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| From | owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: Why all the hate for Linux? |
| Date | 2016-05-01 20:40 +0000 |
| Organization | O.W.L. |
| Message-ID | <ghjdje909r.arx094@rooftop.invalid> (permalink) |
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meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> wrote: > On Sun, 01 May 2016 16:47:56 +0000, ronb wrote: > >> On Sun, 01 May 2016 07:20:51 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: >> >>> What "meat" doesn't seem to realize is just how often those Windows and >>> GUI wizards simply don't work. Luckily, Microsoft has seen the light >>> and provided a growing body of less mysterious command-line tools. >>> But again, you need a certain amount of knowledge to use them. >>> >>> Gee, just like Linux. >> >> Yep. I don't think "Restore Point" ever worked for me. Maybe once, I'm >> not sure. But even it worked once there were scores of times it just >> didn't work at all. Usually I ended up having to reinstall. Admittedly I >> haven't done much with Windows for eight or nine years now. Maybe things >> have changed with the newer releases. No longer an issue for me. > > In modern versions Windows Restore actually works rather well. Windows > repair is another story though as I don't think I have ever seen that one > work and it can turn a semi functioning system into a complete vegetable. > Even still I advise people to perform a back up to an iso image file > prior to making any major changes to a Windows system. Macrium Reflect is > a good program for that and it's free for personal use. > I heard this one guy was doing some high-end audio work on Linux, and he put some sound files on a Mack and the Mack lost them. This guy knows his stuff too. Spares no expense.
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Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-29 23:22 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-29 23:28 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-29 23:39 +0000
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Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-30 00:03 +0000
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Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-30 13:38 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-04-29 20:29 -0400
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-30 00:56 +0000
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Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-30 13:57 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-04-30 14:11 -0400
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-30 20:21 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-04-30 17:22 -0400
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-05-01 04:15 +0000
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Re: Why all the hate for Linux? chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-05-02 08:22 -0500
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2016-05-02 07:20 -0700
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-05-02 14:50 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-05-02 20:41 -0400
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-05-03 01:28 +0000
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Re: Why all the hate for Linux? chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-05-03 06:58 -0500
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Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-05-03 12:59 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2016-05-02 19:04 -0700
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Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-05-01 13:17 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2016-04-30 09:38 -0700
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-30 16:38 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-04-30 14:12 -0400
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Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-30 20:24 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-04-30 17:23 -0400
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2016-04-30 23:35 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-05-01 07:20 -0400
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-05-01 13:24 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2016-05-01 16:51 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2016-05-01 16:47 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-05-01 16:52 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-05-01 20:40 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-05-01 13:45 -0700
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-05-01 21:02 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-05-01 22:40 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-05-01 22:54 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-01 16:44 -0400
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? Me Sham <osirus47@yahoo.com> - 2016-04-29 19:31 -0700
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