Windows 10

Richie-from-the-Boro

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Check the web sites you log in to from your pedestal at the top of those hills :rotfl::rotfl:
Oh and what is android (oh sorry are you a iFanboi?)
Are you sure you don't know anyone that uses it, you need to get out more ?:cool:


Well almost, typing from fedoar (no speel checquer on my fired"half-hearted"fox), but of course I can spell

- yep I REM you won all the spelling bee contests when we were kids

debitcardmayhem

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

- yep I REM you won all the spelling bee contests when we were kids

When I was a kid you were 69 Richie:beer:

Fightsback

RumRat wrote: »

As I don't use it, I don't comment on how good or bad it is and I've not really been in a position where I felt the need to change.

At least you owned up to never having actually have used a Linux desktop OS.

Tough to compare something that you've never actually used

RumRat

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Check the web sites you log in to from your pedestal at the top of those hills :rotfl::rotfl:
Oh and what is android (oh sorry are you a iFanboi?)
Are you sure you don't know anyone that uses it, you need to get out more ?:cool:

No idea where you were going with that.....Never mind. I'll let you get on with your homework...

Fightsback wrote: »

At least you owned up to never having actually have used a Linux desktop OS.

Tough to compare something that you've never actually used

I wasn't trying to compare it to anything, that is a completely different debate. Which is why I don't comment in the dedicated Linux thread (that would just be rude ). I Only made the observation that it wasn't necessarily that common everywhere.

Richie-from-the-Boro

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

When I was a kid you were 69 Richie:beer:

Watcher lad, its a bit D!jà vu the linux phanboy argument. Do you REM how many millions of bleats from them over the years we've been here M8.

Linux 1.80% Widows 50.83% this months stats from 'statcounter'

from Richie - ex long term Linux and Windows fan as you know, and now a megga Android fan. Although I'm on Cyanogen Bacon to stop the Phorm madness.

And even at my age I'm not long in the tooth ..... in fact not even any teeth unless you count the plastic ones in the cup I wear once a week when I go to Asda. Take care debitcardmayhem.

debitcardmayhem

@Richie You too big man ; Aspalls rot again :beer:

PS My old sig got booted apparently I couldn't talk about my stroke

Richie-from-the-Boro

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

@Richie You too big man ; Aspalls rot again :beer:

PS My old sig got booted apparently I couldn't talk about my stroke

Everyone knows it [Aspalls] rots your stomach and makes you go mad mind you even water can kill you if you kneck enough of the stuff. Yes noticed your modified sig line someone will have whined to the mods about politically correct[ists] and Libtards having their way. Best of luck my old mate.

prowla

esuhl wrote: »

Wow! Loads of people use GNU/Linux OSes -- including me right now.

It's kinda funny -- apart from people on a few forums, I don't know anyone who uses Windows 10.

Linux is great if you're even slightly interested in computing. You can make it do anything! Once you learn to tame it, the idea of going back to Windows is rather unappealing.

But, despite all its flaws, privacy holes and drawbacks, Windows is quick and easy for people who don't care how their computer works as long as it gets stuff done, which is probably >90% of home users.

The vast majority of web servers run GNU/Linux, as well as many embedded devices (routers, mobile phones, etc.).

Ubuntu Linux is a good desktop environment which I use daily.
I also use Windows 7 and Mac OS X daily; I occasionally use Windows 8, and though I have Windows 10, it's not quite grabbed me (especially when updates broke and I have to get under the bonnet to fix it!).

Any of the OS's will do web browsing and email; if you use Firefox, then you don't even need to know or care which OS you happen to be running it on.

I rate them OS X > Ubuntu > Windows 7 > Windows 10 > Windows 8.

If you must have MS Office then you can have OS X, Windows, or go to a cloud-based service and remove the OS dependency altogether. I don't use any other mainstream apps and I'm not a gamer, so that's not relevant to me.

And not forgetting tablet computers, eg. iPad, though I probably wouldn't use one to write a large document.

Based on the confusion about what the license terms are, I'll hold off upgrading Windows 7 to 10, but will probably forge ahead with converting 8 to 10.

mart44

I'm sticking with Windows 8.1 for an MS Windows system but I'm also happy using Ubuntu. Sometimes have trouble deciding which computer to turn on. Linux is good for most uses but I find it falls down a bit in the gaming department. Some that are available can be lacking graphically. Regarding this however, Steam Games has quite a number for the Linux platform. These work as well and look as good in Linux as they do in MS Windows.

I've tried Windows 10 but found a couple of problems with it that don't happen in Windows 8.1. The Nvidia driver randomly causes trouble and gives an error message (much discussed on the GeForce forums). The menu bar in CorelDraw has turned white. Not easy to use since the caption lettering is white too. There will be no patch issued for the version of CorelDraw that I have.

I've gone back to Windows 8.1 since everything works well on that but will try W.10 again in a few months. Until then, W.8.1 and Ubuntu 15.04 work for me.

ChiefGrasscutter

esuhl wrote: »

But, despite all its flaws, privacy holes and drawbacks, Windows is quick and easy for people who don't care how their computer works as long as it gets stuff done, which is probably >90% of home users.

and a lots of other people who actually use their computer for work.
They really do not have the time to sort out linux 'issues'.
They want to load up the software, know that it will install, work with their printer, and the rest and start getting the job done.

Like others on this forum I don't know anyone who uses linux on a desktop computer.