This is so true. GNOME came a long way for Linux, as did Ubuntu and Canonical.
But there are so many times when you suddenly hit a wall and are immediately reminded of that time you installed something you really wanted/badly needed in a few minutes...as opposed to an hour (or more). I'll admit it, I started to even miss Windows at one point. But I still use Ubuntu and before that, Debian.
It's truly a beautiful system for understanding what's "under the hood" - but it's nowhere near accessible to the average user. I think every programmer should know how to work his way around at least one Linux distro though. In terms of programming (and server) functionality nothing else compares.
The bottom line is, while I've always enjoyed hacking on Linux the most for its freedom, it's infuriating to try to debug your own code when your computer is having its own issues. Sometimes you just want things to work. And macs just work.
But the programs in mac suck - consider xcode (or x-crap). Random crashes, a stupid paranoid public-private key environment (for iphone dev and the horrors of code signing), groups that don't 1-on-1 map to source folders, etc.
Also finder sucks compared to windows explorer. :)
But there are so many times when you suddenly hit a wall and are immediately reminded of that time you installed something you really wanted/badly needed in a few minutes...as opposed to an hour (or more). I'll admit it, I started to even miss Windows at one point. But I still use Ubuntu and before that, Debian.
It's truly a beautiful system for understanding what's "under the hood" - but it's nowhere near accessible to the average user. I think every programmer should know how to work his way around at least one Linux distro though. In terms of programming (and server) functionality nothing else compares.
The bottom line is, while I've always enjoyed hacking on Linux the most for its freedom, it's infuriating to try to debug your own code when your computer is having its own issues. Sometimes you just want things to work. And macs just work.