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Re: Linux Advocacy on Windows Weekly show

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On Fri, 22 Jan 2016 19:41:08 +0000, ronb wrote:

> Found this on the Linux Mint newsgroup ...
> 
> "Windows Weekly" show host, Leo Laporte (after they talked about
> Windows'
> forced update announcement on new CPUs, just sort of mentioned that he
> had taken one of his Windows 10 computers (Dell XPS 13) and installed
> Linux Mint 17 on it. Kind of funny to listen to Mary Jo Foley and Paul
> Thurrott squirm and try to make little smart-ass comments about it ...
> 
> Leo "... works great, by the way ... Linux Mint, all the drivers work,
> the camera works, everything works. It all works. Just right out of the
> box. And the touchscreen even works ..." Mary Jo -- "Don't show Linux on
> this show" Leo -- "It runs nicely ..."

Mary Jo hasn't gotten the memo yet -- Microsoft "loves" Linux!

Thanks for pointing this out -- I watched it, had a few chuckles at the 
reactions of the non-Linux-enabled...

> 
> You can see it for yourself at (January 20th edition of Windows Weekly)
> ...
> 
> https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly/episodes/449?autostart=false
> 
> The Linux Mint part starts at about the 1:17:00 mark -- actually just a
> little bit before that.
> 
> I guess now the WinDrones will call Leo Laporte a "liar" because he says
> Linux Mint "just works out of the box" also.

Haters gonna hate.

-- 
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Kernel:4.1.15-sd  Desktop:Xfce 4.12.2  Distro:Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa

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Linux Advocacy on Windows Weekly show ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 19:41 +0000
  Re: Linux Advocacy on Windows Weekly show mike antipasto <pizzadude@mycomputerrox.org> - 2016-01-22 15:03 -0500
    Re: Linux Advocacy on Windows Weekly show John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 12:15 -0800
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  Re: Linux Advocacy on Windows Weekly show vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2016-01-22 22:45 +0000
    Re: Linux Advocacy on Windows Weekly show GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-01-23 10:41 -0700
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