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? 

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!
Apparently you missed the part where I said I had used it. It was my operating system for about six months. I used Suse, which is rather user-friendly. I have tried Ubuntu, too. It was no better.
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Dear RAFO:
- 14/09/2010 03:35:10 PM
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...forest...elf design...No. Just, no. *NM*
- 14/09/2010 04:00:31 PM
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Agreed
- 14/09/2010 04:03:06 PM
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Lol I was just throwing that out there *NM*
- 14/09/2010 04:45:52 PM
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I like the semi-retroness of it
- 14/09/2010 04:34:35 PM
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It's easier to mess around at work when the site doesn't look like an elfin playground.
- 14/09/2010 04:40:17 PM
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Art in the background was something used by teenagers on angelfire.
- 14/09/2010 04:44:29 PM
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uhm, there's a VERY GOOD REASON to keep a white background
- 14/09/2010 08:30:40 PM
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Re: uhm, there's a VERY GOOD REASON to keep a white background
- 14/09/2010 09:19:51 PM
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I am totally with you. Part of the reason I love this site is that it is so easy to use and read. *NM*
- 15/09/2010 12:44:07 AM
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Dear RAFOnaught: F*** off and die. Love, Cannoli
- 14/09/2010 11:24:21 PM
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See, I get paranoid when I almost agree with you. Of course, I'm more diplomatic...
- 14/09/2010 11:34:57 PM
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Macs are UNIX distributions that you pay for.
- 14/09/2010 11:45:08 PM
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Re: Macs are UNIX distributions that you pay for.
- 14/09/2010 11:46:35 PM
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Personally I do not think that the learning curve is worth $1000, but that is okay.
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- 15/09/2010 12:00:08 AM
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- 15/09/2010 12:00:08 AM
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I do.
- 15/09/2010 12:03:25 AM
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Oh, don't even.
- 15/09/2010 04:48:23 AM
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- 15/09/2010 04:48:23 AM
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Re: Oh, don't even.
- 15/09/2010 08:35:10 AM
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- 15/09/2010 08:35:10 AM
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Well, I don't
- 15/09/2010 05:27:12 AM
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Re: Well, I don't
- 15/09/2010 08:40:32 AM
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...
- 16/09/2010 02:49:00 PM
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Re: ...
- 16/09/2010 02:59:34 PM
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Took me forever to find; snoop suggested it just over a year ago:
- 16/09/2010 03:17:02 PM
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I'd put a language filter and Local Events list higher on my list of changes.
- 16/09/2010 03:04:16 PM
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