Re: Apple update system

From	nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Apple update system
Date	2017-03-28 20:17 -0400
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In article <obeu1b$6id$1@news.albasani.net>, Ken Springer
<wordworks@greeleynet.com> wrote:

> >>> Much as I despise the idea, a Chromebook may be the best fit for them.
> >>> Maybe even Linux.
> >>
> >> Are you stoned? Two retirees with minimal skills, and you want to foist
> >> Linux on them?
> >
> > chromeos is *much* easier to use than a linux box and quite possibly
> > the best choice.
> 
> What's interesting is, Chromeos is based on Linux.  Seems obvious that 
> Linux isn't the issue, the user interface tends to be the problem.

yep. 

> Based on comments in both Apple and MS groups, I think a lot of "Linux 
> No" comments may be based on old info.  I tried Linux somewhere around 
> 2003 when I bought my XP computer, and tried a dual boot with Red Hat 9. 
>   I was totally shocked at how similar it was to Windows!  Not too long 
> afterward, the computer had boot up issues, and I assumed it was Red 
> Hat.  It wasn't.  It was XP.

xp is long dead, but nevertheless, the main problem with linux is the
sheer lack of quality apps and support for third party hardware.

> I too had heard about all the issues with Linux, so avoided it like the 
> plague until about a year ago, when curiosity got the best of me.  LOL 
> Sure glad I did, as I've discovered that, with the wide range of distros 
> out there, you can find just about every level of complexity you could 
> ask for.

if you're after complexity, then linux is the ticket.

if you want to actually get stuff done without hassle, then it's about
the worst possible choice.

> >> Think about that. And Chromebook--none of the apps, none
> >> of the reliability, that they know and love.
> >
> > depends what they do with it. if it's email, web surfing, etc., then a
> > chromebook can work well. not everyone needs a bunch of apps.
> 
> That's probably 98% of their use.  The little else they do could be done 
> with Google docs, although I recommend against cloud anything.

chromeos is almost entirely cloud.

> None of the complexity, either.  I'm becoming convinced that both 
> Apple's and MS's OSes have become so complex it's actually hard for 
> people with little to no skills to easily learn them.

mostly true, particularly for windows.

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Apple update system Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2017-03-20 19:30 -0600
  Re: Apple update system nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-20 21:47 -0400
    Re: Apple update system Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-21 03:37 -0400
      Re: Apple update system Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2017-03-21 05:00 -0600
        Re: Apple update system Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-21 15:46 +0000
          Re: Apple update system Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2017-03-21 18:01 -0600
            Re: Apple update system nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-21 20:06 -0400
              Re: Apple update system Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2017-03-21 18:26 -0600
    Re: Apple update system Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2017-03-21 16:22 -0600
  Re: Apple update system michaelunowho@gmail.com - 2017-03-21 07:51 -0700
    Re: Apple update system Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2017-03-21 18:07 -0600
  Re: Apple update system Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2017-03-28 07:57 -0600
    Re: Apple update system Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-28 15:43 +0000
      Re: Apple update system Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2017-03-28 10:43 -0600
        Re: Apple update system Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-28 16:55 +0000
        Re: Apple update system Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2017-03-30 13:03 -0700
          Re: Apple update system Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2017-03-30 19:37 -0400
    Re: Apple update system Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2017-03-28 19:28 -0400
      Re: Apple update system nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-28 19:37 -0400
        Re: Apple update system Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2017-03-28 18:10 -0600
          Re: Apple update system nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-28 20:17 -0400
          Re: Apple update system Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-29 07:35 +0000
            Re: Apple update system Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2017-03-29 04:24 -0600
              Re: Apple update system nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-29 07:20 -0400
                Re: Apple update system Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2017-03-29 06:44 -0600
                Re: Apple update system nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-29 09:46 -0400
                Re: Apple update system Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2017-03-29 08:45 -0600
                Re: Apple update system nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-29 15:44 -0400
              Re: Apple update system Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-30 04:41 +0000
                Re: Apple update system Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2017-03-30 03:51 -0600
                Re: Apple update system nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-30 10:49 -0400
                Re: Apple update system Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-31 00:14 +0000
                Re: Apple update system Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2017-03-30 20:09 -0600
          Re: Apple update system Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2017-03-29 12:31 -0400
            Re: Apple update system nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-29 15:18 -0400
              Re: Apple update system Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2017-03-29 15:14 -0600
                Re: Apple update system nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-29 17:36 -0400
                Re: Apple update system Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2017-03-29 16:55 -0600
          Re: Apple update system Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2017-03-30 12:52 -0700
        Re: Apple update system Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-29 07:32 +0000
  Re: Apple update system Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2017-03-28 07:30 -0700
  Re: Apple update system Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2017-04-01 17:44 -0600
    Re: Apple update system nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-01 19:51 -0400
      Re: Apple update system Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2017-04-01 18:29 -0600
        Re: Apple update system nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-01 20:55 -0400
          Re: Apple update system Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2017-04-01 20:53 -0600
            Re: Apple update system nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-02 00:03 -0400
              Re: Apple update system Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-02 15:21 +0000
                Re: Apple update system Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2017-04-02 10:15 -0600
                Re: Apple update system dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2017-04-03 10:07 +1100
            Re: Apple update system Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-04-02 16:26 +0000
        Re: Apple update system Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-04-02 16:23 +0000

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