Re: Windows 10 Pro, $5 USD, Still Ripoff

Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:

On Sat, 11 May 2024 07:39:40 +0000, RonB wrote:
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If I was interested in video games or PhotoShop or could stand
Microsoft Office, maybe my opinion would be different. Although
upgrading Windows would still be one of the worst experiences you can
have using a computer.

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There is no doubt that upgrades are faster with Linux, but upgrades
from one stable version of a distribution to another is not usually
seamless. The efforts Linux Mint's developer has made to ensure that
tching from one big release to another is commendable because there are
way too many stories of disaster online to count. Windows generally
upgrades well, from something like 10 to 11, in my experience.

 
The only time I upgraded one of my Linux Mint machines (from 18 to 19, I
believe) it went smoothly, but I personally would rather back up my data
and do a clean install. I like "starting over again." A lot of Windows
users seem to do that as well — as I've seen a lot of issues with
upgrading Windows from one version to another. (But I know less and less
about Windows every day, and that's by choice — so maybe this has
changed with newer versions.)

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I recall doing a Linux Mint upgrade on my dad's laptop a while back and
following the instructions. After the upgrade, it still worked and allowed
him to log in, but everything was a mess. I didn't even know where to
start to fix it.

It could be that I'll need to reinstall clean, to get a future upgrade
to Mint, but that'd be a minor inconvenience, to not have to run
Windows.  Not like I never reinstalled it, either.

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Joel W. Crump

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