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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: This FOSS Thang :-) Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 16:39:22 -0400 Organization: None Lines: 37 Message-ID: <utct5q$119e2$3@dont-email.me> References: <uso2en$184pn$1@solani.org> <ug4vui1sog06gsn7r2dep8t32pg539pnc9@4ax.com> <usq48p$dl57$1@dont-email.me> <17bc1de93bb4055f$981$3331982$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <usr82n$19trd$4@solani.org> <ut4t4o$32464$1@dont-email.me> <ut535r$33eia$2@dont-email.me> <utcnvn$vim9$1@dont-email.me> Reply-To: OFeem1987@teleworm.us Injection-Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 20:39:22 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="2ac885f4d1f4eb8506f15dee58b43155"; logging-data="1091010"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19f+v+FcRQmhOQUz5Ww2d+F" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:F8hcv+wWPxRt41q4Vy5nNKN5Ugw= X-Slrn: Why use anything else? X-Mutt: The most widely-used MUA X-User-Agent: Microsoft Outl00k, Usenet K00k Editions Bytes: 2464 -hh wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: > On 3/16/24 5:32 PM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: >> -hh wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: >> >> Linux distros cover the full spectrum of maintenance time. Choose >> your sweet spot. > > Which ones are as low for setup & maintenance as Apple? Name names. Debian. Ubuntu. Arch. That's just the ones I've used. I left out Gentoo because it takes a bit more effort at setup time. All Linux distros are great at maintenance. > From what I've seen, that's going to be a damn short list, because > there's few turnkey providers of hardware with Linux OS & software > preinstalled out of the box. Lol. You said "turnkey". Are you perchance in Marketing? >> You like Apple? And its hardware silo? Kool. > > The logical fallacy here is that every hardware supplier will have a > "silo" of finite products, because no one supplier can offer more > diversity than the entire market because logically they must always be a > subset of the total market. The more important and relevant question is > if they offer _adequate_ product variation to be viable in the market. Yeah. You marketing. :-D -- You'd like to do it instantaneously, but that's too slow.