Posted on 02/02/2023 2:58:36 PM PST by ShadowAce
Linux users. The vegans of the OS world.
Linux is useful to some, but not everyone
Windows is is useful to most, but not everyone
MacOS is useful to communist liberal hippy types that prefer to live in la la land, but I digress.
Well it’s useful too I guess to some, but not everyone.
I’ve used Linux since Windows 95 was released, I didn’t want to go that route. Currently System76 Laptop Pangolin running Pop!_OS. But I started on SLS with 5.25” Floppies downloaded from Waffle BBS using Zmodem protocol with Procomm Plus because that was the “in thing” at that time. Glad that’s all over. My Google Pixel 6 has more horsepower than all of that at the time. I feel old now. I need a drink and a cigar.
Is anyone willing to recomend a Linux laptop and/or desktop computer?
I’m tired of microsoft fouling up my laptop every time they force me to “up grade”.
What? You mean:) for greater efficiency, organization and enhancement, the average user does not want to run 7 (lost count) copies of Firefox portable, plus a copy of Vivaldi (each for is own general purpose)
plus make other rather easy improvements via safe freeware to corerect what MS thinks we would like, such as by using ExplorerPatcher) to get the noce TaskBar back ( Explorer Patcher that restores the Windows 11 taskbar to be exactly like Windows 10) along with 7+ Taskbar Tweaker and Open-Shell-Menu. Etc.
And even more so, download Open Shell (click on Releases>Latest on middle right side) to replace the spaced out inefficient mobile device W/11 start menu, and there is while Windows 7+ Taskbar Tweaker (I am using the beta ver.) provides more customization.
Then there are the over 200 tweaks available in Ultimate Windows Tweaker 4 and now there is Ultimate Windows Tweaker 5 for Windows 11 from the Windows club.
Add to this the many Winaero features of the Winaero Tweaker
Add to this is Right-Click Extender (add items to many right click menus),
W/11 Default Start menu>All apps
Versus OpenShell W/11:
Right Click Extender (some additions):
7+Taskbar Tweaker (stacks open pages from same source, etc.):
Plus many hot keys:
Then there is browser hacking as in enabling multitude tabs rows in Firefox/Waterfox (via here or here) and Vivaldi (here). Thank God!
And blessed browser enhancements such as the Custom Scrollbar. etc.
And Bible previewer.
But all these work should in Linux, with adaptions.
Thank God for such tools, to be used for Good in His holy eyes. May I only do so.
Android and (Apple's) OSX and iOS also are Linux. Android alone outsells all M$ OSs several times over.
The only market segment M$ still controls is desktops, and peak desktop was 11 years ago. M$ has completely missed the boat on handheld digital devices and 30-and-unders are increasingly less likely to need or want a desktop PC because they've grown up with a hand-held Linux computer at their side 24/7/365 and see no need for anything more.
Danske?
That was the first thing I tried, with disappointing graphical results.
Your post is self explanatory about being a superuser... Just look at it. Thank you for that reply, you made my case for me. :)
You mean:
1. When you can narrow down your linux distros to 4 or 5 and have a kazillion people collaborating on those to fine tune them, call me
Meaning on your Andoid phone, an example of what you just said. But big capitalist money drove it. And Linux is by far the most used OS, due to intense focus on specific technical crafting for application use, which the Desktop does not demand.
For one, I would like to see Linux provide compact yet comprehensive menus, including via right click on the desktop, thus reducing time needed to got someplace. Puppy Linux comes close to that. But in Windows that can be easily enabled and customized. Composite image under W/10:
And 11 years ago Linux wasn’t what it is today either, so that didn’t help. Had they been up to speed with ease of use then MS would have had an extreme problem right now.
Indeed.
and 30-and-unders are increasingly less likely to need or want a desktop PC because they've grown up with a hand-held Linux computer at their side 24/7/365 and see no need for anything more
Yet i think such contributes to the superficiality and ignorance of such users, since they get addicted to social media and entertainment, and as for being well-informed, they likely mainly just look at headlines, vs. having to scroll to read much.
But it is laziness. Too lazy to make an install/live CD thumbdrive and try it. We live in a world where even one extra mouse click is too much work for most.
You have no idea how many times I have seen this very same complaint.
No. You can run Linux from a thumb drive to try it out without installing it. I have been running it for several years and never a problem. You can choose to install the updates or not. Updates run in the background without problems and if a reboot is required, it is done in a couple of minutes. No more Windoze 30 minute updates that halt all functions while you watch the circly thing. If you have an older machine that is dog slow because of Windoze, back up all the data and then install Linux Mint over it. It will go from 10 minute start ups to less than 2 minutes.
The only disadvantage is that if you are a gamer, there probably isn’t a Linux version.
Oh, and Libre Office is free. It will open and save in Microsoft Office formats.
The interface is very much like Windows. The command line is for computer geeks.
As always, great Linux post.
“The only disadvantage is that if you are a gamer, there probably isn’t a Linux version.”
Actually here is an option for top notch games. Just get a Steam account. Some games are free, and others can be purchased and downloaded, and most can be played right on their game server online. And the games are comparable to any of the top Windows 3D games.
My backup computer runs fine even though it has 8.1 on it. I keep getting messages that it is unsupported. thanks for the thumb drive tip.
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