[CS-FSLUG] A new distro model for the real-world desktop
Timothy Butler
tbutler at ofb.biz
Thu Jan 1 22:27:34 CST 2009
> This much is true. The trick is do find a Linux answer to Mac, not
> some slavish copy. For example, I don't care how trivial it sounds,
> having a mouse clipboard separate from any GUI clipboard is critical
> to how I work. It's a primary reason I reject Mac.
I think you explained that before, but would you explain again, Ed? I
can't remember what precisely you mean there. Particularly since mouse
and GUI really aren't distinct, typically.
> I realize I can run the X server on Mac and get it to work for X-
> based apps, but that's not Mac, that's a hack, a failure to port
> from X to Cocoa.
I think that's roughly equivalent to, say, running both Qt and GTK
apps... :-)
-Tim
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