[masklinn]

> if anything it's more comfortable than OSX since you get up-to-date GNU versions rather than older GNU tools.

1. By and large, OSX ships the BSD userland not GNU

2. You can trivially add up-to-date GNU tools to OSX: install homebrew, install whichever GNU stuff you want

[damnyou]

I have better things to do with my life than prefix every command with a g.

[skinnymuch]

You don't have to. Many of the commands that you install have simple work arounds so you can use the same command.

[lmm]

Yes, sorry, "Older BSD tools" is what I meant to type.