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usually i love to be tech support for people because then i can make their batcave work better and have fun doing
and then they want to have something a specific way
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@delores "I used to open my documents in Notepad and save it as a image, then print the document and scan it back to highlight two sentences Am I doing something wrong?"
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@delores Welcome to IT hell, where people keep passwords in an Excel spreadsheet and 1000 different versions of Adobe Flash installers scattered on the desktop.
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@hfaust i swear every time i see a windows user, they close 5 different pop-ups for updating java and video drivers and flash and all that batcave. and then their internet doesn't work so they run windows troubleshoot "feature" (which not only doesn't work, but shouldnt exist in the first place)
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@delores I'm a windows user who knows what he's doing and I'm feeling opressed
Saturday, 30-Apr-16 22:32:07 UTC from web-
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@delores Just because I don't want to leave behind all my games and software to migrate to linux it doesn't mean I don't know my stuff. I'm a technician. I'm not passionate about software freedom or anything though and would rather crack everything than go over to an operative system that wouldn't let me run a third of the software I've gotten over the years.
Saturday, 30-Apr-16 23:52:07 UTC from web-
@nerthos almost all (excluding very specific software like banks use) software has an open source alternative that is just as good.
also you could move to gnu/linux for personal use, and you wouldn't lose any knowledge of how to use windows-
@delores It'd still be effort spent in something that I don't actually need. If there was something in gnu/linux that I *needed* for wharever reason, I'd make a partition and install it. So far I've had no reason, nor anyone has ever given me any convincing argument about why I should start over in a different system.
Sunday, 01-May-16 00:00:23 UTC from web-
@nerthos http://www.whylinuxisbetter.net/
reasons to move:
windows is mango. its badly made. its badly optimized.
microsoft is a terrible company. not only do they force people to upgrade which breaks many things, people have also come out and admitted that microsoft has absolutely no direction.
windows is backdoored and has been for years. im sure i dont need to explain why this is bad.
most importantly, on gnu/linux you can actually fix problems. on windows, if you come across a bug in the software, it will never be fixed. you can submit it to microsoft who will file it under low priority and never fix it. with windows, you only learn how to deal with windows. with gnu/linux, you learn how to actually fix things. communities of people will help you with bugs, and maybe you can even learn how to fix bugs yourself. with windows? not a chance-
@delores You're trying to sell me a Lamborghini when I just need a 3CV. It's cool, fast, picks up girls, every piece fits efortlessly where it needs to go, it can reach 300km/h, it's all around a handcrafted marvel of modern engineering. Now, how often will I get to drive at >130km/h? If I need a car to haul groceries and small cargo or move around five people over uneven roads, the Lamborghini, for all it's speedy greatness, is objectively terrible. I'm better off with a rusty Ford Falcon from the late '60s. Sure, the door doesn't close at first try, the wheels are a bit misaligned, sometimes the radiator leaks, and the mirror is held with wire. It can also go over bumps without issue, has enough space to carry a washing machine, 6 people fit in it, and if I end up in a ditch I can just push it onto the road again, kick a few parts into place, and drive back home. The Lamborghini would be wasted.
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@delores My situation is basically the same: I don't deny windows is crap in many areas, and linux gives a lot of liberty windoes doesn't. But I built this computer specifically for games, and I use it for that, browsing, and chatting, often all at the same time. Linux has some games too, but not nearly as many and most AAA titles never make it there, and if I intended to limit myself to a small selection mostly composed of older games and indies, I wouldn't have spent $1200 on it. Windows offers me more ease and flexibility for the use I give the computer. If I wanted to do other things where linux is useful, I would migrate, but I don't. It's just not practical for me to switch. And in regards to errors, I get a minor one every few months, which I fix in an hour or two. It's nothing that keeps me awake at night. Sure, between windows 8 or windows 10 and linux, I'd pick linux, but as long as I can run 7 I have no reason to switch.
Sunday, 01-May-16 12:06:34 UTC from web
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@delores The system tray is filled with updaters, applications they don't remember installing and if the computer is semi-new, it will have install McAfee AV and other AV their friends recommended.
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