Re: This FOSS Thang :-)

-hh wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

On 3/23/24 8:29 AM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
 

On Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:43:01 -0500, chrisv wrote:
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Once installed, Linux takes much less time to "get ready" than Windows
does, in my experience.  Only a ridiculous person would complain about
the small amount of time needed to install and configure a new
installation.

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I think the 'get ready' time is equivalent. I've got my catalog of stuff I
install most of which are cross platform.
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Full disclosure: I've never installed Windows since I upgraded a 3.1
laptop to 3.11 Workgroup.  At work IT drops off the new Windows box or I
buy something with Windows pre-installed. My builds have all went straight
to Linux.

Same here:  for Windows, everything was turnkey by IT, including the
installation of all relevant Apps.  All I had to do was to log in and
walk through a couple of settings in MS-Outlook to link into the host
computer.  OTOH, if it wasn't a Windows box, it was 100% DIY, but also
came with instructions of various command line modifications that IT
security required...a royal PITA.
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When IT drops off a bare metal box they leave rapidly. Linux is strictly
'don't ask, don't tell' for them.

 
Every laptop the government handed me for project usage immediately got Linux
on it. The main downside was that we had to set up the CAC and handle security
updates ourselves.  Me, the Russian guy, and a couple other dudes.

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I recall using PKard, a third party CAC reader, during a time when MacOS
didn't natively support stuff.  It was learn-as-you-go, since it was up
to local IT groups to decide if they were going to support anything
non-Windows.  Fortunately, MacOS now natively supports CAC readers
again, so there's one fewer hoop to have to jump through.

One of the gummint guys on-site used a Mac.

By the way, it's not the CAC itself, but loading all the certs without the aid
of Windows crapware that was an issue.

    https://militarycac.com/linux.htm

The drivers themselves were installable via the package manager.

I used Debian for a long time until I got an email saying I had to use a RedHat
product.  But CentOS fit the bill.

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Q: What's hard going in and soft and sticky coming out?
A: Chewing gum.