Tiger was good. Around this time I realized apple really wanted to decide how my music and photos were organized and weren't going to let go. Their control put me off it all. Fortunately I discovered Linux around this time.
My descent into Linux started with trying to change the background image behind the login prompt on OS X. You could do it, but it required a bit of hacking. I somehow took great offense, and... that's how I ended up a programmer.
