Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris Ahlstrom Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: The problem with not owning the software Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2025 11:23:40 -0500 Organization: None Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <9OCcnRW7grqkbPT6nZ2dnZfqnPUAAAAA@earthlink.com> Reply-To: OFeem1987@teleworm.us Injection-Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2025 17:23:41 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="8d013181b5bf1db76f960e9858e12ec9"; logging-data="566862"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18tPpsnopETqSnf9E98h8K5" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:6lT1+XCs3n+ChPA3naHPLbmftcM= X-Face: 63n<76,LYJQ2m#'5YL#.T95xqyPiG`ffIP70tN+j"(&@6(4l\7uL)2+/-r0)/9SjZ`qw= Njn mr93Xrerx}aQG-Ap5IHn"xe;`5:pp"$RH>Kx_ngWw%c\+6qSg!q"41n2[.N/;Pu6q8?+Poz~e A9? $6_R7cm.l!s8]yfv7x+-FYQ|/k X-Mutt: The most widely-used MUA X-Slrn: Why use anything else? X-User-Agent: Microsoft Outl00k, Usenet K00k Editions Bytes: 3683 vallor wrote this post while blinking in Morse code: > On Sat, 4 Jan 2025 10:29:06 -0500, DFS > wrote in : > >> On 1/4/2025 10:01 AM, Andrzej Matuch wrote: >> >>> At first glance, there is a lot about Windows that is way more >>> user-friendly than Linux. However, if you take something like Linux >>> Mint and compare it to Windows 11, you'd wonder _how_ Windows 11 is >>> friendlier. In Windows 11, some applications can't be removed and you >>> don't get an idea why. Some Windows components aren't even listed in >>> the applications so you have to wonder how to install or remove them. >>> For drivers, they're installed through Windows Update but if they don't >>> work right, you just have to know about the Device Manager which is >>> impossible to find on your own because they're phasing out the Control >>> Panel. Some programs are available through the Window Store, others >>> through the web which means that some are repairable and easily >>> uninstallable whereas the others aren't... and so on. For new users, >>> Linux Mint is actually _much_ simpler than Windows is. >> >> Right-click on the Win11 Start button. What, no middle-click? :-D > That's not how I found the Spice tools for my Win 11 Pro > For Workstations guest. > > The "Microsoft Store" was no help either. > > The system is very "micro" -- and very "soft"... -- If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make them think they'll hate you.