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Why not make mageia more "mac friendly"? +</I>>>>>><i> I think that it will be a good thing for mageia (nowadays almost +</I>>>>>><i> everyone has some apple device at home (iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac...)) +</I>>>>>><i> Comments? +</I>>>>>><i> +</I>>>>>><i> Luiz Alberto Saba +</I>>>>><i> listen, i don't have any apple stuff either, but i think alot of +</I>>>>><i> these replies +</I>>>>><i> are still a bit disrespectful, ok, maybe the OP shouldn't assume +</I>>>>><i> this, but +</I>>>>><i> that particular comment isn't really the gist of what he's saying... +</I>>>><i> I don't think in terms of respectful or not. +</I>>>><i> What i fear is that this position is isolationist. +</I>>>><i> What good to us is to ignore the reality? +</I>>>><i> Just take a look at the sales numbers. +</I>>>><i> Apple users (any device) are much greater (in numbers) than the sum +</I>>>><i> of the +</I>>>><i> users of ALL linux distributions. +</I>>><i> Actually we could say that Linux users (any device) are much greater +</I>>><i> (in numbers) than the sum of the users of ALL apple devices. The most +</I>>><i> used phone operating system is by far Android, not iOS. +</I>><i> I forgot abot that... ;-) +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> But we don't care about sales numbers, supposed number of users, etc ... +</I>>><i> Mageia is a community distribution, so support for interoperability with +</I>>><i> other OSs/devices only depends whether someone is willing to spend some +</I>>><i> time working on it. Statements about everybody having apple devices +</I>>><i> or sales number are useless and only encourage trolling ... +</I>><i> Not my intention. English is not my native language and I'm not so +</I>><i> fluent to express my point of view in an adequate manner. So, sometimes, +</I>><i> some shortcuts lead to unwanted results. Sorry. +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> +</I> +Personally I've never been able to afford Apple hardware, it is very +shiny and tempting though :D + +It always falls to Linux to be the interfacing OS, Microsoft makes no +effort to interface with Linux and neither does Apple. It always falls +to Linux to make the effort to interface with the proprietary, so it +makes good sense for us to do all we can to improve our support of Apple +devices. + +It would be good to be the 'go-to' distribution perhaps for Apple +owners. Lion Friendly has a nice ring to it! + +Claire +</PRE> + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="006026.html">[Mageia-discuss] Why Mageia isn't a "Lion Friendly" distribution? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="006019.html">[Mageia-discuss] Why Mageia isn't a "Lion Friendly" distribution? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#6027">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#6027">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#6027">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#6027">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |