On 12/29/2017 05:37 PM, T wrote:
On 12/29/2017 07:28 AM, Ken Blake wrote:
The reason he runs into these problems is that people with these
problems contact him for help. He doesn't get to see the computers of
people without problems. As I think I said in another message in this
thread, hang around a transmission shop, and you'll think all cars
have transmissions problems.

Yes and well stated

I have my own Windows virtual machines too. I use Go To
Assist from W7 and use XP, W7 and Nein (w10) for research
for my customers. I have not got the patience to work
all day on Windows and come back to the office and experience
the same baloney, which is why I am a Linux shop.

If I come home from a day's work and am in a bad mood,
it typically is because I have been fighting with Nein
all day. It grates on you after a while.

Linux and Apple are not without their own unique problems,
but working on then is a whole different culture. I am
typically doing configuration and assisting with programs,
not fighting with system issues, junkware and viruses.
(When I do trip across a systems issue, which is rare,
they have been "spectacular", but I have somewhere to
report them and get them fixed.)

I sometimes think folks think I just insult their newborn
baby's look when I talk about Windows. That kind
of response is not helpful in drilling down to solving
issues for folks, which is what this group is about.
It in not about free advertising for one favorite product.
Helping folks starts out with being truthful about the
problems to start with.

Would it make you guys fee any better if I quoted you
some of my criticism of RHEL over on the Linux
group? You think I don't like Windows? Oh BOY.
RHEL made my life a living hell. (I absolutely
adore Fedora 27.)