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Oh, don't even. Aemon Send a noteboard - 15/09/2010 04:48:23 AM
Technophobes have a prejudice against Linux because they think it's difficult. Linux is that scary black screen that hackers type into in the movies, right? Pshaw. There are many flavors of Linux, and many different desktop environments for you to choose from. Here's a screenshot of what a standard Linux desktop might look like.

I even tried to pick a "default" installation, too. Without much work, your desktop can look like this. Familiar, no? :P

Linux isn't hard. Sure you like Mac, but you'd like Linux just fine if you tried it. It's a very mature, user-friendly desktop OS these days, and the only thing it really lacks is some of the big commercial software. As a Mac user though, you should already be used to that.

Give Linux a try sometime!
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Dear RAFO: Dark Knight - 14/09/2010 03:35:10 PM 1686 Views
It should be a wiki BlackAdder - 14/09/2010 03:45:29 PM 1272 Views
...forest...elf design...No. Just, no. *NM* Missa Sedai - 14/09/2010 04:00:31 PM 594 Views
Agreed snoopcester - 14/09/2010 04:03:06 PM 1284 Views
What, a fancy buttercup border motif? *NM* Missa Sedai - 14/09/2010 05:44:00 PM 599 Views
Erm. Sure. It would look all pretty *NM* snoopcester - 14/09/2010 08:56:45 PM 585 Views
Wait... TaskmasterJack - 15/09/2010 12:38:26 AM 1251 Views
+1. That would look retarded. *NM* Tom - 14/09/2010 04:44:43 PM 566 Views
Lol I was just throwing that out there *NM* Dark Knight - 14/09/2010 04:45:52 PM 573 Views
That's nice. Just throw it further away next time. *NM* Missa Sedai - 14/09/2010 05:44:28 PM 622 Views
Ooh. Nice. *NM* Ghavrel - 14/09/2010 10:32:55 PM 627 Views
+1 x 3billion. *NM* LadyLorraine - 14/09/2010 08:30:59 PM 577 Views
Agreed! *NM* Beqi - 14/09/2010 10:13:27 PM 572 Views
Steampunk Elves, FTW! *NM* TaskmasterJack - 15/09/2010 12:41:18 AM 602 Views
I like the semi-retroness of it Camilla - 14/09/2010 04:34:35 PM 1220 Views
Lol nobody likes the elves idea I see Dark Knight - 14/09/2010 04:48:25 PM 1252 Views
Re: Lol nobody likes the elves idea I see Camilla - 14/09/2010 08:43:25 PM 1217 Views
It's easier to mess around at work when the site doesn't look like an elfin playground. nossy - 14/09/2010 04:40:17 PM 1251 Views
LMAO *NM* Dark Knight - 14/09/2010 04:47:00 PM 559 Views
Art in the background was something used by teenagers on angelfire. jh - 14/09/2010 04:44:29 PM 1287 Views
Flashy animations? Hmmm I like that Dark Knight - 14/09/2010 04:50:46 PM 1332 Views
I am not even against going away from the old wotmania look ironclad - 14/09/2010 08:00:33 PM 1219 Views
It might be good to be able to put in our own colours... Camilla - 14/09/2010 08:04:26 PM 1156 Views
uhm, there's a VERY GOOD REASON to keep a white background LadyLorraine - 14/09/2010 08:30:40 PM 1270 Views
Re: uhm, there's a VERY GOOD REASON to keep a white background Dark Knight - 14/09/2010 09:19:51 PM 1271 Views
Re: uhm, there's a VERY GOOD REASON to keep a white background Camilla - 14/09/2010 09:29:20 PM 1298 Views
No. snoopcester - 14/09/2010 09:38:54 PM 1244 Views
Re: No. Camilla - 14/09/2010 09:40:22 PM 1300 Views
No no no ... we must use comic sans Darth_Katie - 14/09/2010 09:39:01 PM 1292 Views
I am totally with you. Part of the reason I love this site is that it is so easy to use and read. *NM* Tashmere - 15/09/2010 12:44:07 AM 613 Views
Dear RAFOnaught: F*** off and die. Love, Cannoli Cannoli - 14/09/2010 11:24:21 PM 1303 Views
See, I get paranoid when I almost agree with you. Of course, I'm more diplomatic... Camilla - 14/09/2010 11:34:57 PM 1245 Views
Macs are UNIX distributions that you pay for. Ghavrel - 14/09/2010 11:45:08 PM 1198 Views
Re: Macs are UNIX distributions that you pay for. Camilla - 14/09/2010 11:46:35 PM 1248 Views
Personally I do not think that the learning curve is worth $1000, but that is okay. *NM* Ghavrel - 15/09/2010 12:00:08 AM 588 Views
I do. Camilla - 15/09/2010 12:03:25 AM 1200 Views
Oh, don't even. Aemon - 15/09/2010 04:48:23 AM 1463 Views
Re: Oh, don't even. Camilla - 15/09/2010 08:35:10 AM 1451 Views
Well, I don't BlackAdder - 15/09/2010 05:27:12 AM 4496 Views
Re: Well, I don't Camilla - 15/09/2010 08:40:32 AM 1270 Views
... Joel - 16/09/2010 02:49:00 PM 1348 Views
Re: ... Camilla - 16/09/2010 02:59:34 PM 1274 Views
Took me forever to find; snoop suggested it just over a year ago: The Guileless Comp Troller - 16/09/2010 03:17:02 PM 1561 Views
Re: Well, I don't BlackAdder - 16/09/2010 04:11:36 PM 1274 Views
I'd put a language filter and Local Events list higher on my list of changes. The Guileless Comp Troller - 16/09/2010 03:04:16 PM 1683 Views
A vbulletin-style forum/messageboard would be nice Ava - 17/09/2010 02:33:20 AM 1289 Views
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