MacOS: So long - The reasons

Well, it's funny that exactly six months ago I was talking about how [MacOS was getting into my nerves][0].

This weekend I achieved to install [Ubuntu Dapper][1] into my laptop. The reason for the switch was because after a software update MacOS didn't want to start, and I thought "if I have to tinker with an OS, I better do it with one that makes me free".

[0]: http://ignacio.torresmasdeu.name/articles/2005/12/20/self-mac-detach [1]: http://www.ubuntu.com/

This was possible even though the CD drive doesn't work. My [issues with Apple Support][2] did end up badly, the reason being there was no track of my AppleCare contract in Apple. It's funny, for a few months before there was no issue about with a hard drive replacement. After sending the AppleCare documentation several times to Ireland I surrended and thought that buying a replacement on eBay would be cheaper in the long run. This experience didn't improve my feelings about Apple.

It's funny also that today I saw [John Gruber's article][3] about [Mark Pilgrim's switch out of MacOS][4] and how [Tim Bray is following][5] him. There's more than one geek who feels that something's rotten in Apple. The last post by [Pilgrim depicts my experience with Mail.app][6] word by word. Thanks $DEITY I am using IMAP now.

Now it's a matter of time for me to get everything I have on the iMac into DVDs, and test if it plays ball with Ubuntu too.

[2]: http://ignacio.torresmasdeu.name/articles/2006/04/09/losing-my-religion [3]: http://daringfireball.net/2006/06/and_oranges [4]: http://diveintomark.org/archives/2006/06/02/when-the-bough-breaks [5]: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2006/06/15/Switch-From-Mac [6]: http://diveintomark.org/archives/2006/06/16/juggling-oranges

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