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

On 2025-02-25, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

On 2025-02-24 4:12 p.m., Adison Vohn Caterson wrote:

On 2025-02-24, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

On 2025-02-23 5:23 p.m., Adison Vohn Caterson wrote:

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

Adison Vohn Caterson <Adison@Caterson.invalid> wrote:
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Linux wins because it isn't the behemoth.

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I knew it was just the company.
I don't like WalMart, but I will secretly shop there ;)

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Linux supports my WiFi, made in China, edge technology as WiFi6 is
evolving, same maker with WiFi7 on Windows.  It's a new era.

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This openSUSE install went well, and other than screen orientation and
virtual keyboard, everything worked OOTB.
My first Linux use was SUSE 10.1, bought in a box from a store.
It was aggravating to get it running, I mostly remember having to get a
serial port modem, would not use my internal modem (I think US Robotics).
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Tried Ubuntu, Fedora in between, been 5 years since I've tried again.
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It's a computer.

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A lot of people, myself included, feel that their choice of operating
system will make a social, political or economic difference in the
world. I agree with you now: it's a computer. The operating system you
use should be the one which properly supports the hardware you
purchased. For a lot of hardware, that will be Windows or MacOS.
Sometimes, Linux does a better job on that hardware, but that is rare.

 
That is how I take it, It's a computer.
But I mostly typed that cause Joel wrote It's a new era ;)
 
I do like Linux, but I've yet to put it on something good, like the
Alienware I have.
When that gets over-the-hill and I replace it with a new one (~2-3yrs),
I'll put Linux on it and maybe it will run great.
I'm hesitant now because of fan control, Alienwares can run hot, and
I've read stories about fans pulsing on/off then not working under
Linux.
Right now I have the ability to set them to run at %'s of 100 and per
program/game settings And I can pick intel graphics or nvidia graphics
with the click of a button.

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My Zephyrus G14 also has some fan problems for some people in Linux, but
I can't say that I've experienced them myself unless I turn on the
default settings of asusctl. If I leave them off, the machine is as
quiet as it is in Linux. Still, I feel that Linux is an excellent
operating system for machines that commercial operating systems don't
support anymore, but nothing else. If you can still get Windows or MacOS
running on the machine and it doesn't lock you out in any way, don't
bother with Linux. It's fine, but it's not always worth the struggle.

Windows hobbyware (with its obnoxious ads) is probably a necessary evil for
game playing, but I wouldn't use it for something that mattered when a disk
check can permanently BSOD at any time.

I don't find recovering my data and rebuilding my machines to be a fun
hobby, especially when it's Microsoft crap.

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