Re: Distros specifically designed for children

On 5/26/25 11:10 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

On 2025-05-26, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
 

On 26/05/2025 19:11, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
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On 2025-05-26, Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> wrote:
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Those that I know personally who were interested, did specifically
mention freedom, and moving away from corporate control and politics.
Usability is an issue, but they should understand what they are getting
into.

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As convincing that argument is for some of us, Linux won't gain
widespread acceptance because J. Random Luser doesn't really
care about freedom.  It's enough that the screens are shiny.
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I certainly didn't move to linux for any ideological freedom.
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I moved because it worked better than Windows and cost less.
That balance shifted around WinXP time.
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I'd been using Unix and Linux on servers for years before that.

 Ironically, it's XP that I run under VirtualBox for times that
I need it.  This includes software development; in addition to
Linux, my stuff runs under - or should I say despite - Windows,
and I do back-end stuff so I don't need the eye candy extensions.
IMHO Windows' usability peaked somewhere between 2000 and XP and
has been going downhill ever since.

   I have a Win2k, and I think XP VMs somewhere. However
   I haven't run either for a LONG time.
   Actually have VMs of most everything from CP/M-86
   thru Win 1.1 and such somewhere. Win 1.1 was just
   TERRIBLE - better stuff for Commodores. My old
   boss BOUGHT a copy. DO have a BYTE Mag REVIEW of
   Win 1.1, paper mag ... I'm keeping that !
   DO sometimes run the old DOS multi-pass compilers
   for 'C' and Pascal, just for fun. There are one or
   two sites where you can download all that stuff.
   Anyway, IF I needed Win these days, I'd run it
   as a VM, not a real install. XP seems to cover
   99% of possible needs, so that's about a far as
   you need to go. After that ....... oh, the
   horror ..........