On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Alexander Huemer <alexander.hue...@xx.vu> wrote:
>> Direct observation. Go to any conference (I've only been to >> conferences in the US, so YMMV), or Meetup, and witness the number of >> glowing Apples staring back at you. >> Ask any of my friends / coworkers who were GNU/Linux users who now use >> an Mac and carry an iPhone in their pocket. Ask any "startup" who >> deploys to the "cloud" or to racked GNU/Linux machines what their >> developers develop their software on. It's likely named after a fruit. > > Unrelated. > I couldn't care less what these people do, they are morons. You are obviously not a moron, and that's all that matters. >> My last job advertised in the job description: "Whatever setup you >> want! We default to a Mac laptop and a giant monitor." I asked for a >> Thinkpad, cause I knew the recruiter had one, and was provisioned a >> Mac. They're solution to my desire to run a Linux distro? Use >> virtualization -- That's a shitty option if I want to use X + dwm >> though. > > Unrelated. OK... Not sure that it's unrelated, but moving on... >> Most of the people I know on Apple machines still use the command >> line... And, they install stuff with Homebrew (http://brew.sh), and >> they use iTerm2 (http://iterm2.com)... > > The people one individual knows personally is quite a small sample. I am > talking about a broader view. It's true. It is a small sample. If you can point to a large sample that refutes my observations, I'm all ears. >> > When they look at my desktop they say things like >> > >> > Oh, it's broken. Do you think you can fix it? You are a nerd, >> > right? >> >> Eh. I'm guessing even some developers would say the same thing. > > they should be fired instantly. > >> They'd understand that you have terminal emulators open, but would be >> confused as to why there are no decorations around windows, or no task >> bar, or system tray, or any of the other things that modern, "usable" >> desktop UIs tell us we should have. > > Again, they should be fired instantly. And you should be hired! Obviously, knowledge of window management on X, and alternatives are a requirement for basically every single job out there! Even building web apps for a *web browser*! With love, Andrew
