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Why I no Longer Use Windows 7.
I have to admit that Windows 7 is most likely the bestest version of
Windows since Windows 2000 but even still I have removed it from my Dell system in favor of Linux Ubuntu which I just upgraded to Ubuntu 10.10 from 10.04 with not a single trouble. Linux just does everything I need and does it for free. I can compile a slim kernel to use on my P4 system or I can have a fat kernel for my i7 system. It's my choice. Windows 7 puts an extra 100 mb partition on my drive that I don't want. Why is that? Linux does what I tell it to do instead of doing what some corrupt company thinks I want to do. I use my Garmin GPS, Android phone, Sansa mp3 player and my Sony USB turntable with Linux and have no problems. So why spend $165 on Windows 7? I've been asking myself the same question. Time to ebay the dung pile and get back at least some of my money. Linux may not be the most popular system but in my opinion it's the best, at least for me. |
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Why I no Longer Use Windows 7.
It's my choice. Windows 7 puts an extra 100 mb partition on my drive that I don't want. You can delete that partition another program and then do repair of win 7. After 1-2 attempts the boot folder will be created in C: Why is that? Linux does what I tell it to do instead of doing what some corrupt company thinks I want to do. I play with linux. At present I have Mint on my second disk root partition. It is nice. Having paid 100 dollars for windows 7 home premium oem one year ago i consider it the best bargain in the world for me as I value my time |
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Why I no Longer Use Windows 7.
On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 08:35:12 GMT, Student wrote:
It's my choice. Windows 7 puts an extra 100 mb partition on my drive that I don't want. You can delete that partition another program and then do repair of win 7. After 1-2 attempts the boot folder will be created in C: Why is that? Linux does what I tell it to do instead of doing what some corrupt company thinks I want to do. I play with linux. At present I have Mint on my second disk root partition. It is nice. Having paid 100 dollars for windows 7 home premium oem one year ago i consider it the best bargain in the world for me as I value my time Windows 7 is one of the better offerings from Microsoft in my opinion. Aside from some 64 bit driver issues that I had early on, it's run decently on my systems. I just prefer Linux because I find there is less overhead, it runs better on older hardware and it is easier to debug should I need to. Take mini-dumps for example. How on earth is an average person going to even begin to figure out what he needs to download from Microsoft, just to decode the minidump? SDK, debugging kit, which platform, 64 bit, 32 bit, does he need symbol crap downloaded as well and so forth. It's a total mess. Ever take a look at the Microsoft site where you get sent if you Google minidump? Good luck figuring out what you need. Chances are you will download an ISO with the SDK and install 3.5 gigabytes of development software you don't need. Good luck removing it as well. Why isn't there one single program ie:minidump-reader.exe that the average person can download, or better yet include it with Windows in the first place? At least with Linux, the logs are in English (or your language of choice) and the user stands some kind of chance of figuring out what went wrong. At worst, he can at least report the verbiage on some blog or help group. What does he do with Windows? Bc=1010eh? Big deal. Linux is just more well planned and thought out in my opinion. |
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Why I no Longer Use Windows 7.
On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 08:35:12 +0000, Student wrote:
Having paid 100 dollars for windows 7 home premium oem one year ago i consider it the best bargain in the world for me as I value my time I value my time also -- that's why I like Linux. Faster booting, less disk thrashing when the OS is booted, no anti-malware or anti-virus worries (no lost time to the constant updates required for those applications) and an easy path to updating the OS *and* the applications all at the same time with one command. Nothing like that in the Windows world. -- RonB Registered Linux User #498581 CentOS 5.5 or VectorLinux Deluxe 6.0 |
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Why I no Longer Use Windows 7.
Windows 7 is one of the better offerings from Microsoft in my opinion. Aside from some 64 bit driver issues that I had early on, it's run decently on my systems. I am not a computer person. I am in the health field I do like Ubuntu and Mint However I do not understand the file structure of Linux. I use Thunderbird for email and Seamonkey as my browser for my win 7 and xp computers. Is the Seamonkey "bookmark.html" file from windows and the Thunderbird address book (abook.mab) interchangeable? If I can do that then I would use Mint on my Asus Netbook to speed up the computer. It has XP at the moment Which directory does it go to in Linux? |
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Why I no Longer Use Windows 7.
On 10/24/2010 11:56 AM, Student wrote:
Windows 7 is one of the better offerings from Microsoft in my opinion. Aside from some 64 bit driver issues that I had early on, it's run decently on my systems. I am not a computer person. I am in the health field I do like Ubuntu and Mint However I do not understand the file structure of Linux. I use Thunderbird for email and Seamonkey as my browser for my win 7 and xp computers. Is the Seamonkey "bookmark.html" file from windows and the Thunderbird address book (abook.mab) interchangeable? If I can do that then I would use Mint on my Asus Netbook to speed up the computer. It has XP at the moment Which directory does it go to in Linux? You can install Seamonkey in Mint. Yes, they are interchangeable. In Mint, open your Home and hit Ctrl+H to see the hidden files and you will find Seamonkey and Thunderbird there (after you've installed Seamonkey, of course). -- Alias |
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Why I no Longer Use Windows 7.
On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 05:42:24 +0000 (UTC), Robin T Cockslee
wrote: Linux just does everything I need[...] Your needs must be very rudimentary. A_C |
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Why I no Longer Use Windows 7.
RonB écrivait -
september.org: On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 08:35:12 +0000, Student wrote: Having paid 100 dollars for windows 7 home premium oem one year ago i consider it the best bargain in the world for me as I value my time I value my time also -- that's why I like Linux. Faster booting, less disk thrashing when the OS is booted, no anti-malware or anti-virus worries (no lost time to the constant updates required for those applications) and an easy path to updating the OS *and* the applications all at the same time with one command. Nothing like that in the Windows world. I use Windows (7) because the programs I use run under Windows. BTW no problem, no crash, no BSOD, some bugs in one program but nothing to do with Windows. |
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Note the CROSSPOST
Agent_C pulled this Usenet face plant: On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 05:42:24 +0000 (UTC), Robin T Cockslee wrote: Linux just does everything I need[...] Your needs must be very rudimentary. Don't be silly. Linux performs pretty much all the functions that Windows performs, and some that Windows does not (e.g. package management, a multitude of plug-in desktops of widely varying paradigm, scalability from embedded devices to supercomputers...). If Windows suddenly "disappeared", I wouldn't bat an eye. (And I develop code on Windows.) And the decrease of the load on the Internet (due to bot and other malware traffic) would speed things up enormously. :-) That being said, Windows 7 is a great improvement over Vista, though you still find seams in it after extensive usage. Enjoy it! -- Gilbert's Discovery: Any attempt to use the new super glues results in the two pieces sticking to your thumb and index finger rather than to each other. |
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On 10/24/2010 7:55 AM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
If Windows suddenly "disappeared", I wouldn't bat an eye. This is a flat-out lie as this clown makes his living programming on the MS platform. This hypocrite couldn't get a job on the Linux platform if his life depended upon it. COLA crows in general are full of bull**** and lies. |
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Why I no Longer Use Windows 7.
Robin T Cockslee wrote:
I have to admit that Windows 7 is most likely the bestest version of Windows since Windows 2000 but even still I have removed it from my Dell system in favor of Linux Ubuntu which I just upgraded to Ubuntu 10.10 from 10.04 with not a single trouble. Linux just does everything I need and does it for free. I can compile a slim kernel to use on my P4 system or I can have a fat kernel for my i7 system. It's my choice. Windows 7 puts an extra 100 mb partition on my drive that I don't want. Why is that? Linux does what I tell it to do instead of doing what some corrupt company thinks I want to do. I use my Garmin GPS, Android phone, Sansa mp3 player and my Sony USB turntable with Linux and have no problems. So why spend $165 on Windows 7? I've been asking myself the same question. Time to ebay the dung pile and get back at least some of my money. Linux may not be the most popular system but in my opinion it's the best, at least for me. You do know with modern HD sizes a 100mb is worth around a 1 cent, right? I know my Sansa I had to change some setting to get it work correctly with Windows and Linux, without thier software, but mine is a few years old so they may have changed it. I know my Netgear WG111T (wireless) USB was a pain to get it to run under Ubuntu, I wonder if they made as easy as Window now with 10.10? There are cheaper options to get Windows 7 than $165, it would have been nice to know which version of Window 7 you meant. I am glad you like Linux but most people don't upgrade the OS other than getting a new Computer. |
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Why I no Longer Use Windows 7.
On 10/24/2010 04:17 PM, Quantum Leaper wrote:
I am glad you like Linux but most people don't upgrade the OS other than getting a new Computer. I assume you mean most people in the USA. Here in Spain, most people buy computers to order unless it's a laptop and I know many people who own laptops and the first thing they did was nuke Windows and install Linux. -- Alias |
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Why I no Longer Use Windows 7.
Alias wrote:
On 10/24/2010 04:17 PM, Quantum Leaper wrote: I am glad you like Linux but most people don't upgrade the OS other than getting a new Computer. I assume you mean most people in the USA. Here in Spain, most people buy computers to order unless it's a laptop and I know many people who own laptops and the first thing they did was nuke Windows and install Linux. If that was the truth, then way does Linux have less then 5% of the desktops? |
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Why I no Longer Use Windows 7.
On 10/24/2010 06:06 PM, Quantum Leaper wrote:
Alias wrote: On 10/24/2010 04:17 PM, Quantum Leaper wrote: I am glad you like Linux but most people don't upgrade the OS other than getting a new Computer. I assume you mean most people in the USA. Here in Spain, most people buy computers to order unless it's a laptop and I know many people who own laptops and the first thing they did was nuke Windows and install Linux. If that was the truth, then way does Linux have less then 5% of the desktops? Let's see, how did you come up with that figure? Supposedly, there are about 1 billion computers on line in the world which would mean, according to your figures, that there a 50 million Linux users. Fact is, however, that no one knows how many Linux installs there are because Linux doesn't need to be activated or become "genuine" and there are no store receipts to count like there is with Windows. I suspect if you take the stats of the backwards USA out of the picture, the user share for Linux would be much higher. After all, only the USA could have such ignorant, biased bigots running for congress like there are today. Those same supporters of Beck, Limbaugh, Palin, O'Donnell and Rand Paul don't know any better than to order a computer from Best Buy with Windows preloaded. -- Alias |
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"Alias" wrote in message ... On 10/24/2010 06:06 PM, Quantum Leaper wrote: Alias wrote: On 10/24/2010 04:17 PM, Quantum Leaper wrote: I am glad you like Linux but most people don't upgrade the OS other than getting a new Computer. I assume you mean most people in the USA. Here in Spain, most people buy computers to order unless it's a laptop and I know many people who own laptops and the first thing they did was nuke Windows and install Linux. If that was the truth, then way does Linux have less then 5% of the desktops? Let's see, how did you come up with that figure? Supposedly, there are about 1 billion computers on line in the world which would mean, according to your figures, that there a 50 million Linux users. Fact is, however, that no one knows how many Linux installs there are because Linux doesn't need to be activated or become "genuine" and there are no store receipts to count like there is with Windows. web stats don't need receipts. it counts everybody equally no matter where or how they got their os. got any credible stats that show linux having more than 5% market share? of course you do not. I suspect if you take the stats of the backwards USA out of the picture, the user share for Linux would be much higher. After all, only the USA could have such ignorant, biased bigots running for congress like there are today. Those same supporters of Beck, Limbaugh, Palin, O'Donnell and Rand Paul don't know any better than to order a computer from Best Buy with Windows preloaded. I never knew that only republicans buy computers with Windows preloaded. |
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