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| From | DFS <nospam@dfs.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: Linux is free. Yet 99 percent of computer users avoid it. Why? |
| Date | 2015-04-03 10:03 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <mfm6ij$6vt$2@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 4/3/2015 10:00 AM, deep wrote:
> On Fri, 03 Apr 2015 09:45:49 -0400, DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>
>> On 4/3/2015 9:41 AM, deep wrote:
>>> On Thu, 2 Apr 2015 20:47:07 -0700 (PDT), "J.m."
>>> <jeremywalmartprescottaz@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Virtually every statistic shows Linux at a pathetic 1 to 2 percent of market share. Every one.
>>>> So why do 98, at best, percent of the computer users avoid Linux?
>>>>
>>>> Let's say Microsoft decided to release Office for free, or if Apple decided to offer all apps in their Appstore for free, there would be riots for people wanting these things.
>>>> Yet we have Linux, free and ignored.
>>>>
>>>> My guess is many people have tried Linux, discovered how much Linux sucks and have educated others.
>>>>
>>>> Face it, Linux is a huge piece of shit.
>>>> Desktop Linux that is.
>>>>
>>> I like Linux. I switched from Window$ 8.0 to Ubuntu 14.04 several
>>> months ago because M$ wouldn't run any of my legacy apps and I had to
>>> buy all new ones. I told M$ to fuck off and now I can run all my
>>> apps in Wine better than they ran on Windows. Ain't never going
>>> back. Anybody who doesn't like Ubuntu is either too stupid or too
>>> lazy to take the time to figure out what you need.
>>
>> Running X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 3.3/32.846 in Wine, are you?
>> Doubt it.
I notice you skipped this. Where's a screenshot of you running Forte
Free Agent 3.3/32.846 in Wine?
>> What 'legacy apps' wouldn't Win8 run?
>
> Viso Technical and Office. 8.0 wouldn't even run an older version of
> F'n Office.
What's Viso?
Is "Office" Microsoft Office? What version?
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