Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: RonB Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Windows Is A Great OS ... If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:51:19 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <662nrjdfankavfplgh7am434t3u352m747@4ax.com> <6v2nrjdhjnis3psamdrll6t9sfl3bi8c6d@4ax.com> <_S_uP.306587$%5vf.244230@fx46.iad> <5j7prjdehatr9ou7ehljtu79gb69fgf6af@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 14:51:20 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="9265c787ad41a20f6a353ddc4c63c1e3"; logging-data="2106385"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+l98QBvGfKvECSLlBS/fy+" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:MG7FjG8426TbDDDFFZJ2qW+4aBY= Bytes: 2603 On 2025-02-24, rbowman wrote: > On Mon, 24 Feb 2025 12:06:09 -0500, CrudeSausage wrote: > >> On 2025-02-24 11:31 a.m., Joel wrote: >>> CrudeSausage wrote: >>> >>>>> It's a computer. But Linux on my system clearly demonstrates that it >>>>> has won the game. >>>> >>>> On _your_ computer. >>> >>> >>> What's stopping you from buying a computer exactly like mine? >> >> I want a portable game machine. Is that what you own? > > You're a wonderful fit for Windows then. Well, except for the problem with > your Windows machine corrupting itself. Or going into an unrecoverable BSOD when you let it do a disk check. Nothing like Windows hobbyware when your time doesn't mean a thing to you. In 18 years I've never had Linux not boot. Windows, on the other hand... What is it about a disk check that could corrupt the Windows hobbyware OS? (And I've found that is not unique to me.) -- “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