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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is?
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2024 09:44:01 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-10-02, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
> On 2024-10-02 9:12 a.m., RonB wrote:
>> On 2024-10-02, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>>> On 2024-10-02 8:23 a.m., RonB wrote:
>>>> On 2024-10-02, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>>>>> On 2024-10-01 4:40 p.m., DFS wrote:
>>>>>> On 10/1/2024 2:51 PM, Farley Flud wrote:
>>>>>>> On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 08:58:44 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I disagree. I've repeatedly decided to throw myself head first into an
>>>>>>>>>> experience that was solely Linux only to find out that there were
>>>>>>>>>> going
>>>>>>>>>> to be certain issues. I had serious slowdowns and screen tearing in
>>>>>>>>>> 2013
>>>>>>>>>> with gaming, I had random freezes in the last year, I've had
>>>>>>>>>> suspend/wake issues throughout and in the last year (the only
>>>>>>>>>> machine I
>>>>>>>>>> owned which never had this problem with Linux is my 2006 Dell).
>>>>>>>>>> Problems
>>>>>>>>>> aren't hard to find. One must really be dedicated to the idea of
>>>>>>>>>> getting
>>>>>>>>>> rid of Windows to disregard them.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Fuck you, imbecile!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Millions use GNU/Linux and the only ones who have problems are the
>>>>>>> brain-dead, retarded asshole like you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "I have serious problems with GNU/Linux from time to time and it's
>>>>>> always a bit of a struggle trying to get things back on track."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Feeb, March 2018
>>>>>
>>>>> I never expect Linux advocates to tell the truth. In Feeb's case, I
>>>>> don't expect anything at all since all of his nyms are filtered. Wasting
>>>>> even five seconds reading his garbage is too much.
>>>>
>>>> I never expect anti-Linux FUDsters to ever tell the truth about Linux. Their
>>>> "goto tactic" is to call Linux advocates liars. I don't lie, but I guess
>>>> they anti-Linux FUDsters are projecting.
>>>
>>> You're probably the only one here who doesn't exaggerate how great Linux
>>> is. You might not face the same problems that I do, but at least you
>>> concede that it is possible that they would happen. That's already a lot
>>> more than most Linux advocates. Most will deny that a problem exists and
>>> insult you for having experienced it.
>> 
>> I've seen that with some Linux "advocates" as well. I don't get it. There is
>> no "one size fits all." I don't even try to convince my wife or kids to use
>> Linux because what they want or need isn't really available (or as readily
>> available) in Linux (Windows games for my kids and Microsoft Office and
>> (now) AI crap for my wife).
>
> They've used Microsoft Office as an excuse to stick to Windows for so 
> long that it's become boring. Other than DFS, I don't think anyone 
> realistically needs what the suite offers. Sure, it's better for some 
> and you won't fall into compatibility issues when your friends or 
> colleagues send you their documents, but that's about as good as it 
> realistically gets. Office's web interface used through Linux or 
> LibreOffice will do its job quite well, especially when you factor in 
> that it cost you nothing to try.

For text editing I was JOE (Jstar variant). For word processing I use 
WordStar for DOS in DOSBox-X, convert the file to RTF format and read it 
into LibreOffice or TextMaker. It keeps the formatting from WordStar and I 
can keep writing in my favorite word processor — which I've been using for 
over 30 years. GUI word processors get in the way for me. I can't help 
messing around with the format instead of worrying about what I'm writing.

-- 
“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy 
what has been invented or made by the forces of good.”  —J.R.R. Tolkien