Hi, I am a Mac
Labels: free software, linux, macbook, macbook pro, ubuntu
My Daring Fireball T-shirt arrived today, in a really cool envelope from Oddica. If there were any doubts about my transformation from an Ubuntu Linux geek to a Mac fanboy, they should now be laid to rest :). For those who are not Mac fanboys yet, Daring Fireball is the holy grail of Mac related blogs.
About two years ago, even after having used Fedora, Debian and Gentoo for extended periods of time, I got frustrated fighting with my computer’s hardware to make it work. I was about to switch to a Mac (I bought a Mac Mini for evaluation!), when I discovered Ubuntu. I had been using Ubuntu full time since then. But, there was simply no getting away from the fact that Mac OS X was simply better, and I felt more productive on a Mac than on Ubuntu. Hence, two months ago I sold out and bought a Macbook Pro.
But I have not given up on free software just yet. I still use Ubuntu at work. I hold on to the hope that one day we will reach a point where the cost of freedom will not have be paid in productive hours lost. Until then, I derive inspiration from Mark Pilgrim’s ‘Freedom Zero’ and Jeremy Allison’s ‘Why We Fight’ and hundreds of other such compelling arguments as to why non-free software is inherently broken.
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