Re: Who Knows Hardware?

On 2024-12-14, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

Le 2024-12-13 à 22:11, Joel a écrit :

DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> wrote:

On 12/12/2024 10:16 PM, Physfitfreak wrote:
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I have faith in Linux, that it can ruin Microsoft's Windows business.
That keeps me here.

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Smarter, more informed FOSS bozos than you have been drooling that
thought for 3+ decades.
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Despite the info being easily available, you wackos still don't seem to
understand how entrenched Windows is everywhere in the world.
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Your world, and Feeb's, will fade to black LONG before Microsoft's.

 
 
The two platforms coexist, I don't know why we're even talking about
Winblows being "ruined".  It's ruined simply by outpacing the hardware
people typically have to boot it, Linux provides a usable alternative,
but people stubbornly, patiently put up with M$.

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Because people don't have to worry that their third-party hardware might
not work under Windows, and they don't have to worry that the software
they like will execute. For desktop experience, the only area Linux can
compete with Windows in is cost. If you have an under-performing machine
but still want a decent experience, you're a lot more likely to get it
with Linux. That's also why I am not even considering Windows for the
twenty out-of-use computers the school board is going to send me to
serve the financially-strapped neighbourhood I work in. These people can
barely afford pencils, so it wouldn't make sense to give them Windows
and tell them to buy software. However, if you can afford decent
hardware, there truly is no good reason to run Linux. You can convince
yourself that it's more secure, faster, lighter on resources or more
private, but most of that doesn't even matter to the people who
willingly give away most of their private information by default by
getting onto platforms like Facebook, Instagram and "free" e-mail services.

I've been using Linux for 18 years because it's superior to Windows. Much
easier to maintain and use. A much more logical directory structure. Much
more reliable. And much faster, lighter, secure and private (as you
mentioned). And there's no ads popping up when you just want to look at the
temperature. Linux, if you're not married to M$ Office or Adobe rental crap
— or if you don't want to play video games designed specifically for
Windows — is a much better OS than Windows. Not even close.

There's a reason I don't use Windows and it's not because I can't afford it.
(Most of my Dell business machines have a Windows license built into the
BIOS, so it's free.) I use Linux because it's better. Period. I don't play
Windows' video games and I don't use Adobe rentware or M$ Office. Zero
desire to do so. The ability to run these applications is about the only
reason I can see for wanting to use Windows. Fortunately I don't have that
problem.

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