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| From | CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert |
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
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| Date | 2026-02-28 12:55 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <69a2e5b9$0$25$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> (permalink) |
On Fri, 27 Feb 2026 20:14:20 -0500, DFS wrote: > On 2/26/2026 11:28 AM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: >> Nick Charles wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS: >> >>> Lawrence D´Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote: >>>> Normal people adopt technology as a means to solve a problem, not as >>>> an end in itself. >>> >>> Right. Apple users aren’t interested in the “technology”. Just >>> that it works with minimal fuss. >>> >>>> But with companies like Apple, it seems, you don’t just buy the >>>> product, you have to be a “convert” first. Like being inducted into a >>>> religion. >>> >>> You just described Linux users. The religion is “free software so >>> you are not enslaved by a Big, Bad Corporation”. Then you spend more >>> time tinkering and compiling software than actually getting things >>> done. >> >> Nonsense. > > Puresense. And it (tinkering) is highly-correlated with the ease of > theming, tweaking, swapping out DEs and window managers available with > Linux. > > Imagine if it were as easy to tweak your car? > > Bring back "soon to be a millionaire" President of cola 7 to promise us > "shape-changing, self-repairing fractal nanobots" that can transmogrify > my Pathfinder into a Panamera in 8 seconds flat. > > > >>> Linux IS an end in itself. >> >> Linux is my daily driver, man. > > So is/was a Yaris. No thanks. > > No Excel? No thanks. > No Access? No thanks. > No Renamer? No thanks What do you mean by renamer? If you're referring to applications which rename files in mass, the Linux ones are better than the Windows ones. There is one I liked in Windows, I believe it was called BulkRenamer or something (it was free, either way), but I find that Linux has a better variety. In many cases, much of the functionality is built into the desktop environment. > Excel and Access alone would keep me on Windows, but I could probably > live with a Linux host and Windows vm guest. Might try that, just to > force myself to use Linux more. Don't force yourself to use Linux, there is no point. You either embrace ir or you don't. Otherwise, you'd be doing what Joel does when he forces himself to bend over for any guy with a mental illness. -- CrudeSausage John 14:6 Isaiah 48:16 Pop_OS!
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Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-26 05:51 +0000
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert Nick Charles <noway> - 2026-02-26 13:59 +0000
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-02-26 11:28 -0500
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-02-26 12:39 -0800
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-02-27 10:01 -0500
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-27 15:48 +0000
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-02-27 12:55 -0800
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-02-27 16:17 -0500
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-03-02 17:24 -0700
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-03-02 18:20 -0800
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2026-03-03 06:57 -0600
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-03-03 12:11 -0800
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-03 05:30 +0000
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-03-02 17:16 -0700
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-03-02 20:16 -0500
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-02-27 20:14 -0500
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-02-28 07:38 -0500
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-28 18:04 +0000
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> - 2026-02-28 19:41 +0000
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-02-28 14:48 -0500
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-01 12:18 -0500
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-01 12:15 -0500
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-28 12:55 +0000
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-01 12:14 -0500
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Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-02-26 12:39 -0800
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-27 06:06 +0000
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-02-26 22:38 -0800
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-02-26 12:38 -0800
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-03-02 17:39 -0700
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-03-02 20:24 -0500
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Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-03-03 21:06 -0500
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-03-03 18:50 -0800
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Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-03-03 21:13 -0800
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-03-04 00:34 -0500
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-03-03 21:52 -0800
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2026-03-04 06:19 +0000
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-03-03 22:26 -0800
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-03-04 01:41 -0500
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-03-04 09:49 -0800
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Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-03-11 11:44 -0400
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-03-04 01:32 -0500
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2026-03-04 06:13 +0000
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-03-04 01:31 -0500
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-03 05:21 +0000
Re: Why You Need To Be An Apple Convert Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-03-03 12:12 -0800
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