On 2/11/2019 4:24 PM, Wolf K wrote:
On 2019-02-11 18:32, Dogma wrote:

I had one software app that wouldn't run on xp so decided to get
windows 10 since it's the newest version of Windows, as far as I know.
It hogged most of a 40 gig hard drive

Way too small these days. I'm surprised it ran well enough for you to
know it didn't run well enough for you.

and it turned out the software I needed to run wouldn't run on it either.

If it's all XP era, of course not.


At least it was given to me by a disgruntled windows user, so it
didn't cost anything.

Linux is what I run most of the time and it does more things better
than windows 10 and uses less space.

For ancient hardware, Linux is really the only option.

Windows is also a money hog, just trying to get your money, whichever
way it can.

It was interesting to see how it's changed, and also how it's not much
different than win xp. I can't see anything special about it.

Linux can do everything windows can do.

Nope, it can't. If you're talking typing, spreadsheet, web-browsing, and
such plain vanilla task, sure Linux works well. For anything specialised
not so much. For example, it won't run my favourite word processor.

Problem is there's no such thing as a linux desktop computing platform.
There's a chaos of
dozens/hundreds of distros each with it's own set of
quirks/compatibilities/interfaces/procedures/defaults...
And the next release will be different again.

The good news for linux is that windows is descending into the same
chaos model.

Well that's my gripe about windows.

If it wasn't for specific software that needs windows I'd never use it.
Me neither, but there IS a lot of software that needs it.

In the US, do I really need to have my car's steering wheel on the left
side?
Of course not. It would drive just fine with the wheel on the other side.
Until I tried to get out of a parking structure and the robot that
accepts payment is on the wrong side.
Or until my decades of experience led me to behave as if the steering
wheel were on the correct side and I crashed.
Trying to switch back and forth between left and right is an accident
waiting to happen. Pick something and stick with it.

If you think about what you want to do, you choose windows for ordinary user
desktop use.

If you want a hobby, or just to claim you're better/smarter, you choose
desktop linux.

Going with the flow is often easier than opposing the incumbent os.
M$ failed to unseat Android.

You've got the right end of the stick: Start with the tasks you need to
perform, and go from there.

Just for interest's sake, what is the program that you can't run on
Linux? If you skedaddle over to a Linux newsgroup, someone may know of a
Linux work-alike or alternative.

Just for interest's sake, why would you want to skedaddle out of your way
to search for a different way to do something you already know how to do?
Linux users act as if they were in a vacuum. The world is interconnected.
If you want to communicate/interact with others, you gotta
conform to the norms.
Start preaching from the book of linux at bridge club and see how far
you get.

Unless you're a newbie, you've likely got terabytes of history
that may not be dragable/dropable into a linux environment.

And yeah, windows is bloated.