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From: -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com>
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Subject: Re: This FOSS Thang :-)
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 20:30:25 -0400
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On 3/19/24 4:39 PM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
> -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.


So what websites can I go buy these distro's preinstalled on the hardware?

> 
> All Linux distros are great at maintenance.


And MacOS and Windows isn't?  They've also had "auto-update" for years now.



>>  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?

Nope.  Just have a preference for this market to buy complete solutions 
instead of having to cobble together.  Same reason why I bought a 
turnkey router, a turnkey NAS, a turnkey automobile, etc.


>>> 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
> 


One needs to experience just how well integrated the various 'ecosystem' 
pieces are to appreciate them.



-hh