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Subject: Re: Windows Is A Great OS ... If Your Time Is Worth Nothing
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:34:09 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-02-24, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
> On 2025-02-23 5:23 p.m., Adison Vohn Caterson wrote:
>> On 2025-02-23, Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Adison Vohn Caterson <Adison@Caterson.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Linux wins because it isn't the behemoth.
>>>>
>>>> I knew it was just the company.
>>>> I don't like WalMart, but I will secretly shop there ;)
>>>
>>>
>>> Linux supports my WiFi, made in China, edge technology as WiFi6 is
>>> evolving, same maker with WiFi7 on Windows.  It's a new era.
>> 
>> This openSUSE install went well, and other than screen orientation and
>> virtual keyboard, everything worked OOTB.
>> My first Linux use was SUSE 10.1, bought in a box from a store.
>> It was aggravating to get it running, I mostly remember having to get a
>> serial port modem, would not use my internal modem (I think US Robotics).
>> 
>> Tried Ubuntu, Fedora in between, been 5 years since I've tried again.
>> 
>> It's a computer.
>
> A lot of people, myself included, feel that their choice of operating 
> system will make a social, political or economic difference in the 
> world. I agree with you now: it's a computer. The operating system you 
> use should be the one which properly supports the hardware you 
> purchased. For a lot of hardware, that will be Windows or MacOS. 
> Sometimes, Linux does a better job on that hardware, but that is rare.

No, it's not "rare" at all. Linux runs faster on almost all hardware. (I 
can't speak for ARM Macs because I've never seen one.)

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