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RoccoR5955

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48. All Hail the Penguin!

Fri Nov 23, 2012, 10:50 PM

Nov 2012

GNU/Linux will set you free!

Yes it will! It will set you free from spending a lot of money on a lousy operating system. You will be able to save tons of money and get ALL of your software for FREE. Free as in speech, not free as in beer, that is.

Many flavors of Linux fall under the GNU General Public License. Find out more about that here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License

As far as no anti-virus, I find that fool-hearty, because there are, in fact, viruses for each and every operating system under the sun.

I have used different flavors of Linux on old and new hardware, and it works great. Yes, it does take some learning, but once you get it down, it's not too hard to go to a different flavor.

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Microsoft's ongoing war on a beloved Microsoft product [View all] cthulu2016 Nov 2012 OP

+ one million. drm604 Nov 2012 #1

Hell, Win98SE predates XP and did everything it needed to do. Vista is buggy. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #2

Windows 7 has been relatively well-behaved for me, but my true love is Linux. backscatter712 Nov 2012 #63

The biggest problem I have with Vista is the background processes that eat the machine. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #69

My rule for operating systems is that I never MineralMan Nov 2012 #3

I find that I always lose the use of some software in OS upgrades. cthulu2016 Nov 2012 #4

Same here! nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #14

That's my philosophy. Still on XP and still going strong. drm604 Nov 2012 #35

That's pretty much what we do union_maid Nov 2012 #77

M$ free for over a decade. No stress, no worries, no odious licensing, runs with Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #5

All Hail the Penguin! RoccoR5955 Nov 2012 #48

On the anti-virus thing; the core of the Linux/UNIX OS proscribes/prevents the kind of wholesale Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #62

Not if you don't protect ports RoccoR5955 Nov 2012 #75

one can always use a stick and write in dirt. that's the original way nt msongs Nov 2012 #6

"you had to pay to not use windows7" aletier_v Nov 2012 #7

I haven't used Explorer for years except occasionally. I used Chrome, which plethoro Nov 2012 #8

Want something new and flashy? NoOneMan Nov 2012 #9

Even though I am a Scientist, I have not stripped out the OI of a computer bluestate10 Nov 2012 #11

OI? The interface? Being a scientist doesn't mean this is an area of competence for you, so don't Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #15

Windows is a user interface that is built on an operating system, in the case of Microsoft, that bluestate10 Nov 2012 #61

Gotcha. Integrating the interface with the OS was one of M$ first and worst mistakes. Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #64

You can do this yourself NoOneMan Nov 2012 #18

Many apps work with Wine. L0oniX Nov 2012 #41

I just purchased a computer with Windows 8 Home Edition. bluestate10 Nov 2012 #10

I thought you were going to mention Win8, yet another rearrangement on how to get things done. gtar100 Nov 2012 #12

I refuse to use Internet ExploDer. hobbit709 Nov 2012 #13

Heh. We call it Exploder at our house, too. REP Nov 2012 #17

Windows 7 has been good for me... ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #16

I'm like you........ left on green only Nov 2012 #19

"How the advertising on this board can know web sites I visit" aletier_v Nov 2012 #22

Thank you for this insight....... left on green only Nov 2012 #23

Use a proxy aletier_v Nov 2012 #24

Cookies are only 1/2 the equation. aletier_v Nov 2012 #25

I forgot to mention - Chrome ( and I believe Firefox ) aletier_v Nov 2012 #28

I have stopped most of this dreamnightwind Nov 2012 #36

Thanks for your input! left on green only Nov 2012 #44

Better Privacy is excellent! Science Geek Nov 2012 #56

TRY AdBlock kxm40 Nov 2012 #43

Thanks for your suggestion left on green only Nov 2012 #45

Stopping ads and stopping information collection are different things aletier_v Nov 2012 #50

Got ya! That's what I thought you said. left on green only Nov 2012 #54

Or use a search engine that hides your IP address dreamnightwind Nov 2012 #65

I was happy with XP, too, Blue_In_AK Nov 2012 #20

7 seems to have eliminated quite a bit of the fail that permeates Vista, but it still can't Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #37

XP is a pretty bad-ass little OS johnd83 Nov 2012 #21

Yup, windows versions are like the classic trek movies, every other one is pretty good. Salviati Nov 2012 #27

You're talking about Vista not Windows 7 budkin Nov 2012 #26

My XP works great, and I don't want the snake oil they're now selling, either. loudsue Nov 2012 #29

just get ubuntu d_r Nov 2012 #30

+1 ...try a live verison and check it out first. L0oniX Nov 2012 #40

A perfect example of why I use Linux madokie Nov 2012 #31

kr. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #32

I'm still using XP on two computers and haven't started IE Incitatus Nov 2012 #33

If It Ain't Broke... KharmaTrain Nov 2012 #34

Microsoft's entire business model.. sendero Nov 2012 #38

Any business that makes their website IE use only will either change or take a hit on profit. L0oniX Nov 2012 #39

Still using xp also. Mojorabbit Nov 2012 #42

When it comes to Windows I always skip an OS, Chisox08 Nov 2012 #46

The only good use for Explorer is to download its replacement bhikkhu Nov 2012 #47

If you want an alternative operating system RoccoR5955 Nov 2012 #49

you will have to move to win7 okieinpain Nov 2012 #51

XP is capable of handling/being made to handle IPv6 Heywood J Nov 2012 #74

lol, give it up man. okieinpain Dec 2012 #88

Give what up? Heywood J Dec 2012 #89

Chrome is good. FF beats IE hands down. Dump IE. bluerum Nov 2012 #52

Try Ubuntu or Mint (based on Ubuntu) Linux. There's no need to put up with MS BS and alternatives RKP5637 Nov 2012 #53

I'm running the latest version of Kubuntu, myself. backscatter712 Nov 2012 #57

Yep, Kubuntu works quite well, I was always a fan of KDE. And it RKP5637 Nov 2012 #58

Achieving bug-for-bug compatibility with Windows is no mean feat. backscatter712 Nov 2012 #59

Very well said!!! LOL n/t RKP5637 Nov 2012 #60

They can have my XP... Science Geek Nov 2012 #55

Windows 7 is the best consumer OS Microsoft has ever produced. Spider Jerusalem Nov 2012 #66

By gum! Next, they'll be taking away rotary-dial phones... brooklynite Nov 2012 #67

Better Keep At least one rotary dial mzteaze Nov 2012 #83

No problem with touch tone... brooklynite Nov 2012 #84

Some people are still leasing rotary phones pstokely Nov 2012 #85

I'll stick with XP as long as I possibly can eridani Nov 2012 #68

Sometimes I pine for the simplicity of XP... but then... ReverendDeuce Nov 2012 #70

strangely enough, I have become a fan of Vista quinnox Nov 2012 #71

Get 7 instead. Occulus Nov 2012 #72

Licensing is a "key" (pun intneded) difference between XP and everything else going forward. MindPilot Nov 2012 #73

I have XP & haven't used Internet Explorer for browsing in years! Autumn Colors Nov 2012 #76

I work in IT... smccarter Nov 2012 #78

Sorry, but Windows 7 Pro 64 bit is much better than XP Pro. MicaelS Nov 2012 #79

Agreed. Win 7 is great budkin Nov 2012 #82

sometimes obsolescence doesn't work as planned.... unblock Nov 2012 #80

linux changes every 6 months wisechoice Nov 2012 #81

The point is that IE9 won't run on XP, but cthulu2016 Nov 2012 #86

That is because probably they are far behind wisechoice Nov 2012 #87