is a journalist and postgraduate student. His observations, though unscientific by any standard, derive from his studies in sociology of culture. One day soon he'll be a doctor, and then we'll all be sorry.

He also writes our PPC Linux column.

Mac Life articles by Jason Walsh

• Macs in the workplace, part 2, 2002.08.08. "Macs are more common in offices than many people in the media realise."
• iApps? My Eye!, 2002.08.01. I don't want to be forced to sit through the dross that "ordinary users" create with Apple's freeware.
• Macs at work: Not just for designers, 2002.07.25. Why Macs are found in the workplace -- and not just for graphics design work.
• Macintosh community or cult?, 2002.07.18. Is there really a Mac community, or are we more cult-like?
• Our passion for the Mac, 2002.07.11. Why in the world are we so passionate about our Macs?

Also by Jason Walsh

• Classics, Performas, iMacs, and G4s, My First Mac, 2002.06.10. From Classics in school to a Performa at home to editing video on a G4 to writing on an iMac, the Mac is a great production tool.

PPC Linux articles by Jason Walsh

• Another look at Yellow Dog Linux, 2002.08.06. "Almost any PCI machine from an ancient Power Mac 7200 to the latest iMac will run YDL 2.3 well."
• A Runtime Revolution for Linux and the Mac OS, 2002.07.31. Runtime Revolution brings the promise of write once multimedia to Linux, Windows, OS X, and the classic Mac OS.
• PPC Linux: The end?, 2002.07.29. PPC Linux resources - and the possible end of the road for the PPC Linux column.
• Yellow Dog Linux on a Power Mac, 2002.06.20. Why Yellow Dog Linux is a great starting point for Power Mac users who want to learn Linux.
• OS X from a Linux perspective, 2002.06.13. "OS X is great. OS X is beautiful. In fact, sad to say it, but OS X knocks Linux into a cocked hat."
• Open source reality check, 2002.06.06. Open source idealism, business pragmatism, and the real reason programers write software.
• Beyond Linux apps: Mac on Linux, 2002.05.30. Running Linux but need a Mac app? Mac on Linux lets you run classic Mac software on your PPC Linux machine.
• A sampling of Linux software, 2002.05.23. A quick taste of browsing, productivity, graphical, media, gaming, and other software for PPC Linux.
• Bring out the GIMP, 2002.05.16. No, Linux doesn't have Photoshop, but it does have GIMP.
• Why Linux instead of OS X?, 2002.05.09. Too many Power Macs can't run OS X - or can't run it well.

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