Thread: Goodbye Windows 10

I just had this update plus updates for Office 2010 a couple of days ago and it worked perfectly.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...date-kb4074588

Regards Philip A

Macs just work - day in day out, they’re not the workhorse of the Printing and allied industries no reason!

happy days ......

i prefer warp os/2

Like John, I have been using Linux for some time, partly because my computers have usually been someone's free cast off. There are versions of Linux that perform really well on ten year old computers.

I have also installed Linux on computers for several elderly computer users. Not one of them has ever come back with a comment that Linux is too confusing or that there is too much to get your head around.

I often wonder why some people seem to find it difficult. I can think of a few possible reasons.

Maybe it is quite a few years since they tried Linux and don't realise how much easier many of the versions of Linux are now to install and use.

Maybe it is because they have some strange peripherals that Linux doesn't readily recognise.

Maybe it is because they want to do things with Linux using exactly the same techniques they used with Windows.

Once you accept that Linux is not Windows, it is not difficult. It is different, but for a lot of users the differences never become apparent and they wouldn't have a clue what operating system was behind the software they are using.

At least with Linux, you can download it and try it out without actually installing it on your computer. You can do as John suggested and try a few and either settle on the one you like best or possibly the one some of your friends use so they can offer help in the unlikely event that you will have a problem.

Linux isn't for everyone, but it isn't difficult. You can find out for yourself if it suits you without making any changes to your computer.

I have looked at other versions, but have stayed with various versions of Ubuntu, usually the ones intended for low spec machine. I have used LXLE for a few years now.

Hi,
For the last few years at work I ran Ubuntu on a desktop as a trial for the I.T. boys, to see how it would perform on a Windows domain of 200 odd Win XP and Mac computers.
It was used for routine office tasks and for domain and server administration tasks with no major hassles.

We recommended that the Uni could adopt it and save a fortune in licence fees, but the bean counters wouldn't move from a commercial product and it's legalities.

When I left I was told to take the computer with me as it was quite old. On plugging it in at home and powering up, it gave a message on the screen about doing some checks as it had not been restarted in some 240 days.
That is a long time of heavy use with out needing a restart.
Cheers

This is an interesting thread to read... I myself use Windows (and sometimes have a love/hate relationship with it!) 7 & 10.

I have also used various forms of Linux - Ubuntu was probably the best, Suse, Red Hat, AIX, Xenix (now that's going back a while)...

At work we stick with Windows.. Why? It's still the most common version of operating system out there, with the most applications and importantly - the vast majority of staff know how to use it.

Yes - I've experimented with Ubuntu (at home and in the office) - but retraining the staff just isn't worth the hassle.
Don't get me wrong - Microsoft can be very frustrating. But we also have plenty of problems with our Macs, and don't get me started on iTunes..

At the end of the day - in my experience - it's different horses for courses... My father used to swear by Ubuntu - he hated Microsoft with a passion, but eventually he created a dual boot PC with Windows & Ubuntu because he couldn't get all of the applications that he wanted on Ubuntu...

Cheers,
GG.

Originally Posted by Eevo

i prefer warp os/2

I ran FreeBSD for 12 months or more a looong time ago! Actually spent 18 hours straight getting a sound card working (it was a server o/s, so no native sound support). Then I went more mainstream (?) and ran Suse Linux for a couple of years. Mind you, I was teaching Network Support at the time.

Nowadays, it's a Windows world, but I still reminisce wistfully about The Good Old Days (or maybe I've become an absent-minded old fart?

Originally Posted by donh54

Nowadays, it's a Windows world, but I still reminisce wistfully about The Good Old Days (or maybe I've become an absent-minded old fart?

I was quite fond of NewDOS.