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Re: Vote for your distro ;)

From Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: Vote for your distro ;)
Date 2016-01-06 05:54 -0500
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Melzzzzz wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 07:42:46 +0000 (UTC)
> owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>> Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> wrote:
>> > On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 02:54:20 +0000 (UTC)
>> > owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> I guess nobody sprung for that Red Hat license.
>> > 
>> > RHEL is for servers.  
>> 
>> https://www.redhat.com/apps/store/desktop/
>> "Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Desktops or Workstation"
>> 
>> > CentOS, ditto...
>> 
>> survey:
>> "CentOS  811,688"
>
> Who would run that on desktop?

Us, at work.  It is one of the "supported" distros at work.
SuSE and RedHat itself are the others.

It's a pain in the ass, too.  First, it doesn't have nearly the
package range and configuration conveniences of Debian.  Second,
IT assumes that any Linux workstation is a server, and they
force you to install an anti-virus program, to protect the precious
Windoze boxes they think will be getting files forwarded through
your "server".  

The AV is a royal pain in the ass.  If you use a GUI file explorer
on GNOME, it will take minutes to load your Download directory
and your fan revs up due to the overhead of the file scanner.
(Console "ls"?  No problem. Luckily, that's my preferred way to work
with files.)

I've had it produce (and slowly) corrupt data ISO files.

I've had it induce freeze-ups in my Windows VirtualBox-hosted
machines.

I've had it strip out the content of *XML* files transferred from
a Windows machine.

It's crazy stuff, and indicates just what an impact Windoze vulnerabilities
have on reliability and performance.

Luckily, unlike with Windows, IT also lets the Linux user be the
administrator of his computer, and one can temporarily disable that
fucking crapware in order to DO ONE'S JOB. 

-- 
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Vote for your distro ;) Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-01-05 23:37 +0100
  Re: Vote for your distro ;) John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 15:24 -0800
  Re: Vote for your distro ;) DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-05 20:55 -0500
    Re: Vote for your distro ;) owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-06 02:54 +0000
      Re: Vote for your distro ;) Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-01-06 07:25 +0100
        Re: Vote for your distro ;) owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-06 07:42 +0000
          Re: Vote for your distro ;) Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-01-06 08:50 +0100
            Re: Vote for your distro ;) Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-01-06 05:54 -0500
            Re: Vote for your distro ;) owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-07 00:16 +0000
              Re: Vote for your distro ;) Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-01-07 01:42 +0100
              Re: Vote for your distro ;) Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-06 20:20 -0500
                Re: Vote for your distro ;) owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-07 04:16 +0000
                Re: Vote for your distro ;) owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-07 15:26 +0000
                Re: Vote for your distro ;) GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-01-07 11:48 -0700
        Re: Vote for your distro ;) Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-01-06 05:43 -0500
          Re: Vote for your distro ;) chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-01-06 06:46 -0600
            Re: Vote for your distro ;) GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-01-06 13:17 -0700
          Re: Vote for your distro ;) DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-07 14:48 -0500
        Re: Vote for your distro ;) GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-01-06 13:15 -0700
      Re: Vote for your distro ;) GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-01-06 13:14 -0700
    Re: Vote for your distro ;) John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 19:08 -0800
      Re: Vote for your distro ;) Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-01-06 07:22 +0100
        Melzzzzz is a complete Loony posting Loony links and Crap to COLA John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 05:08 -0800
          Re: Melzzzzz is a complete Loony posting Loony links and Crap to COLA Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-01-06 14:11 +0100
            Re: Melzzzzz is a complete Loony posting Loony links and Crap to COLA John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 05:51 -0800
          Re: Melzzzzz is a complete Loony posting Loony links and Crap to COLA Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 21:45 -0800
            Re: Melzzzzz is a complete Loony posting Loony links and Crap to COLA Marti van Lin <ml2mst@dontevenbother.invalid> - 2016-01-07 08:17 +0100
            Re: Melzzzzz is a complete Loony posting Loony links and Crap to COLA John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-07 03:07 -0800
        Re: Vote for your distro ;) Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-06 09:41 -0500
      Re: Vote for your distro ;) DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-07 13:44 -0500
        Re: Vote for your distro ;) John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-07 12:36 -0800
  Re: Vote for your distro ;) Vince Vandal <v2@Ce4OrysoXdNcOcOGIAkzQ3WfTYyEQV89dkhLjcQ6cCMIF3Zo5Q49YUyeRjXm.info> - 2016-01-06 04:03 +0000
    Re: Vote for your distro ;) Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-01-06 05:37 -0500
      Re: Vote for your distro ;) Marti van Lin <ml2mst@dontevenbother.invalid> - 2016-01-07 05:41 +0100
    Re: Vote for your distro ;) Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-06 09:39 -0500
    Re: Vote for your distro ;) DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-07 14:22 -0500
  Re: Vote for your distro ;) Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-01-06 08:44 +0000
    Don't Look now but your Debian Leader just offed himself. John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 05:52 -0800
      Re: Don't Look now but your Debian Leader just offed himself. Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-01-06 15:37 +0000
        Re: Don't Look now but your Debian Leader just offed himself. John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 07:46 -0800

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