I Love Linux
I've got 15 instances of LAME running. I've got 8 BitTorrents running. I'm playing MP3s, browsing the web, writing mail, editing and compiling code. There is no loss of responsiveness in the GUI, despite a load of more than 18. Apple should take note! Whenever there's heavy network or disk activity, Mac OS X 10.2's Aqua interface slows the fuck down. The "really, really busy" spinning colour-disc pointer appears far more often than it really should. The best GUI in the world and it runs like treacle when you get the hardware thrumming.
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