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Re: ot - re:dual-booters

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Nic wrote:
>  From the obvious direction the use of computing devices is being split 
> into 2 groups, since for most having 2 devices each with its own 
> operating system becomes clumsy and not convenient. The division will 
> become more evident as newer hardware will increasingly become more 
> selective and forcing a distinct choice. Linux must strive to be a 
> strong player in this choice of division. Long Live Linux (LLL).

I tend to buy cheap computers on sale, since I ceased assembling them 
from parts bought whenever a 'piece' was on sale.  And I don't discard 
the old computer/s, but keep them around.

A typical cheap computer comes w/ a Win installed, in my case the last 
laptop I bought had W10, and the oldest desktop I have still running has 
XP.  I have 2 desktops which came w/ a refurb W7 license.

My rigs employ kb-mouse-video switches, so two old desktops share the 
same station, and my chair can access two of those stations, ie 4 
desktops.  But rarely more than 2 at a time.

99.5% of the time I'm in linux.  The other 0.5% I do something in Win7, 
previously that was XP.

As I'm typing this, it is from a Mint Cinnamon 'live' w/ persistence. 
To my right is another machine which is at this 'instant' using W7 to 
print a couple of puzzles from PDFXChange to IrfanView because I like 
those tools for that purpose.  Yesterday I booted a live Mint Cinnamon 
plus LibreOffice there to print a couple of mailing labels which I had 
previously done w/ the XP machine because it was already rigged for the 
proprietary Avery labels, but I had moved the USB connected printer off 
the XP machine.  That W7 machine is usually used to boot some variable 
live linux on a Ventoy stick.

Dual booting in the conventional sense doesn't actually fall into any of 
the above scenarios.

When I boot the W10 laptop, I do it w/ a MX Linux live w/ persistence 
because I don't like W10.

It would be possible for me to replace all of the machine installations 
which still have a Win, XP, 7, or 10 w/ a linux and have NO machines 
still w/ a Win, but it would be slightly less convenient.  And unnecessary.

For me, having/using multiple machines is more convenient, not less.

-- 
Mike Easter

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ot - re:dual-booters Nic <Nic@none.net> - 2022-11-26 16:00 -0500
  Re: ot - re:dual-booters Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2022-11-27 08:39 -0800
    Re: ot - re:dual-booters Nic <Nic@none.net> - 2022-11-27 13:34 -0500
      Re: ot - re:dual-booters Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2022-11-27 10:51 -0800
        Re: ot - re:dual-booters Nic <Nic@none.net> - 2022-11-27 14:11 -0500
          Re: ot - re:dual-booters Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2022-11-27 11:55 -0800
            Re: ot - re:dual-booters Nic <Nic@none.net> - 2022-11-27 15:56 -0500
              Re: ot - re:dual-booters Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2022-11-27 14:26 -0800
                Re: ot - re:dual-booters Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2022-11-28 00:34 -0600
                Re: ot - re:dual-booters Nic <Nic@none.net> - 2022-11-28 10:14 -0500
    Re: ot - re:dual-booters Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2022-11-30 13:32 -0800

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