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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 1545 Views
It should be a wiki BlackAdder - 14/09/2010 03:45:29 PM 1137 Views
...forest...elf design...No. Just, no. *NM* Missa Sedai - 14/09/2010 04:00:31 PM 520 Views
Agreed snoopcester - 14/09/2010 04:03:06 PM 1145 Views
What, a fancy buttercup border motif? *NM* Missa Sedai - 14/09/2010 05:44:00 PM 543 Views
Erm. Sure. It would look all pretty *NM* snoopcester - 14/09/2010 08:56:45 PM 520 Views
Wait... TaskmasterJack - 15/09/2010 12:38:26 AM 1106 Views
+1. That would look retarded. *NM* Tom - 14/09/2010 04:44:43 PM 493 Views
Lol I was just throwing that out there *NM* Dark Knight - 14/09/2010 04:45:52 PM 505 Views
That's nice. Just throw it further away next time. *NM* Missa Sedai - 14/09/2010 05:44:28 PM 552 Views
Ooh. Nice. *NM* Ghavrel - 14/09/2010 10:32:55 PM 563 Views
+1 x 3billion. *NM* LadyLorraine - 14/09/2010 08:30:59 PM 503 Views
Agreed! *NM* Beqi - 14/09/2010 10:13:27 PM 506 Views
Steampunk Elves, FTW! *NM* TaskmasterJack - 15/09/2010 12:41:18 AM 529 Views
I like the semi-retroness of it Camilla - 14/09/2010 04:34:35 PM 1086 Views
Lol nobody likes the elves idea I see Dark Knight - 14/09/2010 04:48:25 PM 1105 Views
Re: Lol nobody likes the elves idea I see Camilla - 14/09/2010 08:43:25 PM 1073 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 1129 Views
LMAO *NM* Dark Knight - 14/09/2010 04:47:00 PM 508 Views
Art in the background was something used by teenagers on angelfire. jh - 14/09/2010 04:44:29 PM 1111 Views
Flashy animations? Hmmm I like that Dark Knight - 14/09/2010 04:50:46 PM 1203 Views
I am not even against going away from the old wotmania look ironclad - 14/09/2010 08:00:33 PM 1089 Views
It might be good to be able to put in our own colours... Camilla - 14/09/2010 08:04:26 PM 1028 Views
uhm, there's a VERY GOOD REASON to keep a white background LadyLorraine - 14/09/2010 08:30:40 PM 1144 Views
Re: uhm, there's a VERY GOOD REASON to keep a white background Dark Knight - 14/09/2010 09:19:51 PM 1134 Views
Re: uhm, there's a VERY GOOD REASON to keep a white background Camilla - 14/09/2010 09:29:20 PM 1147 Views
No. snoopcester - 14/09/2010 09:38:54 PM 1092 Views
Re: No. Camilla - 14/09/2010 09:40:22 PM 1166 Views
No no no ... we must use comic sans Darth_Katie - 14/09/2010 09:39:01 PM 1163 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 523 Views
Dear RAFOnaught: F*** off and die. Love, Cannoli Cannoli - 14/09/2010 11:24:21 PM 1158 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 1088 Views
Macs are UNIX distributions that you pay for. Ghavrel - 14/09/2010 11:45:08 PM 1078 Views
Re: Macs are UNIX distributions that you pay for. Camilla - 14/09/2010 11:46:35 PM 1110 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 529 Views
I do. Camilla - 15/09/2010 12:03:25 AM 1061 Views
Oh, don't even. Aemon - 15/09/2010 04:48:23 AM 1319 Views
Re: Oh, don't even. Camilla - 15/09/2010 08:35:10 AM 1278 Views
Well, I don't BlackAdder - 15/09/2010 05:27:12 AM 4369 Views
Re: Well, I don't Camilla - 15/09/2010 08:40:32 AM 1141 Views
... Joel - 16/09/2010 02:49:00 PM 1222 Views
Re: ... Camilla - 16/09/2010 02:59:34 PM 1149 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 1435 Views
Re: Well, I don't BlackAdder - 16/09/2010 04:11:36 PM 1141 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 1540 Views
A vbulletin-style forum/messageboard would be nice Ava - 17/09/2010 02:33:20 AM 1150 Views
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