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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Founder of Gentoo Daniel Robbins: "I actually try to avoid
 using Linux on the desktop"
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 05:46:38 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-12-19, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
> Le 2024-12-19 à 02:45, RonB a écrit :
>
>>>> Maybe my computers don't have this "Dolby Atmos" because I can't tell any
>>>> difference between Windows and Linux when I play music on the same computer.
>>>> I know I don't have any crackling (as it would drive me nuts).
>>>
>>> You would have to have this exact machine to see the difference in sound
>>> quality between Windows and Linux. Windows is louder and demonstrates
>>> the full potential of the speakers; Linux sounds good but it quieter.
>> 
>> I do have the exact machine as I've tested when dual-booting on the same
>> computer.

Okay, that makes more sense.

> I meant you'd have to use my laptop to see how different it is in Linux 
> and Windows as it relates to sound.
>
>>>> I realize that a lot of people like the fingerprint reader, but I saw how
>>>> these could be used to steal your identity (right when they first came out)
>>>> and I decided I never wanted to use them.
>>>
>>> I agree that it would be trivial to get into the machine of a user if
>>> logging in requires nothing more than a fingerprint. I mean, you can
>>> just force his finger onto the reader and away you go. It is, however,
>>> very convenient if there are protections on every component you use. For
>>> example, I have a password to log in but I also have one to open the
>>> BitWarden vault, I then require a password/one-time password/key/key
>>> password to enter my e-mail, and that's without mentioning that the
>>> whole drive is protected by hardware encryption. If you can simplify
>>> some of it through the use of a fingerprint, you will.
>> 
>> I'm thinking more of stealing your fingerprint for other uses.
>
> Where Windows stores the fingerprints is fairly well known. However, the 
> fingerprint itself is encrypted within those files. I imagine that such 
> things don't matter and that anyone who has those files would be able to 
> use them to log in anyway, but reports of that happening haven't emerged.

All I know is that it was an issue at the beginning and, anything stored in 
Windows can be found via back doors.

>>>> I've updated Windows 11 a couple times and do think, generally, it's better
>>>> than Windows 10. So I'll give you that. Still take way too long, though.
>>>
>>> For me, Windows 10 was worse than 8 or 8.1. I truly do feel that while
>>> the 8.x line was a mess, it performed well since the code was no worse
>>> than 7 which was stellar. 10, however, is the result of Microsoft
>>> deciding to make more use of the things people hated about 8.x and
>>> presenting them differently. Obviously, there were going to be a lot of
>>> issues. Had 11 never come to be or if my hardware were such that I would
>>> have to make the decision between using Linux or sticking to 10, I would
>>> gladly just use Linux. I hated 10 that much.
>>>
>>> < snip >
>> 
>> I don't know much about any of these versions of Windows as I basically quit
>> using Windows when XP was going to be updated to Vista. I really don't like
>> any of them.
>
> It's a good thing you never used the beta versions of Vista. Those were 
> absolutely horrendous. When I got the e-mail telling me that the 
> operating system was being released to manufacturers, I was shocked 
> because I felt that it was nowhere near ready.

I heard a lot of bad things about Vista and Windows 8. Fortunately I didn't 
experience them as a regular user. I did get Vista working on my old 
Latitude E6400 (just to see if I could do it) but this was the last version 
and was not a whole lot different than Windows 7 by then (that I could see).

-- 
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what has been invented or made by the forces of good.”  —J.R.R. Tolkien