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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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