Posted on 07/19/2021 11:53:21 AM PDT by ShadowAce
You and I are so on the same page it ain’t funny ....
How do you think the large multi-national bank got to the position of having the majority of our servers being Linux vs. MS Windows?
I've paid my dues advocating for free and open source software. I'm nearing 60 years old and retiring in another year or so. You need someone younger than me to help your noble cause (and I mean that sincerely.)
And with about 25 different versions across two download pages then I think Puppy was in a process of getting them more together.
Well... All I can say now is THANK YOU for your fight. You did good then. I will be 60 myself in November. I have 11 grandchildren and if it were not for them, G-Ma and I would be Galt right now on the hill and would not have to worry about any of this crap... :)
One thing I have found about life... Make the best of it as you can. Turn a chore into a treasure hunt, keeps life exciting!
:)
Lol, just the name scared me away Ace...
LOL! It’s definitely nothing more than a novelty.
If you want to run Microsoft Software, have at it. This is America. I chose not to. If you don’t want people discussing alternatives on a forum... maybe you ought to ignore it. I wasn’t addressing you personally.
Once again, you’ve done what liberals (and vegans) do: Mischaracterize my comments.
But you Linux geeks are too tiresome to continue any discussion.
It always goes like this:
Me: Linux may be a superior operating system, but in much less time Windows surpassed it and took over the planet.
Linux geek: “HA HA you are a total douchebag and windows lover - How much are they paying you?”
Me: *sigh* no, I am just pointing out how you Linux lovers cannot seem to accept that other people don’t agree”
You: “You’re a liar go kiss Microsoft ass.”
Me: Why can’t you just consider that while Linux may be far better for what it does (servers, highly technical OS stuff) but let Windows be far better at what it does- like let grandma get email of pictures of their grandkids?”
You: “But the latest 18 ‘distro’s let you work just like windows!!! YOU SUCK”
Me: “But Windows also lets you work just like windows...”
You: “If you want to run Microsoft Software, have at it. This is America. I chose not to. If you don’t want people discussing alternatives on a forum... maybe you ought to ignore it. I wasn’t addressing you personally.”
Me: “Wasn’t that MY point at the beginning? Without the smarmy insults?”
;-)
Started with Redhat, around 1997, Mandrivia a couple years later. Got into dependency hell after not very long.
On to Gentoo. Was not a terribly difficult transition, but I'd been fiddling under the hood for more than a decade by then. Not trivial, it takes a lttle bit of understanding and patience to work through technical jargon.
Still on Gentoo - and still working in the FVWM environment I'd spent time on since RedHat. Even then I had lots of navigation habits useful to me.
I'm not a Linux "purist" when it comes to the versions people run. I'm just a Linux fan and given what I do for a living, I'm far more productive on this platform than I ever was with Windows.
For those reliant on MS Office/Office365 and Windows-specific functionality I've no gripes. That's their use case and it works for them.
I’m mischaracterizing you any your calling me names. Right.
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