On 17/07/2015 10:37 pm, Johnny wrote:
On Fri, 17 Jul 2015 21:46:12 +0100
"Jack Smith" wrote:
We're almost in July 29, which system should a beginner choose, let's
say a young customer? We only have available Windows 8.1 and soon the
last great masterpiece from MS, Windows 10. Or we choose an Android
tablet to go. Android is suitable for playing and surfing the web,
but to work, in my opinion, Windows is better. So to those who
doesn't like Windows 8.1 the time is now to go for the brand new
Windows 10. And what about older people? Should they quit the job? I
guess we're not wanted anymore. Why keep trying to use Windows 7 or
XP if those system will be discontinued? Should older people go for
Linux and start learning a new system? I suppose that's not kind for
us. Maybe the solution is getting Windows 8.1 while it is still
available on market and accept we've been overcome. We already belong
to the past. Then where should we go with our old fashion systems?
Who will care talking to people with ghost systems? My prognostic is
Windows 10 is the beginning of a new age for entertainment technology
and I'm out.
In my opinion Windows 10 is the beginning of the end for Microsoft.
Windows 7 was the best operating system they ever produced, and they
have been going downhill since.
I would suggest changing to Linux Mint 17.1 KDE. I have been using it
for a year and a half after giving up on Microsoft, and love it.
http://www.linuxmint.com/release.php?id=23
You can also subscribe to alt.os.linux.mint and get all the help you
need to learn how to use it.
The problems people have when changing from Windows to Linux, are caused
by using the Command Line Interface before learning how to use it
properly, but with Linux Mint KDE the command line is not necessary.
Every thing can be done from System Settings and the Panel menu.
I have to admit it takes a while to learn how to use Linux without
screwing it up to the point it is useless, and I'm sure it would be the
same for someone learning to use Windows 8 for the first time.
Where Linux Mint really has Microsoft beat is installing the operating
system, and updating it. I can do it in about twenty minutes, compared
to two hours for Windows 7.
Firefox is the the browser for Linux Mint, and you can install
Thunderbird.
The problem is that Photoshop Elements, Pinnacle Studio, most games, and
hundreds of other programs that folk already use *don't* run on Linux. I
use LMDE on my old laptop because the pension wouldn't run to Windows 7.
It is fine for surfing the web and e-mail (once you've mastered the long
and complicated process of finding drivers for all the old WiFi chips
and 3G dongles and installing them - a nightmare to non-Linux buffs,
especially as you have to learn a completely new command line language
first) but it is bugger all use for anything else. It's an excellent
O/S, but the lack of usable software restricts it is use to that of a
novelty toy. If a few more tens of millions people start using it (and
Windows 10 is as good a way to ensure that as possible) it may one day
become a practical system - but it won't be in my lifetime.
--
Bob
Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England
You know you're old when "getting lucky" means finding your car in the
car park.