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For the record, I'm pretty well versed in linux. I started running slackware on a 386 back in the day and since have set up exotic archlinux builds for embeddeds and such. I use Ubuntu 18.04 LTS precisely because I wanted to avoid stability/hardware issues but when they inevitably cropped up I knew I also had a huge user base to go to to look for solutions.
People are down on Ubuntu but experience shows me a large user base, and a long running serviced version are the best bets for uptime.
Still, no dice. I've had grub problems with Ubuntu's installer which render my machine unbootable unless i manually patch the boot sector and install grub by hand. Any update that updates grub and i have to repeat the process. I've had hardware problems crop up on devices that worked on the same friggen version of the same OS last time. I've had numerous fails with Ububtu's desktop/window manager. Bad enough that their graphics come up and obscure the window I'm working on, and the only way I've found to get rid of it is to restart the ridiculous window manager.
It's just ... frustrating. And almost all I do with it is use it to host virtual machines.
Even then, it just sucks. I'm heavily considering going to win7.
And for relatives, stick with win10 regardless of what the knuckleheads here tell you. They won't be the ones having to get phone calls to repair your in-laws' computers.
Don't put linux on their machines. If it fails - and it will - their chances of working through the problem on their own are practically nil.
Real programmers use butterflies
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honey the codewitch wrote: For the record, I'm pretty well versed in linux. Not only in Linux...
I do respect your impressive skills. And if you say you get troubles and have to do low level stuff manually... I don't want to think what I would do
honey the codewitch wrote: And for relatives, stick with win10 regardless of what the knuckleheads here tell you Yeah.. I would leave them in Win7, but on the other hand, I am starting to be unsure about it being safe, the more time it gets through the more chances to be victim of something in the internet.
The problem is... I know the risks of staying in Win 7 for long, but I am not trusting the windows 10 to be much more secure even with "regular updates"
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Nelek wrote: I do respect your impressive skills.
*blush*
Thank you. You should see me in the kitchen, tho.
Nelek wrote: The problem is... I know the risks of staying in Win 7 for long, but I am not trusting the windows 10 to be much more secure even with "regular updates"
Very true. It's a toss. I got nothing. I think though, just for reasons, you'll need to retire win7 eventually. Maybe just based on that it might be better to upgrade? All else considered equal-ish.
I'm not sure. I think I'd stick out the rest of the year on win7 as win10 seems to be having a rough go of things right now.
Real programmers use butterflies
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honey the codewitch wrote: And for relatives, stick with win10 regardless of what the knuckleheads here tell you. They won't be the ones having to get phone calls to repair your in-laws' computers
How true.
A lot of the people this knucklehead deals with are still on 7 (I was doing just that last evening), and I tell them all to stick with it, despite now being out of support, until their machine dies, rather than try to move them to anything Linux. For most of them, 10 isn't an option as 7 itself is already sluggish on their old hardware (despite the fact that Linux would probably work a lot better on said hardware if I tried).
As much as I'm...ambivalent (?)...towards Windows 10, if someone must move away from 7, I do steer them towards it. And even though it's not something I would ever purchase for myself, I wouldn't tell someone to avoid a Mac if that's what they wanted - but I'm just not the guy to call if they have a problem with it. And so far, I don't know anyone (who can't do their own troubleshooting) who opted for one.
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I'm with you all the way here.
Real programmers use butterflies
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honey the codewitch wrote: I started running slackware on a 386 back in the day . . .
Ditto. (Praise Bob.)
But did you install Slackware from 3 1/2" disks? I don't think it counts, unless you did.
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It's like democracy then? The worst system, except from the other one we tested so far...
I like it better that DOS, Win3.1, Win95, WinXP, Win7 and Win8!
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..well if it was all perfect you'd run outta business lol ....
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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I upvoted that, because I do so admire a good rant.
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I concur.
I had to uninstall a VM update from my work machine because, after it was installed, running an Android virtual device consistently resulted in blue screens.
Everyone else in the team had the same issue after the update.
I have also informed my family not to install 2004, it sounds like a bit of a case of Russian roulette when installing that update.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Upvoted for the rant.
Speaking for myself, I've found Windows 10 to be pretty stable. Of course, I don't stress it as much as some people do...
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: I don't stress it as much as some people do...
Now swing that around: Does it stress you out?
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There are many ways to be a Linux evangelist.
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The SSD this machine came with sits on the table or the floor, depending on the cat's current mood.
This HDD that has Win7 on it that came out of the last laptop will be cloned onto a new SSD sometime soon.
If windows 10 was burning in a dumpster, I'd look for more refuse to chuck in.
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enhzflep wrote: If windows 10 was burning in a dumpster, I'd look for more refuse to chuck in.
Nice one.
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An SEO expert walks into a bar, bars, pub, tavern, public house, Irish pub and drinks, beer, alcohol, and booze.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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And doesn't get drunk because he didn't have any spirits.
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/ravi
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when the policeman asked me where my passengers were I said; "because of social distancing they are in the vehicle behind me"!
I'll get my coat and show myself out.
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27.
JaxCoder.com
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On a serious note I have always found it silly that all you need is a second human being. That human being could be an infant. The law should be 2 or more drivers.
Also, Atlanta is nuts in that they enforce HOV restrictions 24 hours a day!
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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I hate going through Hotlanta!
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27.
JaxCoder.com
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Hmmm. Wouldn't that complicate things if one of them gets his / her licence taken away? Where would the actual driver stand then?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Use a mannequin. Works for me.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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You know they are talking about driving - right?
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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