[lbo-talk] JDK runs on FreeBSD!!!

[T Fast]

I find the cheapest of the dells the most aesthetically pleasing but that is 
probably because my tastes are decidedly modernist--simple clean lines.  The 
titanium MAC series has that soft airplane wing look to it.  It sits in that 
neo-modernist category, which I like but find a little to slick, like good 
dinner jazz.  As for the aesthetic qualities of the OS/GUI, I personally 
like Knoppix 3.4.  For those of you that are a little intmidated by Linux 
this is definitely the distro to go with and the GUI is stunning.

  Travis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>
To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 12:55 PM
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] JDK runs on FreeBSD!!!


> ravi wrote:
>
>>also, don't knock the command line -- when the sexiness of the apple eye
>>candy wears off, you will start valuing efficiency again!!
>
> It's been 18 years, and it hasn't given any sign of wearing off.
>
> I got a CP/M computer in 1981. It was fun to have a real computer, but 
> when the Mac came along I lost all interest in command lines. I love good 
> industrial design. I don't think it's just eye candy - it makes work more 
> pleasant and life more beautiful. There's so much ugly crap around these 
> days that it's really wonderful to work on beautiful machines. It's a 
> political economy issue as well as an aesthetic issue - modern American 
> ugliness is in large part produced by cost minimization/profit 
> maximization. Yeah, this titanium Powerbook I'm typing on cost more than a 
> Dell would, but I'd have to live with its boxy ugliness.
>
> Doug
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