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| From | Brian Reay <no.sp@m.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.raspberry-pi |
| Subject | Re: OT: For all the Window haters |
| Date | 2015-08-06 10:58 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <mpvb22$hcr$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <GDuwx.182807$2K5.32171@fx31.am4> <20150806005812.2730ca59@ntlworld.com> <mpuvvo$n2s$1@speranza.aioe.org> <mpv338$1to$1@dont-email.me> |
On 06/08/15 08:43, David Taylor wrote: > On 06/08/2015 07:48, Hils wrote: >> On 06/08/15 00:58, Rob Morley wrote: >>> Linux hardware detection and driver installation has been a lot better >>> in the last two or three years. At least that's how it seems to me, >>> mostly using *buntu and other Debian based distros. >> >> My last Debian install was smoother and faster than any Windoze install >> I've ever done. Debian 7 on a laptop (now six and half years old) is far >> and away the best computer system I've ever had. Soon I'll give it a new >> 2TB HDD and install Debian 8, which will bring it as up to date as it >> needs to be for another year or two, while Windoze users shell out >> what--1000EUR?--on new hardware to feed Micro$oft's latest tumour, and >> keep the spooks and malware breeders distracted. >> >> Living with GNU/Linux is good. > > I'm not expecting to pay any more for Windows-10 than I already have - > nothing. The upgrades I've already done have required no extra > hardware, if a PC can run Win-7 or Win-8 it likely has the hardware > capability to run Win-10 (1 GHz processor, 1 GB memory....). > > Whilst I run both Linux and Windows, as I have to run a number of > Windows programs Linux is not universally suitable for me. And I can > use Windows-10 to program my Raspberry Pi 2, should I wish. > I may adopt Win 10, I rarely use Windows, and only then for some legacy programs I need to run from time to time. My OS of choice is Linux, a mix of Ubuntu and Mint, although I need to use Sci Linux for as well. I also have a Mac and therefore use MacOS, which I quite like. Ditto some IOS devices but I'd not say either was my OS of choice. I also tinker with R Pi's, again Linux. I'd say I was very much pro-Linux but also a realist, it has some issues, like any OS. One of these is, of course, lack of driver support. The welcome post by mm0fmf is refreshing news. Of course, I appreciate the lack of driver support is more to do with the HW manufacturer BUT it is perceived as an OS issue, and that is what counts when it comes to adoption. I'm not anti-Windows, I certainly prefer Linux to Windows by a considerable margin, but that doesn't mean I must be anti-Windows or believe the claptrap which the conspiracy theorists pour out. If anything, their brand of support for Linux is rather like the ISS brand of Islam, it isn't doing the cause of Islam any favours.
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OT: For all the Window haters mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-08-05 21:47 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> - 2015-08-06 00:58 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2015-08-06 07:48 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters David Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> - 2015-08-06 08:43 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2015-08-06 10:28 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-08-06 09:57 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Brian Reay <no.sp@m.com> - 2015-08-06 10:58 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2015-08-06 14:55 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-06 19:27 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-08-06 19:46 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2015-08-06 20:59 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Graham. <me@privicy.net> - 2015-08-07 00:22 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-08-07 17:12 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2015-08-07 16:22 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-06 09:55 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-06 10:38 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2015-08-07 08:18 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Jim Diamond <Jim.Diamond@deletethis.AcadiaU.ca> - 2015-08-07 18:53 -0300
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-08-08 08:13 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-08 10:01 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-08-08 14:14 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-08-08 13:31 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-08-09 00:14 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-08-09 07:22 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-09 10:11 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-08-09 11:28 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> - 2015-08-09 13:30 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-09 16:00 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-08-09 18:04 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-08-09 20:11 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-09 14:06 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2015-08-09 21:32 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-08-09 21:16 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2015-08-10 11:05 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-10 13:51 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-10 17:13 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2015-08-11 11:40 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Tony van der Hoff <tony@vanderhoff.org> - 2015-08-11 13:07 +0200
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-11 12:59 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2015-08-15 09:44 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-15 10:07 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> - 2015-08-15 16:13 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-15 19:54 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-15 23:59 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-16 00:13 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Paul <paul@pcserviceselectronics.co.uk> - 2015-08-16 11:02 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-16 12:58 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-08-16 10:51 -0400
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-16 19:05 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2015-08-16 23:03 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-16 22:55 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2015-08-17 21:46 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Mike Fleming <{mike}@tauzero.co.uk> - 2015-08-16 14:26 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2015-08-16 17:02 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2015-08-16 17:02 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-16 19:18 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters "Kerr Mudd-John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2015-08-18 19:39 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-09 15:56 +0100
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Tonton Th <tTh@nowhere.invalid> - 2015-08-09 14:59 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-09 16:55 +0000
Re: OT: For all the Window haters Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-08-09 16:38 -0400
Re: OT: For all the Window haters mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-08-09 19:55 +0100
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