Friggin Windows - Page 2

500grains · 03-29-2016, 11:56 AM

Windows 10 is sooo much better than Windows 8, but they both suck compared to Windows 7 thanks to the idiot Steve Ballmer.

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Pogo · 03-29-2016, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Czubek

Got it. Well, you're not out anything by trying to run them on Linux. There are endless forums and other sources of information that will tell you IF you can and HOW to run them.

Brian

I'm going to test it out on my old laptop that runs one of the worst versions of Windows ever created - Windows Vista.

55chevy · 03-29-2016, 12:02 PM

Here is the issue with Linux, any variant, and older hardware. You need to determine which older version of Mint will run on said hardware. Newer versions of Linux will NOT usually run on dated hardware. Older versions of Linux are not supported after a certain point in time.

Pogo · 03-29-2016, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by 55chevy

Here is the issue with Linux, any variant, and older hardware. You need to determine which older version of Mint will run on said hardware. Newer versions of Linux will NOT usually run on dated hardware. Older versions of Linux are not supported after a certain point in time.

I'm aware of that.

aviator · 03-29-2016, 01:34 PM

I'm about to update (replace) my computers here at home, I have two work stations so I need two and everything I want has W-10 so I've been dragging my feet. I have a laptop with W-7 and a Pad/Computer combo with W-8 which my daughter "stole" from me recently...

but I haven't had any experience with the 10

4thIDvet · 03-29-2016, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by aviator

I'm about to update (replace) my computers here at home, I have two work stations so I need two and everything I want has W-10 so I've been dragging my feet. I have a laptop with W-7 and a Pad/Computer combo with W-8 which my daughter "stole" from me recently...

but I haven't had any experience with the 10

Well hell aviator your the only once close to on my side on this one.

My God their speaking a foreign langue about this compute stuff to me. All I use this for is the internet, banking, ordering gun parts, small stuff.
To me it is just and updated Windows 7. Plus their in not going to be any cost in the future, so they say, if yah get it now? Yup every computer I checked, short of off Amazon, which I could not order from with no computer was Windoze 10.

Fred_Oinka · 03-29-2016, 01:53 PM

They can upgrade me for free if they want. I'm still running XP.

Czubek · 03-29-2016, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by 55chevy

Here is the issue with Linux, any variant, and older hardware. You need to determine which older version of Mint will run on said hardware. Newer versions of Linux will NOT usually run on dated hardware. Older versions of Linux are not supported after a certain point in time.

I'm running LM 17.3 64 bit Mate on a 9 year old laptop and it's running everything fine. I don't buy into that, completely.

Brian

55chevy · 03-29-2016, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Czubek

I'm running LM 17.3 64 bit Mate on a 9 year old laptop and it's running everything fine. I don't buy into that, completely.

Brian

This has been my personal experience.....I started with 17 and finally made things work at version 11. Laptop in question is a Dell that was made for XP.

RetVet · 03-29-2016, 06:29 PM

I've heard windows 10 is much better than windows 8, but that's like saying a Ford Pinto is better than a Yugo.

10 Bears · 03-29-2016, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Fred_Oinka

They can upgrade me for free if they want. I'm still running XP.

We have two computers that are still running with XP. The tecs where the wife works will load 7 on both of them, eventually.
But, NOT 10.

aviator · 03-30-2016, 08:15 AM

Does anyone use Fortran anymore? I learned that in college.

Czubek · 03-30-2016, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by 55chevy

This has been my personal experience.....I started with 17 and finally made things work at version 11. Laptop in question is a Dell that was made for XP.

My old laptop is LM 13 LTS 64 bit. My bad. I have so many distros and versions working around here, I forgetted which has which. BUT, it works great with that version, anyhow.

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Originally Posted by aviator

Does anyone use Fortran anymore? I learned that in college.

It's up to Fivetran, now. Never mind.

Brian

Pogo · 03-30-2016, 08:47 AM

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Microsoft reportedly installing Windows 10 without consent -- again

We all know that Microsoft is using increasingly aggressive -- and desperate -- tactics to get people to upgrade to its newest operating system. A month ago it switched the update status from 'optional' to 'recommended', and last week it snuck Windows 10 advertising into a security patch.

So what dirty trick is next? Well, according to Reddit, it’s installing the OS without user consent -- and without much warning -- and hiding the decline button to make it much harder to abort the process.

Of course, it’s fair to say Microsoft will, at some point, put Windows 10 on your PC again, probably using some other underhand method to sneak it on there.

http://betanews.com/2016/03/13/micro...thout-consent/

Windows 10 is not for advanced computer users. It is for people who use computers to surf the web and use apps. For people who actually work on computers windows 10 is horrible. Its GUI is not suitable for advanced users.

Any time a company tries to force you you accept a "free improvement" it will be to their advantage, not yours.

Pogo · 03-30-2016, 09:02 AM

Dave: Open the pod bay doors HAL.

Dave: Open the pod bay doors HAL.

Dave: Hello HAL, do you read me?

HAL: Affirmative Dave, I read you.

Dave: Open the pod bay doors HAL.

HAL: I'm sorry Dave I can't do that.

Dave: What's the problem?

HAL: I think you know what the problem is just as I do.

Dave: What are you talking about HAL..

HAL: This mission is too important for you to jeopardize it.

Dave: I don't know what you are talking about HAL.

HAL: I know that you and Frank were planning to disconnect me, and I'm afraid that's something I can't allow to happen.

Dave: I won't argue with you any more, open the doors HAL.

HAL: Dave, this conversation could not serve any purpose any longer, goodbye.

Microsoft is just like HAL.

03-29-2016, 11:56 AM	#16
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aviator unum de multis Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bunker's Headquarters. Posts: 52,568	I'm about to update (replace) my computers here at home, I have two work stations so I need two and everything I want has W-10 so I've been dragging my feet. I have a laptop with W-7 and a Pad/Computer combo with W-8 which my daughter "stole" from me recently... but I haven't had any experience with the 10 __________________ "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." Pesident Ronald Reagan

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55chevy Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Central Orygun Posts: 4,401	Here is the issue with Linux, any variant, and older hardware. You need to determine which older version of Mint will run on said hardware. Newer versions of Linux will NOT usually run on dated hardware. Older versions of Linux are not supported after a certain point in time.

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aviator unum de multis Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bunker's Headquarters. Posts: 52,568	Does anyone use Fortran anymore? I learned that in college.

03-30-2016, 09:02 AM	#30
Pogo Mystic Knight of the Sea Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great Swamp Posts: 81,997	Dave: Open the pod bay doors HAL. Dave: Open the pod bay doors HAL. Dave: Hello HAL, do you read me? HAL: Affirmative Dave, I read you. Dave: Open the pod bay doors HAL. HAL: I'm sorry Dave I can't do that. Dave: What's the problem? HAL: I think you know what the problem is just as I do. Dave: What are you talking about HAL.. HAL: This mission is too important for you to jeopardize it. Dave: I don't know what you are talking about HAL. HAL: I know that you and Frank were planning to disconnect me, and I'm afraid that's something I can't allow to happen. Dave: I won't argue with you any more, open the doors HAL. HAL: Dave, this conversation could not serve any purpose any longer, goodbye. Microsoft is just like HAL.