Ken Blake wrote:
On Sat, 2 Mar 2019 12:43:01 -0700, "Bill in Co"
surly_curmudgeon@earthlink wrote:

Ant wrote:

You can use Linux. It still has black text screen. In fact, I SSH to
Linux boxes to use text modem command lines and programs (e.g., tin for
usenet!) all the time. I'm old school.

I tried Linux (Cinnamon Mint, etc), but found it's just not worth all the
hassle, at least to me. Plus I've got way too much invested (program
wise) in Windows at this point.



That's also one of the reasons I have no interest in Linux. But there
are three other major reasons:

1. I've got way too much invested (*knowledge* wise) in Windows at
this point. I'm not interested in starting from scratch to learn
something new to me.

2. There are undoubtedly a number of programs that I run on it Windows
and are important to me that are not available for Linux. Quicken is
one, but other come to mind. (Yes, I know there are Linux alternatives
to Quicken, but I'm not interested in making the investment of time to
learn them and find whether they are just as good for me).

3. There is much more Windows software to choose from.


These are also the main reasons I'm not interested in Apples. I don't
claim that Windows is better. Might Linux or Apple Operating systems
be just as good as, or even better than Windows? I don't know. Maybe
they are. But I'm not going to take the time and trouble to find out.

Oh, one other reason I'm not interested in Apple. A Macintosh costs
much more than a Windows computer..

Plus with Apple, you get locked in to a walled garden. And I suppose in
some ways that's nice, at least for some people, but it's not for me. I'd
rather have choices.

I agree with your Linux comments, and the knowledge component of managing
Linux is a bit time intensive, to put it mildly! But nonetheless, it was
an interesting journey, to at least get my feet wet in that atmosphere.