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Turn it all off then. It took me about 20 minutes of configuring Windows to turn off every single thing you mentioned. It takes me less time to install and con
by Yetanfou 10y ago
Turn it all off then. It took me about 20 minutes of configuring Windows to turn off every single thing you mentioned.
It takes me less time to install and configure Linux (Debian/*buntu/Mint/etc, some take longer due to their intentionally sparse design). Once configured they tend to be rather trouble-free. OK, I had to edit some lines in APT's sources.list when Ubuntu relegated 10.04 to the archives, but that was it - two lines to edit for a distribution which has been running for more than 6.5 years. The machines are used by children, by computer-hostile veterinarians, by pensioners... so I think Linux can be declared ready for the desktop. Windows 10 on the other hand should go back to school to learn some manners.
- WayneBro 10y ago> It takes me less time to install and configure Linux...Once configured they tend to be rather trouble-free. Lies. > ...so I think Linux can be declared ready for the desktop. The rest of the world disagrees with you.
- Yetanfou 10y agoLies What an insightful comment. Why would this be a lie? Instead of uttering a single word may I suggest you try it out for yourself first? The rest of the world disagrees with you. No, only those who are still stuck in the past. That does not mean that the whole world suddenly will start to use Linux (even though the whole world, or at least those who use anything remotely computer-related actually _do_ use Linux in some way or another but that is besides the point) but what it does mean is that Linux - in some of its many guises - is actually as 'ready for the desktop' (a vague term if anything) as the commercial alternatives. Maybe not for your specific desktop? Could be, but that does not negate the fact that it is ready.