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To: dayglored

There are people still using Windows? (...scratches head)


6 posted on 05/21/2017 4:51:39 PM PDT by softengine
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To: softengine

Who knew, huh?


7 posted on 05/21/2017 5:00:20 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: softengine

Just a couple of weeks ago I switched to Linux Zorin. It looks and acts just like Win7. As an ex certified Windows tech I made the conscious decision to not go beyond Win7.

My only regret since the switch is not doing it sooner. Everything runs on Zorin that ran on Win7. It even has a program called “Wine” that allows Windows apps and programs to run in its native format on Zorin. When everyone else using Windows was sweating bullets from the crybaby malware or whatever it was called; I was living comfortably knowing it would not affect me. The beauty of it all is I dual boot with Zorin being the default but I can boot into Win7 if I so choose but so far there hasn’t been a reason to and I can access all my files in the Windows side.

There are other Linux options too like Mint or one that looks more like a Mac that runs on the far less expensive PC type computer you can actually work on yourself or the kid next door can too.

Once the ISO is downloaded and burned to a DVD; the user has the option when booting up to run Linux Zorin straight off the DVD to try it out without installing it or to install it. It runs much faster once installed though.


9 posted on 05/21/2017 5:07:16 PM PDT by Boomer (Stupid is as stupid does and no one does stupid like the left.)
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To: softengine
There are people still using Windows?

No, not very many. But still around 1.5 billion people.
12 posted on 05/21/2017 5:25:24 PM PDT by adorno (w)
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To: softengine

It must be nice to be retired, and not have to work for a living. Or be a “Genius” in an Apple Store (I wonder if they could be sued for false advertising?)

Mark :-)


17 posted on 05/21/2017 5:59:26 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: softengine

I have Win 10 Home running on four machines with Classic Shell as the UI. Runs fine now and may be soon history if MS messes around too much. Installed Linux Mint on an older retired machine for trial and was impressed with the performance.


18 posted on 05/21/2017 6:17:59 PM PDT by bytesmith
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