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From: vallor <vallor@cultnix.org>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Windows Is A Great OS ... If Your Time Is Worth Nothing
Date: 2 Mar 2025 02:12:32 GMT
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On 01 Mar 2025 22:52:51 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> wrote
in <67c38fc3$0$409$426a34cc@news.free.fr>:

> Le 01-03-2025, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> a écrit :
>> On 2025-03-01 3:59 p.m., rbowman wrote:
>>> On Sat, 1 Mar 2025 08:44:52 -0500, CrudeSausage wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 2025-02-28 10:49 p.m., Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:16:58 -0500, CrudeSausage wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> It's funny how the operating system barely changes from one version
>>>>>> to the next yet always manages to become much slower.
>>>>>
>>>>> Linux adds significant new features in each release.
>>>>>
>>>>> Windows ... changes the GUI.
>>>>
>>>> No, that's not true. If it were, every six-month release of Ubuntu
>>>> would be different than the previous. Meanwhile, there is little
>>>> difference between Ubuntu 14.04 and 24.04 except for the GUI and the
>>>> kernel.
>>> 
>>> Even Ubuntu 24.10 is only up to the 6.11.0 kernel; the last Fedora
>>> update pulled down 6.13.4.
>>
>> Alright, what will the latest kernel change in a person's daily life?
> 
> Some improvements are more important than what LP/NV/DG/FR/whatever can
> accomplish in his dreams. You have more and more thing in your kernel
> without slowing down your computer. It's impressive by itself.

One of the latest kernel changes improved the speed of the ext4 filesystem
by 20%.

Support for new hardware is also constantly being added.

Mrs. vallor's new Linux workstation started with Mint 21.3, but its
kernel didn't have drivers for the wifi device.  Mint 22.1's kernel
supports it.

(Etc., etc.  I don't care what the concern troll thinks, this is for
the benefit of those looking on.)

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