Yes, but on a site labeled "hacker news", you'd hope to find people at least willing to consider that different OS's have different advantages, and that for hackers, Linux has a lot of them. Being able to hack the kernel is handy (yes, I have). Being able to debug pretty much any aspect of the system is handy. Not being in any way a second class citizen on your own computer is great. The freedom to take the whole thing and repurpose it if needs be, to create all kinds of interesting special purpose systems, from servers to Android type embedded devices is a huge business advantage.
But, being an observant guy, it's easy to see that Mac OS has its own strengths as well. My parents run it, for instance, and I'm sure it's better for them.
Comments like "hobby OS" and "linux sucks", though, are not indicative of serious thinking on the matter.
of course you are correct. I've been a Mac user since 1984 so I am horribly biased :-) In my three attempts to get Linux to run on a PC, I had three tremendous failures so I've given up. I can run most popular free apps like OpenOffice on OSX anyway (and I do) so I don't have a need for Linux. But for cheap hardware and the ultimate ability to tinker without big brother looking over your shoulder, Linux is fantastic.
