07.24.11

TechBytes Episode 56: GNU/Linux Versus Mac OS X

Posted in TechBytes at 8:12 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

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Summary: Michael Glasser, Tim, and Roy have a discussion about GNU/Linux and Mac OS X

TODAY’s show touches on a few bits of news but mostly focuses on comparisons between Apple’s operating systems and Linux-based operating systems. The guest in this episode is the Prescott Computer Guy, Michael Glasser, who advocates Apple products. Update: the show notes are now out.

Except for the theme song at the end, the show includes the self-named track by Takashi Kamide and “When You Are Near” by Warren Hood. We hope you will join us for future shows and consider subscribing to the show via the RSS feed. You can also visit our archives for past shows. If you have an Identi.ca account, consider subscribing to TechBytes in order to keep up to date. █

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Our past shows:

November 2010

Show overview	Show title	Date recorded
Episode 1: Brandon from Fedora	TechBytes Episode 1: Apple, Microsoft, Bundling, and Fedora 14 (With Special Guest Brandon Lozza)	1/11/2010
Episode 2: No guests	TechBytes Episode 2: Ubuntu’s One Way, Silverlight Goes Dark, and GNU Octave Discovered	7/11/2010
Episode 3: No guests	TechBytes Episode 3: Games, Wayland, Xfce, Restrictive Application Stores, and Office Suites	8/11/2010
Episode 4: No guests	TechBytes Episode 4: Fedora 14 Impressions, MPAA et al. Payday, and Emma Lee’s Magic	9/11/2010
Episode 5: No guests	TechBytes Episode 5: Windows Loses to Linux in Phones, GNU/Linux Desktop Market Share Estimations, and Much More	12/11/2010
Episode 6: No guests	TechBytes Episode 6: KINect a Cheapo Gadget, Sharing Perceptually Criminalised, Fedora and Fusion 14 in Review	13/11/2010
Episode 7: No guests	TechBytes Episode 7: FUD From The Economist, New Releases, and Linux Eureka Moment at Netflix	14/11/2010
Episode 8: Gordon Sinclair on Linux Mint	TechBytes Episode 8: Linux Mint Special With Gordon Sinclair (ThistleWeb)	15/11/2010
Episode 9: Gordon Sinclair returns	TechBytes Episode 9: The Potentially Permanent Return of ThistleWeb	17/11/2010
Episode 10: Special show format	TechBytes Episode 10: Microsoft FUD and Dirty Tactics Against GNU/Linux	19/11/2010
Episode 11: Part 2 of special show	TechBytes Episode 11: Microsoft FUD and Dirty Tactics Against GNU/Linux – Part II	21/11/2010
Episode 12: Novell special	TechBytes Episode 12: Novell Sold for Microsoft Gains	23/11/2010
Episode 13: No guests	TechBytes Episode 13: Copyfight, Wikileaks, and Other Chat	28/11/2010
Episode 14: Patents special	TechBytes Episode 14: Software Patents in Phones, Android, and in General	29/11/2010
Episode 15: No guests	TechBytes Episode 15: Google Chrome OS, Windows Refund, and Side Topics Like Wikileaks	30/11/2010

December 2010

Show overview	Show title	Date recorded
Episode 16: No guests	TechBytes Episode 16: Bribes for Reviews, GNU/Linux News, and Wikileaks Opinions	3/12/2010
Episode 17: No guests	TechBytes Episode 17: Chrome OS Imminent, Wikileaks Spreads to Mirrors, ‘Open’ Microsoft	5/12/2010
Episode 18: No guests	TechBytes Episode 18: Chrome OS, Sharing, Freedom, and Wikileaks	11/12/2010
Episode 19: No guests	TechBytes Episode 19: GNU/Linux Market Share on Desktop at 4%, Microsoft Declining, and ChromeOS is Coming	16/12/2010
Episode 20: No guests	TechBytes Episode 20: GNU/Linux Gamers Pay More for Games, Other Discussions	18/12/2010
Episode 21: No guests	TechBytes Episode 21: Copyright Abuses, Agitators and Trolls, Starting a New Site	20/12/2010
Episode 22: No special guests	TechBytes Episode 22: Freedom Debate and Picks of the Year	27/12/2010

January 2011

Show overview	Show title	Date recorded
Episode 23: Tim, Gordon, and Roy	TechBytes Episode 23: Failuresfest and 2011 Predictions	2/1/2011
Episode 24: Tim, Gordon, and Roy	TechBytes Episode 24: Android, Microsoft’s President Departure, and Privacy	10/1/2011
Episode 25: Tim and Roy	TechBytes Episode 25: Mono, Ubuntu, Android, and More	14/1/2011
Episode 26: Tim and Roy	TechBytes Episode 26: £98 GNU/Linux Computer, Stuxnet’s Government Roots, and More	18/1/2011
Episode 27: Tim, Gordon, and Roy	TechBytes Episode 27: Linux Phones, Pardus, Trusting One’s Government-funded Distribution, and Much More	22/1/2011
Episode 28: Tim, Gordon, and Roy	TechBytes Episode 28: The Weekend After Microsoft’s Results and LCA	30/1/2011
Episode 29: Tim, Gordon, and Roy	TechBytes Episode 29: KDE, Other Desktop Environments, and Programming	31/1/2011

February 2011

Show overview	Show title	Date recorded
Episode 30: Tim, Gordon, and Roy	TechBytes Episode 30: Microsoft at FOSDEM, Debian Release, and Anonymous	7/2/2011
Episode 31: Tim and Roy	TechBytes Episode 31: Nokiasoft and Computer Games	13/2/2011
Episode 32: Tim and Roy	TechBytes Episode 32: Desktop Environments, Computer Games, Android and Ubuntu as the ‘New Linux’, Copyright Mentality	22/2/2011

March 2011

Show overview	Show title	Date recorded
Episode 33: Tim, Gordon, and Roy	TechBytes Episode 33: Patent ‘Thieves’ and News That Deceives	6/3/2011
Episode 34: Tim, Gordon, and Roy	TechBytes Episode 34: Done on a Dongle	13/3/2011
Episode 35: Tim, Gordon, and Roy	TechBytes Episode 35: You Can’t Please Some People	19/3/2011

April 2011

Show overview	Show title	Date recorded
Episode 36: Tim, Gordon, and Roy	TechBytes Episode 36: “Come to Take Me Away”	3/4/2011
Episode 37: Tim, Gordon, and Roy	TechBytes Episode 37: Escaping the Soaps	4/4/2011
Episode 38: Tim, Gordon, and Roy	TechBytes Episode 38: Thanks for Reaching Out	11/4/2011
Episode 39: Tim and Roy	TechBytes Episode 39: Groklaw wins, Microsoft me too’s and trolls fail	13/4/2011
Episode 40: Tim, Gordon, and Roy	TechBytes Episode 40: Video Begins at 40	17/4/2011
Episode 41: Tim, Gordon, Rusty, and Roy	TechBytes Episode 41: Going Rusty	24/4/2011
Episode 42: Tim and Roy	TechBytes Episode 42: Bandwidth, Android and Patents, Games, and Computer Nostalgia	29/4/2011

May 2011

Show overview	Show title	Date recorded
Episode 43: Tim, Jono Bacon, and Roy	TechBytes Episode 43: At Home With Jono Bacon, Ubuntu Community Manager	4/5/2011
Episode 44: Rusty, Gordon, Tim, Roy, and Brandon Lozza	TechBytes Episode 44: The Four Horsemen Reunited; Fedora Ambassador Interview	7/5/2011
Episode 45: Tim and Roy	TechBytes Episode 45: Skype, Facebook, and Weekly Musings	14/5/2011
Episode 46: Rusty, Gordon, Tim, and Roy	TechBytes Episode 46: GNU/Linux in Germany, Android’s Openness, and More	15/5/2011
Episode 47: Tim and Roy	TechBytes Episode 47: Unity With the Wife	21/5/2011
Episode 48: Tim and Roy	TechBytes Episode 48: Will The Real Steve Ballmer Please Step Down?	27/5/2011

June 2011

Show overview	Show title	Date recorded
Episode 49: Tim and Roy	TechBytes Episode 49: Linux – To Boldly Go…	3/6/2011
Episode 50: Rusty, Tim, and Roy	TechBytes Episode 50: With Rusty Again, Challenging FUD	6/6/2011
Episode 51: Tim and Roy	TechBytes Episode 51: Nokia and Apple, GPL’s Importance, Silverlight’s Death, and Copyrights Unrest	15/6/2011
Episode 52: Rusty, Tim, and Roy	TechBytes Episode 52: Desktop Environments and the Demise of Ubuntu	26/6/2011

July 2011

Show overview	Show title	Date recorded
Episode 53: Tim and Roy	TechBytes Episode 53: WebOS, Universal Laws, and Tablets	5/7/2011
Episode 54: Tim and Roy	TechBytes Episode 54: Patent Extortion, Economy Shifting, Tablets Lacking	4/7/2011
Episode 55: Tim and Roy	TechBytes Episode 55: Google’s Growth, Sabayon Linux 6, and Sony-Microsoft	15/7/2011

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