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Daring Fireball: Point, Counterpoint: Mac OS X Is Great for Fortysomething Unix Hackers: “”

This article was quite surprising. It seems that I am split into two categories he mentions. I seem to fit the 40-something Unix hacker, even though I am not 40, but actually 26. Maybe this has to do with my early indoctrination into the computer world at age 12, followed by extreme enthusiasm, desperate learning, and hacking.

But, then I also fit in with the free-software political zealot crowd. This makes me quite a guilt ridden OS X user. I love using Unix based systems, especially Free ones (with a Capital F) like Darwin. But I hate non-free, encumbered, closed systems. OS X is a mix of both. Honestly I bought the powerbook for the amazing hardware. Unfortunately I started to play with OS X. I generally liked it, but nothing extreme, that is… until… I found the Terminal. My inner Unix hacker rejoiced, and my eye-candy loving user was quite pleased with the GUI. And every moment spent with OS X made me grow more and more in love with it.

I guess I have to either ditch OS X, or get over my guilt.