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To: Dalberg-Acton
It’s better than Win 10 or 7.

Then, why is Linux always trying to be Windows. Since forever, Linux has been following in the footsteps of Windows. Every release of a Linux distro is always compared to Windows, whether the newest Windows version or some other version from the dinosaur era of Windows.

It's always the same for the Windows wannabe Linux.

BTW, I have tried different versions of Linux, for over 20 years, and I have always ended up coming back to Windows.

According to the Linux fanatics, it's always better than Windows, so, why do you suppose it still has a market-share of below 2%. I've heard the "better than Windows" mantra for over 15 years, and it's never proven to be so. And, no, Android is not "Linux" on the desktop, so, don't give me that other mantra about "Android is Linux".

Same-old, same-old story for Linux. I know I'll be hearing the same story forever with Linux.
78 posted on 12/12/2017 4:24:32 PM PST by adorno
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To: adorno
According to the Linux fanatics, it's always better than Windows, so, why do you suppose it still has a market-share of below 2%.

Simple enough answer: because Windows is always pre-loaded on PCs. Nothing more complicated than that.

In recent years, manufacturers have offered Linux (generally Ubuntu) as an option for a PC that is custom-built...but that's it.

One other point: more than half the web servers in the world run on Linux. 100% of the supercomputers in the world run Linux. 100% of the mainframes run either Linux or Unix-like Z/OS.

And just so you know, yes, I am a Linux fan...don't mind admitting that a bit. Didn't start off that way. And what pushed me in the direction of Linux was...Microsoft.

81 posted on 12/12/2017 6:59:21 PM PST by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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