Re: Windows Is A Great OS ... If Your Time Is Worth Nothing

On 2025-02-23, Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:

Adison Vohn Caterson <Adison@Caterson.invalid> wrote:
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I [Joel W. Crump] promoted Win7 here [COLA], in the past [2009-2010], [...] because at the
time it really did represent something new and improved in computing.
Today, Linux is hands-down the winner.

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Linux is the winner?
At what?

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If it makes no difference which platform one is using, then Linux is
the winner by default.  That became true before the release of
Windows 11.

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That kinda makes no sense.
If the OS makes no diffence to the user, that it's a tie, or a
non-issue. A no-win situation.

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A tie makes the elegant and free Linux the obvious winner.

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A tie is a no-win situation.
For you and your situation, Linux is better.
Not sure what elegance you see... visually, Windows "looks" better.

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Wrong.

Then explain how Linux is the winner?
What's it winning?

If Russia nuked New York, they'd only kill 5 Linux users.
Not counting Android, we're talking PC's.

I run Linux on this Thinkpad Yoga 14 because Windows 11 won't run on it,
and Windows 10 is dead soon. So in that case Linux is better.
This laptop can be folded into a tablet, and I can tell you that under
Win 10, worked a charm. Under Linux, screen orientation doesn't work,
virtual keyboard doesn't work. I only get a virtual keyboard at the
logon screen.
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On a 15" Alienware laptop, it's had Windows 11 on it for 3+ years.
Runs great, has never blue screened, locked up, refused to do my
bidding. Some Windows updates have broken the Dell Support App and the
Alienware Command Center, but a fix usually comes from MS or Dell, or a
Revo uninstall/reinstall fixes it. I wouldn't even bother putting Linux
on the Alienware, as I doubt selecting which video card I want is an
option under Linux, and I doubt fan control would be as easy under Linux
as it is with Windows 11.
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Windows 11 is a computing tool.
Linux is a computing tool.
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The choices being available is the winner.

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Win11 is OK on hardware that handles it.  Win10 is still OK on a good
bit of other hardware and on the same hardware for people who don't
want 11.  I guess the $30 charge would be fair except I did
voluntarily pay again in 2021, $200, so my upgrade to 11 was
immediate.  Why can't I freely choose between 11 and 10, on this
device, during the extended-security-update-availability period?

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Microsoft I would think have no financial gain to support the OS past
the 7 years or whatever time period they choose. I wouldn't do free work
7 years after I did the initial work, I'd want money :)
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Whether these changes, updates, upgrades are of value to the user is up
to the user. If one prefers free, pay once forever, want the computer to
last 15 years, Linux would likely be the only choice.
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But if one just has to have MS Office, or some tax software, or some
device integration that only Windows provides, that's what they'll use.
The usual preference is that the computer came with the OS, meaning no
preference.

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I don't like Apple macOS - but it is as good as Windows and Linux.
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If you see where I'm going with this.

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I do.
You have an opinion.
Yay.

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No, an observation.

Other than on your computer, what observations lead you to believe Linux
is winning?

Capturing me as a new user doesn't count.
I'm part time, yet to be seized by the rapture.

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