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Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day

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In article <n7mj3r$in4$3@dont-email.me>
Slimer <.m@nsn.s> wrote:
>
> On 2016-01-19 5:15 PM, Jeremy Bentham wrote:
> > In article <n7ldmo$nb9$2@dont-email.me>
> > Slimer <.m@nsn.s> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 2016-01-18 9:13 PM, Ed Mullen wrote:
> >>> Roger Blake wrote on 1/18/2016 6:13 PM:
> >>>
> >>>> I supported a lot of XP systems out in the field for a long time and
> >>>> had few problems with them. I still have a few out there that I deal
> >>>> with but Windows 7 has been the standard for business use for some time
> >>>> now. I have no beef with 7. It performs well, the user interface is not
> >>>> so different from what users have been accustomed to for many years,
> >>>> and it's been rock-solid overall.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Absolutely agree.
> >>>
> >>> W10 is looking more like Vista every day.  I don't hate it, but I sure
> >>> don't love it.
> >>
> >> Uh... in what way?
> >>
> >>> BTW, way off topic, for yucks, I tried Linux Mint today.  It sure has
> >>> come a long way.
> >>>
> >>> Only problem was when I went to install it on a disk partition. Couldn't
> >>> find the one I created for it and offered to erase my Windows system
> >>> drive.  Well, okay, so much for playing around with Linux.
> >>>
> >>> And I wasn't at all serious about it.  Most of my applications have no
> >>> Linux equivalents so it was just "lemme see what it's like now" kind of
> >>> an experiment.  Looked nice but the install snafu?  Fuggedaboutit.
> >>
> >> GNU/Linux DOES have equivalents for most of what you might use but their
> >> equivalents are also awful. They have a great media player in VLC, but
> >> everything else they offer is mostly garbage.
> >
> > Many hands make programming cheaper.  Linux programmers have to
> > earn a living first, donate later.
>
> Absolutely and agreed. However, when the operating system's advocates
> turn around and tell you that what some hobbyist created in their spare
> time is better than Windows, that's when you know they've lost their
> marbles.

You just have to keep everything in perspective.

Linux = Chevy Vega, Windows = Ford Pinto.

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Re: 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2016-01-20 04:06 +0100

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