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From: Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Windows 10 Pro, $5 USD, Still Ripoff
Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 14:37:57 -0400
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Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>On Sat, 11 May 2024 07:39:40 +0000, RonB wrote:
>
>>>> If I was interested in video games or PhotoShop or could stand
>>>> Microsoft Office, maybe my opinion would be different. Although
>>>> upgrading Windows would still be one of the worst experiences you can
>>>> have using a computer.
>>>
>>> There is no doubt that upgrades are faster with Linux, but upgrades
>>> from one stable version of a distribution to another is not usually
>>> seamless. The efforts Linux Mint's developer has made to ensure that
>>> tching from one big release to another is commendable because there are
>>> way too many stories of disaster online to count. Windows generally
>>> upgrades well, from something like 10 to 11, in my experience.
>> 
>> The only time I upgraded one of my Linux Mint machines (from 18 to 19, I
>> believe) it went smoothly, but I personally would rather back up my data
>> and do a clean install. I like "starting over again." A lot of Windows
>> users seem to do that as well — as I've seen a lot of issues with
>> upgrading Windows from one version to another. (But I know less and less
>> about Windows every day, and that's by choice — so maybe this has
>> changed with newer versions.)
>
>I recall doing a Linux Mint upgrade on my dad's laptop a while back and 
>following the instructions. After the upgrade, it still worked and allowed 
>him to log in, but everything was a mess. I didn't even know where to 
>start to fix it.


It could be that I'll need to reinstall clean, to get a future upgrade
to Mint, but that'd be a minor inconvenience, to not have to run
Windows.  Not like I never reinstalled it, either.

-- 
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent.  States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.