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Excellent article about Linux
A tour of elementary OS, perhaps the Linux world’s best hope for the
mainstream. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/12/a-tour-of-elementary-os-perhaps-the-linux-worlds-best-hope-for-the-mainstream/ |
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Excellent article about Linux
A tour of elementary OS, perhaps the Linux world’s best hope for the mainstream. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/12/a-tour-of-elementary-os-perhaps-the-linux-worlds-best-hope-for-the-mainstream/ It's systemd. VOMIT!!! DRY HEAVES!!! |
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Excellent article about Linux
On 2018-12-28, Anonymous wrote:
It's systemd. VOMIT!!! DRY HEAVES!!! Although I dislike systemd, I'll take it over Microsoft's activation hell, which I am currently embroiled in on a friend's computer that needed to be reloaded. MS's promise that the Windows 10 "digital license" would be honored if the OS needed to be reinstalled turns out to be just another Big Lie. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roger Blake (Posts from Google Groups killfiled due to excess spam.) NSA sedition and treason -- http://www.DeathToNSAthugs.com Don't talk to cops! -- http://www.DontTalkToCops.com Badges don't grant extra rights -- http://www.CopBlock.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Excellent article about Linux
On 2018-12-28, Roger Blake wrote:
On 2018-12-28, Anonymous wrote: It's systemd. VOMIT!!! DRY HEAVES!!! Although I dislike systemd, I'll take it over Microsoft's activation hell, which I am currently embroiled in on a friend's computer that needed to be reloaded. MS's promise that the Windows 10 "digital license" would be honored if the OS needed to be reinstalled turns out to be just another Big Lie. If you've ever used Office 365 you'll see a good license routine. If they could do that with Windows they'd have a winner. Adobe has a method where if you install their suite and you already have it activated elsewhere, you can tell the current install to de-activate older installs and have the newer take the place of the older. It's evolving for the better but the pace of this evolution is slow. A huge advantage for Linux is you're free to install it and distribute it. A corporate dream come true. -- Peter Kozlov |
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Excellent article about Linux
On 2018-12-28, Anonymous wrote:
It's systemd. VOMIT!!! DRY HEAVES!!! Although I dislike systemd, I'll take it over Microsoft's activation hell, which I am currently embroiled in on a friend's computer that needed to be reloaded. MS's promise that the Windows 10 "digital license" would be honored if the OS needed to be reinstalled turns out to be just another Big Lie. Use Removewat 2.2.9 http://windowsactivatorloader.com/removewat-2-2-9/ |
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Excellent article about Linux
On 2018-12-28, Nomen Nescio wrote:
Use Removewat 2.2.9 http://windowsactivatorloader.com/removewat-2-2-9/ Looks interesting, but I'm leery of using a "crack" program which Microsoft may work around at some point. (I explained to my friend who is elderly and doesn't really understand any of this that he needs permission from Microsoft to use his computer.) I just spent a fruitless hour or so with Microsoft "Support" which was about as useful and painless as dropping the computer on my toe. This is an old computer so I'll probably just put it back to its original Windows 7, there's still about a year of support left in that puppy and by that time the PC may be replaced. Unfortunately the owner uses some Windows-based programs and I don't want him (or me supporting him) having to deal with Wine or virtual machines, so Linux is not an option in his case. I guess that's the only reason people put up with this kind of crap. You wouldn't put up with such an inconvenience for a damned $20 toaster, but people have to deal with it on their much more expensive PCs. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roger Blake (Posts from Google Groups killfiled due to excess spam.) NSA sedition and treason -- http://www.DeathToNSAthugs.com Don't talk to cops! -- http://www.DontTalkToCops.com Badges don't grant extra rights -- http://www.CopBlock.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Excellent article about Linux
On 2018-12-28, Nomen Nescio wrote:
Use Removewat 2.2.9 http://windowsactivatorloader.com/removewat-2-2-9/ Looks interesting, but I'm leery of using a "crack" program which Microsoft may work around at some point. (I explained to my friend who is elderly and doesn't really understand any of this that he needs permission from Microsoft to use his computer.) I just spent a fruitless hour or so with Microsoft "Support" which was about as useful and painless as dropping the computer on my toe. This is an old computer so I'll probably just put it back to its original Windows 7, there's still about a year of support left in that puppy and by that time the PC may be replaced. Unfortunately the owner uses some Windows-based programs and I don't want him (or me supporting him) having to deal with Wine or virtual machines, so Linux is not an option in his case. I guess that's the only reason people put up with this kind of crap. You wouldn't put up with such an inconvenience for a damned $20 toaster, but people have to deal with it on their much more expensive PCs. I will not go beyond Windows 7. Any higher is known to be spying on you. I value my privacy, even to the point of using a Cotse ssh VPNthingy and an external pfSense firewall. No one should ever upgrade to Windows 8 or 10. I have not upgraded my W7 for years now also. I would not be caught up in the Microsoft update crises mania or afraid of not being able to run future programs without a system upgrade. Only games and other childish nonsense requires that. A good x64 Windows 7 machine is all one needs in my opinion. Microsoft is not making that many system changes, but they are actually trying to convert people to running a Microsoft service, something that is only going to lock people into a continuous cost system. I will go to Linux before getting sucked into that. The only reason I haven't gone to Linux already is because of the software I am using and written. |
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Excellent article about Linux
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Roger Blake wrote: On 2018-12-28, Anonymous wrote: It's systemd. VOMIT!!! DRY HEAVES!!! Although I dislike systemd, I'll take it over Microsoft's activation hell, which I am currently embroiled in on a friend's computer that needed to be reloaded. MS's promise that the Windows 10 "digital license" would be honored if the OS needed to be reinstalled turns out to be just another Big Lie. I don't know what your friend's problem is, but I've done it several times on multiple machines and it worked just fine. |
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Excellent article about Linux
On 2018-12-28, Anonymous wrote:
I don't know what your friend's problem is, but I've done it several times on multiple machines and it worked just fine. After a lengthy remote tech session with Microsoft, they don't know what the problem is either. (Generally I'd say it's just another buggy, unreliable Microsoft malfeature.) -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roger Blake (Posts from Google Groups killfiled due to excess spam.) NSA sedition and treason -- http://www.DeathToNSAthugs.com Don't talk to cops! -- http://www.DontTalkToCops.com Badges don't grant extra rights -- http://www.CopBlock.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Excellent article about Linux
On 2018-12-28, Roger Blake wrote:
On 2018-12-28, Anonymous wrote: I don't know what your friend's problem is, but I've done it several times on multiple machines and it worked just fine. After a lengthy remote tech session with Microsoft, they don't know what the problem is either. (Generally I'd say it's just another buggy, unreliable Microsoft malfeature.) Sometimes the request is made to a server which doesn't reply properly and you get this problem. And even if you call them to do it over the phone, they themselves have the same issue. It tends to resolve itself later. Still a hassle. They need a system more like the one they use for 365 apps. -- Peter Kozlov |
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Excellent article about Linux
On Fri, 28 Dec 2018 19:40:58 -0000 (UTC), Roger Blake wrote:
On 2018-12-28, Anonymous wrote: It's systemd. VOMIT!!! DRY HEAVES!!! Although I dislike systemd, I'll take it over Microsoft's activation hell, which I am currently embroiled in on a friend's computer that needed to be reloaded. MS's promise that the Windows 10 "digital license" would be honored if the OS needed to be reinstalled turns out to be just another Big Lie. Nonsense. According to a later post of yours, the computer in question has a Win7 licence. Thus installing win10 and expecting it to be activated is fruitless. (f/u set) |
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Excellent article about Linux
On 2018-12-29, mechanic wrote:
Nonsense. According to a later post of yours, the computer in question has a Win7 licence. Thus installing win10 and expecting it to be activated is fruitless. Not when it previously had been upgraded to Windows 10 via Microsoft's free upgrade offer, numbnuts. Perhaps you've already forgotten that period of time when Microsoft was so aggressive about rolling out the new OS that people were even inadvertantly being upgraded whether they wanted to or not. At the time we were told that Windows 10 used a digital license locked to the hardware and stored by Microsoft which would be honored in the event of a reload. (f/u set) Right back at you. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roger Blake (Posts from Google Groups killfiled due to excess spam.) NSA sedition and treason -- http://www.DeathToNSAthugs.com Don't talk to cops! -- http://www.DontTalkToCops.com Badges don't grant extra rights -- http://www.CopBlock.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Excellent article about Linux
On Sat, 29 Dec 2018 14:10:51 -0000 (UTC), Roger Blake
wrote: On 2018-12-29, mechanic wrote: Nonsense. According to a later post of yours, the computer in question has a Win7 licence. Thus installing win10 and expecting it to be activated is fruitless. Not when it previously had been upgraded to Windows 10 via Microsoft's free upgrade offer, numbnuts. Perhaps you've already forgotten that period of time when Microsoft was so aggressive about rolling out the new OS that people were even inadvertantly being upgraded whether they wanted to or not. At the time we were told that Windows 10 used a digital license locked to the hardware and stored by Microsoft which would be honored in the event of a reload. I remember the cunning effort to get Windows users on W10. I tried it for free for a few days and decided W10 was not for me and so stayed on W7. I gave up all UNIX variations and derivatives a long time before trying Windows. I wrote Machine code and so I took to NT, ASM, C and C++. How time flies! Steve -- http://www.npsnn.com |
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Excellent article about Linux
On Sat, 29 Dec 2018 14:10:51 -0000 (UTC), Roger Blake wrote:
On 2018-12-29, mechanic wrote: Nonsense. According to a later post of yours, the computer in question has a Win7 licence. Thus installing win10 and expecting it to be activated is fruitless. Not when it previously had been upgraded to Windows 10 via Microsoft's free upgrade offer, numbnuts. Then the machine with upgraded Win10 will be logged in the appropriate MSFT server and reactivation is automatic at any reinstall of the Win10. This argument was all sorted out about five versions ago (of Win10). |
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Excellent article about Linux
Roger Blake wrote:
On 2018-12-28, Anonymous wrote: It's systemd. VOMIT!!! DRY HEAVES!!! Although I dislike systemd, I'll take it over Microsoft's activation hell, which I am currently embroiled in on a friend's computer that needed to be reloaded. MS's promise that the Windows 10 "digital license" would be honored if the OS needed to be reinstalled turns out to be just another Big Lie. Help is available with activation issues. If the user logs in normally with an MSA to the machine, the phone help can use the MSA to zero in on the machine needing help. The server problem that lasted for a couple days has been fixed, and unless you did something rash, they've been backfilling the mess they made. What happened there, is already-activated copies started throwing up notification dialogs at startup. When that happens... don't panic. That's what happens when you insist on a "mainframe architecture" in the form of activation (single point of failure). Paul |
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