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bstone · Jan 17, 2005, 12:33 AM

Obviously he's running his own distro of Linux, but I read an interview with him in the January edition of Linux Magazine. Twice he said that his primary desktop system is a dual G5 Mac.

I thought it pretty cool.

Kenneth · Jan 17, 2005, 12:42 AM

Right on. I still think nobody would use Linux as a primary OS for home use. Steve said Mac OS X is bigger than Linux in the UNIX-based OS race.

MilkmanDan · Jan 17, 2005, 01:15 AM

Hmmm... I mean, If I had the option, I'd be using a dual 2.5 GHZ G5.

nooon · Jan 17, 2005, 05:13 AM

I'm pretty sure his name is Linus Torvalds.

insha · Jan 17, 2005, 10:09 AM

So does this mean he is running Linux on the DP G5 or is he dual booting?

Sherwin · Jan 17, 2005, 10:12 AM

Originally posted by insha:
So does this mean he is running Linux on the DP G5 or is he dual booting?

Or has he ditched Linux in favour of OS X, in the same way that every other sane person on the planet has?

mitchell_pgh · Jan 17, 2005, 10:17 AM

I would guess he has Linux on the system.

I still don't get the statistics that come out saying that Linux has a larger market share. I have YET to see a single version of Linux other then a server I log into via FTP/HTTP etc.

I don't see it gaining market share on the desktop. I realize it's king in the server arena, but I just don't see Linux being anything more then a geek OS.

bygimis · Jan 17, 2005, 10:25 AM

Originally posted by mitchell_pgh:
I still don't get the statistics that come out saying that Linux has a larger market share. I have YET to see a single version of Linux other then a server I log into via FTP/HTTP etc.

One persons perspective is a pretty poor judge - I have yet to see any company using Macs, but I have seen lots of desktop Linux in use, and the universities I have been to all have dual boot Windows - Linux in the labs.

This doesn't mean that no one uses Macs, or that Linux is widespread. It just means that one persons exposure doesn't give a complete picture.

Randman · Jan 17, 2005, 10:27 AM

Linux is used by some countries as an alternative to Windows. Doesn't China plan to use some flavor for its entire governmental infrastructure? That alone would tilt the numbers.

toffe · Nov 29, 2005, 05:19 AM

Originally Posted by mitchell_pgh

I still don't get the statistics that come out saying that Linux has a larger market share. I have YET to see a single version of Linux other then a server I log into via FTP/HTTP etc.

I dont think the idea with Linux is to get a larger market share, since it most of the versions are free.

Here at the university of Helsinki, department of computer science, ALL 500 computers have linux on them, with windows as an alternative on most of them.
http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/compfac/overview.html

p.s. Linux was invented here
http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/

Personally i'd prefer OS X over any os in the world.

analogika · Nov 29, 2005, 06:17 AM

Originally Posted by nooon

I'm pretty sure his name is Linus Torvalds.

Is that the guy who starred in the disco flick Sturdily Night Favor?

Madrag · Nov 29, 2005, 06:52 AM

the dual G5 must be a quad, because of the money he must have

Fonzie · Nov 29, 2005, 06:59 AM

He's a traitor that's what he is. Installing freaking piss-poor Linux on an Apple PowerMac. What is he smoking!? Would anybody in their right mind install a inferior OS(in many ways) on a PowerMac that is so designed to run OS X!? It's probably the glasses he wears that distort his view on things. Maybe he just sees zeros and ones - prick.

Madrag · Nov 29, 2005, 07:34 AM

he's not a traitor.
If you created an OS, wouldn't you use it, no matter what machine it would be installed into?

Millennium · Nov 29, 2005, 07:41 AM

Originally Posted by mitchell_pgh

I still don't get the statistics that come out saying that Linux has a larger market share. I have YET to see a single version of Linux other then a server I log into via FTP/HTTP etc.

That's just it: when talking about market share, you have to know which market is being discussed. Linux does have a higher marketshare than OSX... in the server market. On the desktop, it may or may not; such a high proportion of desktop folks get their Linux for free that it's hard to tell.

toffe · Nov 29, 2005, 08:42 AM

even if linux or windows has / would have bigger market shares,
OS X has the happiest users.

p.s. he is not a traitor, he is a nice guy. He has done lots of good things, and yes it is spelled Linus Torvalds

driven · Nov 29, 2005, 10:08 AM

Thailand subsidizes hardware for their citizens. Each machine comes pre-loaded with Linux. (That's potentially 60 million copies there folks ... what a market!)

That said: Most of them probably reformat it and load a bootleg copy of XP on it. <sigh>