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On 2024-05-17, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
> On Fri, 17 May 2024 13:41:10 +0000, RonB wrote:
>
>> On 2024-05-17, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 17 May 2024 03:04:45 +0000, RonB wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2024-05-15, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 15 May 2024 14:04:34 +0000, RonB wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2024-05-14, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>>>>>> On Mon, 13 May 2024 22:54:36 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 13 May 2024 12:14:27 GMT, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> ... explain how it is the _software_ that is making them money,
>>>>>>>>> and not the _support_ for that software.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> It is the support that is making the money. That is the point,
>>>>>>>> after all.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Ever heard of “give away the razor, sell the razorblades”? That’s
>>>>>>>> how Free Software works.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So, it would be beneficial to open-source developers to make sure
>>>>>>> that their software breaks easily and crashes, so as to sell the
>>>>>>> support. Gotcha.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Yeah, that would be brilliant, because customers would flock by the
>>>>>> droves to useless, crap software... But you may have something,
>>>>>> people keep using crap Microsoft Windows even though their
>>>>>> "customers" are really Microsoft's unpaid beta testers.
>>>>>
>>>>> They use Windows because it's what they got on the computer they
>>>>> purchased which cost less than a similar Mac. Considering how Windows
>>>>> can run on just about any hardware and support every third-party
>>>>> peripheral they plug into it, they are not likely to seek out an
>>>>> alternative, even if it crashes a few times. It also has the largest
>>>>> library of software, and tons of experts can be found on the web to
>>>>> help them with any technical problem they have, free of charge. Those
>>>>> are real benefits, no matter how much one hates Windows.
>>>> 
>>>> I find a lot better support for Linux on the Internet than I do for
>>>> Windows. There are a LOT of people who'll tell you how to fix
>>>> Windows...
>>>> only problem is, none of it EVER works. When my wife's old computer
>>>> BSOD'd (twice during upgrades) I found (and tried) about 20
>>>> "solutions,"
>>>> none of which worked.
>>>> The second time I went to what actually worked sooner — using a Linux
>>>> Live[B USB to download her data and rebuild the computer from scratch.
>>>> I could be a great Windows support expert... I've already memorized
>>>> the three Rs,
>>>> "Reboot. Reboot. Rebuild."
>>>> 
>>>> (Again this is from a years back and I will admit that wife has had a
>>>> lot less trouble since then. Although I still have to reset her
>>>> network something or other when it slows to crawl on the Internet
>>>> (what is that crap?). And I still think Windows is the most convoluted
>>>> crap OS ever made.
>>>
>>> There are three issues I can imagine for the slow Internet: 1) an IP
>>> mismatch caused by a crappy TP-Link router (I've had this issue), 2)
>>> terrible Wi-Fi hardware such as the chips made by MediaTek, 3) too much
>>> distance and interference between her computer and the router. If you
>>> have a cheap TP-Link router, get rid of that thing. Their more
>>> expensive models are fine, but the one selling for around $30 causes a
>>> lot of chaos.
>> 
>> I have a TP-Link router and it works well because the computers, except
>> for one room, are connected via LAN cables. I think TP-Link routers
>> can't handle a lot of WiFi traffic — they overheat. But the Gigabyte
>> Ethernet ports seem to be rock solid. There's computers in nine
>> locations in this house. Fortunately, when they ran the phone cables
>> they used CAT 5, so I just re-terminated the cables to CAT 5 jacks,
>> added five, cheap ($7 Gigabyte switches) and ran some CAT 5 cable at the
>> base of the wall for some of the locations not near a jack — and
>> everyone has fast, reliable Internet. Now that you mention it, I don't
>> think my wife's computer has had to have the network reset since I ran
>> the Ethernet cable to her computer. But I never had problems with the
>> Linux computers when using the same WiFi connections.
>
> With the aforementioned TP-Link router a technician from my ISP gave me, I 
> had no problems in Linux either. However, the moment I got back into 
> Windows, it wouldn't give me any kind of Internet after connecting to the 
> router. I only eventually figured out that the router in question was 
> using an already used IP address despite being configured not to. Why that 
> would only be a problem for Windows is beyond me.

Beyond me also. Also beyond is why my wife's computer's network had to be 
reset (when she was on WiFi) but the Linux computers were running fine. 
Maybe the router was rejecting some kind of Microsoft snooping?
  
>>>>> Linux has much of the above too, but its library of software isn't as
>>>>> impressive and the software's general quality isn't there either. It
>>>>> works on anything, that's true, but not anyone is comfortable with
>>>>> the process of installing it, no matter how easy it is.
>>>> 
>>>> I understand. I've known people who buy a new Windows computer every
>>>> time the old one slows down because that's all they want to know.
>>>> "Doesn't work right any more, but a new one."
>>>
>>> Meanwhile, we're dealing with high inflation and a likely recession
>>> which should prompt most people to save as much money as they can by
>>> keeping their hardware for as long as possible. Linux is going to be
>>> everyone's best friend soon.
>> 
>> You're probably right. It's already happening in South America.
>
> And I don't blame them for rejecting Windows or anything else American, 
> considering what the CIA did to topple their democratically elected 
> governments in the past to make them puppet states of the USA. How many 
> Latin leaders need to die in a plane crash before the world realizes that 
> the American government, not the people, is indeed The Great Satan?

Agreed. Blinken is whining that China and Russia want to change the world 
order. It will "damage U.S. interests." In other words it will countries 
their sovereignty back and we won't be able to push them to do our bidding.

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entrapment to a false and self-created matrix of twisted unreality." 
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