Why you should replace Windows 7 with Linux
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Stockholm Syndrome.
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@Steffie , all who use an OS with their favorite soft have it, regardless of whether it is Linux, Mac or Win
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@JohnConnorBear when I persuaded friends and family to switch to linux what was I doing? can we say that they were ¨conditioned in thinking¨ they could use linux? in the long run ¨conditioning¨ works only if and when the ¨conditioned¨ person experiences a benefit.
alas the proof of the pudding is in the eating and when they tasted linux they did not like it, that's it, ¨conditioning¨ works only to a certain extent. Someone lasted a few weeks, someone - my daughter - lasted four years, but in the end she realized - working with university colleagues that were using windows 10 - that their life was easier. -
@JohnConnorBear said in Why you should replace Windows 7 with Linux:
This is wy beyond the pros and cons of software, it is about monopolies and abuse of dominant position. Only governments can deal with it. They don't because whoever dominates the market has got money for lobbying.
Exactly.
As a general remark regarding all those sad corporate cheerleader posts, you know joining the devil also makes your life easier, let's do it, right?
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@Steffie Reasoning a bit too much simplistic, you can have the most beautiful, safe and reliable OS in the world, but if it doesn't run the programs you need its usefulness is practically nothing.
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When I suggest a Windows user to use Linux, as in the case of a Windows 7 outdated, or a very old PC, I always do it suggesting to install it in dual boot for a very simple reason. All users throughout using a software or game in Windows want to continue using it, although their OS is obsolete and does not offer security on the network. In dual boot you can continue using it in offline use. Linux is also indicated in PCs dedicated to education, in colleges and universities, since it does not require expensive licenses, in very old PCs, research centers, etc., it is there where it has its strength due to its great adaptability that Windows does not have.
There is no point in being a Taliban of one or the other SO, it always depends on the use, just as it is irrelevant if one prefers Audi or BMW, a utility vehicle or a large car to travel. -
@Catweazle My journey from windoze to Linux beginning in late 2013 was:
- Win7.
- Win7 with VirtualBox installed, & myriad VMs created to play with & learn about Nix distros & DEs.
- Win7 dual-booted with my chosen Nix.
- Nix.
There is undeniably a learning curve, so my process stretched over several months. It was fun, stimulating, exciting, & very illuminating.
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@Steffie , I believe it, but most of the users, at least the ones I know outside this forum, because they are this, plain users who don't really want to complicate their lives.
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@Catweazle I never understand people who lack intellectual curiosity. Yes i know, they are all around us, the world over, & sadly many of them hold great social & political influence. They remain incomprehensible to me however.
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@Steffie , if it's really sad that a lot of people just consume without their own criteria, not only in the computer world. In many this of the "Sapiens" is pure pride, the worst that above are many of these in governments and positions of responsibility.
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@Steffie an eccentric point of view, someone could say that since they have a lot of intellectual curiosity they are uninterested in wasting precious time for something - a computer - which for them is just a tool, especially when in the end what you get is not different than what you would have got without that effort.
Example: learning to bake your own bread is an effort that repays the effort, since in the end you get something with nothing in common with what you can get in a bakery.
Overall it is a matter of choices, no one of us can do it all, most of the time ¨plain users¨ is what we are and it has nothing to do with being or not intellectually curious. -
My nickle's worth (as we don't use pennies anymore).
With all the crap I've been dealing with the past week on Win10 (buggy updates, forced Edge, etc) I'm beginning to think we should also replace it with a n appropriate version of Linux.
My personal leanings are toward Mint Cinnamon, Suse Tumbleweed, or PCLinux.
If I were a more experienced used I might dive into Arch. -
@greybeard , my W10 don't force me anything.
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@Catweazle said in Why you should replace Windows 7 with Linux:
@greybeard , my W10 don't force me anything.
I run ShutUp10 monthly, and have literally almost everything set to "off", so maybe that's why I find Win10 generally no problem at all. Even so, I have had to revert the image viewer to IrfanView on numerous occasions...
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@mossman , no problem with Irfan, but the Win explorer dont show images in some formats, only this issue. Not very important for me.
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@potmeklecbohdan Re: My Chinese middle-section of my post.
LOL
Not sure how old you and other readers are. I'm older than some, younger than others, but suffice it to say that I was involved in the government and corporate level of the internet between, say, 1988 to 2000. I saw it both from the government security aspect and later from the corporate build-out and merger-frenzy to the Dot Com bust.
That's just some perspective of where I am coming from.
The intro dealt with my particular targeted need and uses for Linux as someone seeking a replacement for Windows 7 (which I still use and enjoy).
This post, however, is written from a machine running the Debian-based Q4OS/XPQ4 32bit. So, as a proof of concept, Debian works fine.
For that matter, I am still in the evaluation mode, and have been trying out many (mostly Ubuntu-based) distros.
Simply put, I am completely open-minded as to what my next OS shall be, but I have my druthers as to how that replacement ought to work. Thus, no need to argue (which is silly and unproductive). I just want something that works reliably, safely and is as user-friendly as possible.
Learning is why I am here.
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@Catweazle You are lucky my friend.
For some reason the last two MS updates have played havoc with my Win10 Home system (Windows 10 OS Version 1909 (Build 18363.900)
). Has only happened once before, when the update took 20 hours.
I think their "Home" OS is flaky. In the past I have always used the "Pro" versions and found them stable, even into their old age.
I do not have media to reload the OS so if this continues a migration to Linux may be in the works. -
@greybeard , same as I have, W10 64 1909 18363.900, last update last week (????). Maybe somthing wrong in your settings.
CPU AMD 8Gb
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@greybeard said in Why you should replace Windows 7 with Linux:
replace it with a n appropriate version of Linux
You will not be sorry.
You will have fun, you will find it exciting & challenging [in the best way]. You will learn a lot, you will see & do some things differently, other things just the same. You will have difficulties & problems, annoyances & frustrations, which will only stimulate you to greater heights, & enable increased satisfaction as you defeat them one by one. You will have a sense of wonderment that something so cool & excellent had been hidden from you for so long. You will shake your head in amazement that entirely different workflows are possible & available for you [optional, not mandatory] that you might not have even suspected were possible, when the universe falsely appeared only through Redmond eyes.
You might ultimately decide to stay where you are. Even if that's so, none of the preceding experiences will be negated for you. You still will have grown & expanded.
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@Steffie , but you also cannot condemn those who want to learn from their environment and not how to fight better with OS, where they simply want it to work for their purpose without further complications.
You have a car to travel and see the world, not to learn how to fix its breakdowns every little bit.
Each one has their priorities. Important only that you have them and that you learn from them.