Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jack Strangio Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Thinking about moving to Linux permanently, should I keep my Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 05:34:59 -0000 (UTC) Organization: North Star Horizon Builders Club Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <10u44ca$2056$1@dont-email.me> Injection-Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 05:35:00 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="2395767"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/5VNPcXQX8HIxmgvsJEZBiJm2oT1YBjD8="; posting-host="cf5126d00c5c84633404c345e4e50f2d" Cancel-Lock: sha1:R0GyiIyS55O9iZLmkL2m8vO/ICs= sha256:JK6MaBKn3Oo+L8yfGb5OnJOQksiCvHCJAs/mT9Hjhkc= sha1:RqcdhIjp3VHR8v3SScFKXIiZH/g= X-Newsreader: TASS News Reader 3.7.2 jvs [linux] Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:86844 The Natural Philosopher writes: > On 14/05/2026 05:20, Jack Strangio wrote: > > As long as*ONE* of your > > machines can run actual Windows you're good > > None of my machines have run windows natively for nearly 15 years, > Why would I need to? To play Doom or something? I find that Apple shit has Windows drivers available, but often won't have drivers available for Linux. Specifically, I have an iPod Nano and I have an IPhone SE. I can't put music on the iPod - so don't use that any more. But I need to get my photos off the iPhone still, and that I might do every 3 months or so. Yes, I know. DON'T BUY APPLE SHIT! And nowadays I refuse to. My most recent phone purchase was when I bought a Huawei phone in France a couple of years back. I plan to migrate to that exclusevely when I get a spare month or two. My only other use for Windows is my HP MFP which has Windows-only scanning software for the automatic multi-page feeder doing both sides of the pages. I keep a Windows 7 guest on Virtualbox solely for doing that one. Regards, Jack -- Voting is the adult version of writing a letter to Santa Claus.