Re: Now Hear This. This Group Is Linux Advocacy.

On 6/23/25 15:57, rbowman wrote:

On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 12:21:06 -0700, Alan wrote:
 

On 2025-06-23 12:15, Lester Thorpe wrote:

This NG is devoted to the advocacy of GNU/Linux, yet many posters seem
to want to use it as a forum for knocking Micro$oft/Apphole.
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There is nothing wrong with knocking Micro$oft/Apphole, and they sure
as hell deserve it, but the important thing is to describe or
demonstrate the superior aspects of GNU/Linux irrespective of any
"competing" OS.
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I can easily list several superior points:
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1) Total user control of the OS and software environment, if the user
chooses to eschew popular distros.

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Buy a kit car, you get total user control over the finished product!

That's actually quite a good analogy for the DIY vs turnkey PC crowd.

I gave that serious thought at one time but luckily my enthusiasm died
before I wound up with a garage full of pieces.
 https://caterhamcars.com/en/models/assembly
 Better than a kit airplane though.

IIRC, the common appeal of the kit airplanes was because of their much lower purchase price.  Apparently, much of the cost savings is because of lower liability insurance overhead:  in the event of aircraft failure, the kit company is able to pass it off on the DIY assembler.
-hh