Re: Linux 6.11

DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:

Microsoft Windows on a computer you keep a long time,

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I ran my last system ~12 years.  Same mobo and case and power supply,
but upgraded the RAM and video card and storage and monitor.

 
And with Linux, that box would still be like new.

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nah... it was fully depreciated the minute you flooded it with GuhNoo
crapware.
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Put 2 computers on eBay: one with Linux and one with Windows (price the
Windows system to account for the license).  See which one sells first.

Microsoft spares no expense in making Winblows easy to use.  A
hardcore PC user knows to avoid that bloat.

depending on that arbitrary, aging version,

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meaningless babble
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Keep this in mind: most of the world will use desktop Windows their
entire lives.

 
Speaking of "meaningless", "most of the world" isn't motivated to know
about the alternative.

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That's one of the common excuses.  It's probably true that lots of
people don't care about the OS - as long as it's Windows and will open
and run their work files, they're fine.

And you would judge what's best, based on them?

until your computer finally blows its brains out.

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ha!  So far my Windows systems exhibit no suicidal ideation.

 
And yet you did finally replace it, to get Win11.

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No.  The mobo died after 12 years.
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So I got a new motherboard, CPU and RAM, and put Win10 on it for a time.
 Then Win11 not long after it came out.

It's quite possible that the motherboard would've had a longer life
with Linux, although you didn't do too bad, admittedly.

I choose Linux.

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And Wine to run Windows apps.

 
Very selected, minor ones.

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minor?  They were your 2 favorite apps.

Agent probably is my favorite app, yeah, but it's still *one* app. I'm
using mIRC more like an IRC bot, now, using IRCCloud for my primary
connection on both devices.

Have you actually embraced Linux/FOSS yet?  Or are you still clinging to
that superior proprietary code?

I run plenty of native Linux software.

I'm just not close to being willing to give up MS Office, Notepad++,
SumatraPDF and other apps in exchange for the Linux alternatives.  FML
if I was ever forced to use LibreOffice and Thunar every day - that is
some seriously craptastic software.

 
You would put up with Win11

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Win11 is peachy.  VERY trouble free.  Only problem I've had is with
Windows Update (and it's not very obtrusive).
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Security Update for Windows (KB5041585)
Failed to install on 8/25/2024 - 0x800f0922
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That failure has been happening for a month at least.  And now it says:
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https://imgur.com/a/tmUHWJt
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There's no excuse.

That's M$ proprietary crapware, for you.

Copilot for that shit?  Christ.

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CoPilot is optional.  But with GuhNoo, you can't escape the hobby slime.

You can turn Copilot off, sure, but they are making it the new name of
the OS, basically.  I say, jump ship.

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Joel W. Crump

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