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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Windows Is A Great OS ... If Your Time Is Worth Nothing
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:57:33 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-02-25, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
> On 2025-02-24 4:12 p.m., Adison Vohn Caterson wrote:
>> 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.
>> 
>> That is how I take it, It's a computer.
>> But I mostly typed that cause Joel wrote It's a new era ;)
>> 
>> I do like Linux, but I've yet to put it on something good, like the
>> Alienware I have.
>> When that gets over-the-hill and I replace it with a new one (~2-3yrs),
>> I'll put Linux on it and maybe it will run great.
>> I'm hesitant now because of fan control, Alienwares can run hot, and
>> I've read stories about fans pulsing on/off then not working under
>> Linux.
>> Right now I have the ability to set them to run at %'s of 100 and per
>> program/game settings And I can pick intel graphics or nvidia graphics
>> with the click of a button.
>
> My Zephyrus G14 also has some fan problems for some people in Linux, but 
> I can't say that I've experienced them myself unless I turn on the 
> default settings of asusctl. If I leave them off, the machine is as 
> quiet as it is in Linux. Still, I feel that Linux is an excellent 
> operating system for machines that commercial operating systems don't 
> support anymore, but nothing else. If you can still get Windows or MacOS 
> running on the machine and it doesn't lock you out in any way, don't 
> bother with Linux. It's fine, but it's not always worth the struggle.

Windows hobbyware (with its obnoxious ads) is probably a necessary evil for 
game playing, but I wouldn't use it for something that mattered when a disk 
check can permanently BSOD at any time.

I don't find recovering my data and rebuilding my machines to be a fun 
hobby, especially when it's Microsoft crap.

-- 
“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