Comments | elasg: What's that, Microsoft? You are going to force feed us Win8? I don't think so...

elasg

What's that, Microsoft? You are going to force feed us Win8? I don't think so...

Feb 25, 2014 22:50

So, now that Microsoft has decided to stop supporting XP and their only suggestion is to spend a few hundred or a few thousand on a new PC and move on to their much hated Windows 8 platform, I decided to try another route ( Read more... )

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evil_little_dog February 26 2014, 14:06:33 UTC

adeliedreams used to use Linux exclusively, as I recall. Then again, maybe he didn't. It's been so long since we've been in touch. He (and his dad) used to help me and cornerofmadness with computer problems.

elasg February 26 2014, 21:40:42 UTC

Yeah, I can really see why. If Microsoft doesn't backtrack a LOT with it's next operating system, I may put Linux on any new machine I get from now on ( ... )

evil_little_dog February 26 2014, 21:43:36 UTC

That's very cool.

grey_wonderer February 27 2014, 03:30:58 UTC

Good information. I have an older system with Windows Vista on it. I've heard bad things about Windows 8 but so far have not used it. My son has Windows 7 which he likes.

elasg February 27 2014, 04:02:29 UTC

I like Windows 7 - it's on the PC I'm using now - but the few times I have worked with Windows 8 have been a battle. It's literally a tablet OS they tried to put onto a PC. It's confusing and does things you don't expect - even when you aren't doing anything wrong! I heard one reviewer call the system 'User Hostile' to describe it and that's pretty close to the mark. Everyone I've spoken to about it concurs... and I do mean everyone. I haven't met anyone who likes the operating system that wasn't using it on a tablet. Microsoft also seems to be taking a bath over it - so I hope they've got some plan to come out with something better the next time and soon.

Though, if they don't, Linux is an eminently viable alternative.

ancalime8301 March 1 2014, 05:23:36 UTC

I put Linux on my old laptop after it bluescreened and the only way to repair it was with boot disks that I didn't have. :-p The only downside to using it as a spare computer (like when my mom is visiting--the last time she used my laptop, she got spyware on it within 10 minutes o_O) is that I haven't figured out how to get stuff like Flash to work on the distro I have (updating it requires command line stuff, and I just don't have time to mess with that right now). Which isn't the end of the world, certainly, but considering Facebook games are like Mom's life and those all require Flash, well... ;-)