theluckyone17

Reading comprehension. It's a good thing. I didn't suggest OS X is crap. I said it may be the best operating system for you, Joe Schmoe, and the guy on the corner, but if my business is centered around the use of ProEngineer, OS X is not the best operating system for me. ProE does not support OS X (http://www.ptc.com/WCMS/files/77552/en/proewf5.pdf), so if I replaced all the workstations in my office with Mac's, and all my business critical data is sitting in ProEngineer's format, I'm hosed. Ergo, it's not the best operating system FOR ME. Applying "simple labels" to define what's "best" in the real world does not work. I'm also going to strongly disagree with your comparison of Linux specifically to Hackintosh. One is not like the other. Now you're implying that anyone can buy $1,500 worth of PC hardware off the shelf, slap it together, and just expect Windows to work on it? That's not necessarily true. Sure, it's a reasonable expectation, but the devil is in the details. There is hardware out there with a shoddy reputation for working on Windows, much less anything else. There's older hardware that's not supported on the latest version of Windows, as well. So making a blind assumption whenever you're upgrading/installing ANY operating system or hardware is a bad idea, and likely to get you burned at some point down the road. If I want commercial support under Linux, I've got Redhat, Canonical, and a host of third party providers. Judging from the experience I've had with Microsoft's tech support in the past, I'm going to guess that Linux support is on par on a quality level as well (it's hard to get much worse). I don't have to resort to community forums if I choose not to. Which is more than I can say for hackintoshes. Psystar Corporation tried that. Apple sued them out of existence. PearC works in Germany, so far. If Apple decides it's profitable to sue PearC, and negate their legal argument that the EULA is a post-purchase restriction on the use of OS X, all Apple has to do is provide a copy of the EULA with the software prior to purchase. Poof, there goes PearC's argument and their business model. They must be comfortable with that. PearC can't do much to support the actual operating system, as well. If there's a bug in OS X? They have no access to the source code. They install an unmodified version of OS X. They can't provide the same level of support that other companies can. I can't see you getting much support from Apple, either. "Hi, I have a problem with XYZ in OS X. No, I didn't buy the system from Apple... I bought it from PearC... But they told me to call you..."

I'll second that, Sqrt. I haven't seen a BSOD that I haven't been able to attribute to anything but either malware (rootkits, especially) or failing hardware. Same goes for kernel panics in Linux or OS X. I may not be the biggest fan of Windows from a preference stand point, but I'm more than willing to admit that. Ben, I missed your earlier post on Rust. I saw that same video when I was researching it a bit. Not sure if it says more about the game or the player base, to be honest. My way of looking at it? There are so many ways I've burned $20 quicker and in less enjoying ways than Rust. Even if it's a total flop. But then again, I'll admit to having actually paid for a copy of Duke Nukem Forever, too... now that I do regret.

Again, you're defining what's best. Your definition of best does little good if I'm running a business relying on ProEngineer (hint: It doesn't support OS X). Going out and buying a Mac would be a bad idea for me, and I can throw your definition of "best operating system" out the window. Your point makes little sense to me. If I understand you correctly, you can't afford to purchase a Mac Pro. Instead of buying $1,500 worth of off the shelf PC hardware bits and putting Windows, Linux, or another operating system on it (which most likely supports that hardware), you're going to make a "Hackintosh" by slapping a copy of OS X on it? The same operating system that in turn doesn't officially support the hardware you're running it on? The same operating system who's legality of running it on that PC hardware isn't clear, since it's a clear violation of the EULA? The same operating system that has a history of instability when run on anything but Apple hardware? Sure. I believe you either have little experience with operating systems despite your claims, or a pretty poor troll. Either way, I wish you luck, but I also wish you wouldn't spew misinformation.

Airfighter: OS X is the best OS in the world? Define best. I'll bet you and I will have differing definitions. Not that it's a bad thing, us disagreeing. We're likely not using our computers for the same purposes, and have different preferences. You do your thing, I'll do mine. Life is good. Abburo: Linux for gaming is possible. I'm doing it. Three Gentoo boxes at my house. One's used for X-Plane (a sim, but I digress), Minecraft, and Steam (Kerbal Space Program, X3, and a few others). The other two are hosting Minecraft servers. I'm tempted to pick up Rust, when it looks a little less "Early Access". It's not Valve's responsibility to make Steam work with any given distribution. That's placed upon the shoulders of those rolling the distribution. Not to nitpick, but if your distribution is rolling a kernel that prevents you from gaming with it... you might want to be looking at another distribution. Either they've got a different goal in mind (a distribution tailored for something other than gaming, such as SELinux) or the dev's rolling the distro are incompetent.

From the speculation I've heard, Valve's concerns aren't focused on bringing Linux to the masses. If it helps standardize Linux distributions a bit, that's fine and dandy, but it'll be as an indirect effect. I understand that Valve is more concerned with reducing the need to rely on Microsoft. I imagine that the Windows Store might have something to do with that, as one could view it as an attempt to bypass Valve's distribution stream. That controller, though... ick.