame, and really, I don’t need flames to increase visits on my blog;
- People which needs some care talk bad things about Macs, Linux or Windows, its easier.  In the next moments we will  have  some *tard defending their point(and I will answer you first – go away!)

Ok. Now techincal stuff. I will describe my home office. I have 2 boxes with Windows XP, 1 box with openSUSE 11.1 and Windows7, 1 box with openSUSE 11.1 and finally, my new son, a Macbook with MacOSX – Leopard and openSUSE 11.1 too.

Feeling the problem? How to setup my home network, according with my family? How can I print in a Windows Box using Mac? And using a openSUSE box? Too many questions,  and we didn’t talk about backup yet. Therefore, I will plan Rsync synchronizing into a server, and a out-of-the-box HDD.

I know, there are many solutions, like Time Machine on MacOSX, but I’m a buddhist which really believe in impermanence. I don’t know how many time my MacOSX hard-drive will survive, and I can’t lose my files. And the boxes with openSUSE, for example, I do  openSUSE Milestone tests, which are unstable and testing releases from openSUSE.

/* My impressions

My opinion: Since almost 7 years ago, when a Mac is just a dream to me,  I concerned that MacOSX is a perfect and functional interface running over BSD solid like rock. And another opinion: If people from linux works more in one interface and put things to work smoothly, maybe linux will arrive to desktops like MacOSX. Democracy? Freedom? To me too much freedom means anarchy.

The problem with MacOSX is the right click. Dammit! I use right click a lot! After some days with MacOSX punching me, I discovered the magical key CTRL+click. Wow! Amazing! Truly, I’m learning to work with MacOSX, and its funny to me. I read some weeks ago some guy talking really bad impressions about a Mac, and I thought if is a good idea to bought a Mac.

But people: Macs aren’t PCs. There aren’t comparisons. Is something like compare soup with bread. Different OS,  different ‘way to think’. I know which Intel  ‘joined’ Macbooks, but is different! Don’t waste your time comparing it. If you need games, and really needs Windows or Linux  stuff, buy a PC. We can install Windows and Linux on  Macbook, but nothing fits so  nice than MacOSX on Macbook.  Linux works well, and I put compiz to run, my first chance(without hardware limitations) to use 3d effects on a linux box.

In the other hand, if you wants a computer with a nice and guaranteed brand, with nice hardware components, buy a Mac. I have a friend which says ‘since Intel, Mac hardware(video, sound…) is the same problem of PCs’. And I totally disagree. Mac hardware is selected to work with MacOSX, and works nice! I didn’t installed or bored with drivers or blobs on my linux installation. Its different.

And finally: If are you thinking to buy a Mac like a ‘different’ PC, forget about it. But if are you thinking to buy a different computer, buy a Mac.

End of my impressions */

Samba and MacOSX.

Suprise! My first test: a openSUSE 11.1 box with Samba configured in ‘You are my guest’ mode. Everything open.  And MacOSX? Automatically detected Samba shares. Without commands. Just point-to-click. What a surprise! I love MacOSX! I will share my smb.conf here, on next post, totally dedicated to Samba and interoperability.

/* Please remember: if you simple hate a Mac and don’t have nothing useful to share, your comment will be deleted – The same rule for Linux or Windows */