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To: adorno
Linux is never a solution to any computing problem, unless you're a techie who still loves to be hands on with the command line and feels comfortable with compiling and re-compiling and reconfiguring things.

Uh... I use Fedora Linux and I never have to go to the command line (unless I want to). It also handles automatic software updates better, on the whole, than Windows or OS X.

38 posted on 11/01/2012 12:28:36 PM PDT by kevkrom (If a wise man has an argument with a foolish man, the fool only rages or laughs...)
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To: kevkrom

You have already built a perception that, Linux is better, no matter what the reality in the real world.

Fact is that, when it comes to updates in Windows, I’ve never had to worry about them in my Windows 7 and Windows 8 machines, and didn’t really have any issues with XP machines.

For about 90% of computer users around the world, Windows is still the preferred OS, and it’s not because it’s what comes inside their purchases. People also have to upgrade from one version of Windows to another, and people still opt to upgrade to the next version of Windows, whatever it is.

Put a Linux machine next to a Windows machine in a computer store, and the Windows machine will always end up ahead, and be bought by the vast majority of consumers.

I have a dual-boot system in front of me, with Linux in a partition, and, try as I might, I can’t bring myself to boot into the Linux OS as often as I probably should. The reason being that, there really is no reason to do so.


45 posted on 11/01/2012 12:50:03 PM PDT by adorno
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