Cult of Unix (was: Re: Microsoft to force new Outlook on Windows 10 PCs)

On Mon, 13 Jan 2025 17:52:05 -0600, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
wrote in <vm48v6$23a1f$2@dont-email.me>:

Joel wrote:

CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

On 2025-01-13 17:54, Joel wrote:

CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

On 2025-01-13 16:32, Joel wrote:

MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> wrote:

On 12/01/2025 23:23, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

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Windows is a great OS -- if your time is worth nothing.
>

So which OS do you choose to expend your valuable time on?

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Linux is the only option worth pursuing.  macOS is weird and
expensive, Windows is bloatware beyond belief.

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There's not much to pursue in MacOS. It works as it should and it is
a fairly pleasant experience. However, I would agree that it's
expensive.
After a while, you'll need tools to do additional things and on
MacOS, you're going to be paying money in most cases. Open-source is
available for it too, mind you.

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I just dislike Windows and macOS, it might be my own opinion but it's
right for me.

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MacOS machines have a shelf life of about seven years before Apple
decides that your machine is no longer worth supporting with updates.
As we've seen, Windows machines get about seven, so it's a fair amount
of time. However, Linux has them both beat with unlimited support no
matter how pathetic the machine you're running it on is.

 
 
My machine is an interesting example - if I'd stayed with Win10, it'd
be slammin', but then support would end relatively early in its life.
So upgrade to 11, great, until the bloat overtakes it, as in my view it
already began to with 23H2.  Linux is the only way to solve this
dilemma.
 
 

Indeed, linux is the only way to salvation.

I'm glad you see the light, Brother Hank!

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ObWindows:

Just navigated the backup mess in Windows 11 -- looks like
one can set up periodic traditional backups in the control panel,
but there's no options in the separate "cloud backup" tool
except Microsoft's thing (Onedrive?).

ObLinux:

I also have to figure out why the virt didn't see any
network shares, which would be the Samba instances on
the local workstation and on my Synology Diskstation...

And BTW, regarding Windows:  I'm glad they've kept the
control panel from Windows 7.

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