Re: My week with Linux: I'm dumping Windows for Ubuntu to see how it goes

On Mon, 19 May 2025 10:02:22 +0000, Farley Flud <fsquared@fsquared.linux>
wrote in <1840e5742f294f44$115938$5317$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com>:

On Fri, 16 May 2025 23:36:19 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
 

So, the “week” stretched on a bit longer than a week
<https://www.tomshardware.com/news/live/my-week-with-linux>.
 
Verdict: he could do most, but not all, of the things he wanted to do.
 
 

I could never give up Winblows unless I wanted to give up on-line
banking and shopping.
 
A lot of web sites seem to discriminate against GNU/Linux browsers.
Connections are not possible unless one uses Winblows.

That turns out not to be the case.

I use a Linux desktop as my "daily driver", and there's only
one reason that I "need" to bring up the Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
virtual machine:  reading a particular book on Kindle, which can't
be read with the Kindle web site.

I do all my banking, shopping, etc. on Linux, where it's safer.

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