[olug] funny, true but funny

Wed Nov 25 02:22:47 UTC 2009

I'm not sure IF i'd call it better, but I'll retell my story and maybe
this will give you a good idea of what 7 did actually do for someone I
know. They are relatives and had a laptop with XP on it, and about
every 2 months I'd visit, and it would be terribly slow and sometimes
had spyware, and so I got into a habit of just wiping and reinstalling
whenever things got bad.  About a year ago I got zealous and decided
"Linux is good enough for my mom" so I converted her, and tried to
convert this relative, but to no avail, they wanted Windows..

Fine I said. I'd played with the RC of 7 and it seemed pretty stable..
and I'm pretty sadistic.. so I loaded it up and handed it to them..
outside of having some issues with a printer (it was an RC.. I can't
complain.) It's been solid.  I used to get calls from them about twice
a week, and immediatly after I gave it them the calls stopped.

He works for a college and would probably get a full version of 7 for
super cheap.. so.. 7 *may* not be linux to me.. but in this case it
sure beat the pee out of the XP i had installed on that laptop, and
Vista would have not been an option.

I'll never go back I love my Quad Core Linux Mint Box.. it's like my
favorite machine.. I can't wait to build another Linux Desktop.

On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 7:33 PM, Eric Lusk <wyrmzr72 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Mostly it's better because it's less likely to crash... Still not good if you're doing important things, as "less likely" is not as good as "it doesn't crash", but since I'm mostly just gaming with Windows, it works for now.  (But I get good, legit discounts on my Windows purchases).
>
>  I ran the Harry Potter books through a spell checker; none of those spells should work.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: DYNATRON tech <dynatron at gmail.com>
> To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> Sent: Tue, November 24, 2009 5:44:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [olug] funny, true but funny
>
> yes, ben. i have worked for DOD.
> but i'm not sure what that has to do with anything.
>
> eric, why is windows "better" now?
> just gets worse and worse from what i've seen.
> i would agree with your "just for games" statement.
> i'm not the type to make a part-time job out of gaming though. life's too
> short.
>
> i'm down to one windows license (server 2003), and that will be the end of
> my run with microsoft products.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Eric Lusk <wyrmzr72 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Even though Windows is "better", Win7 still crashes on my system.  If it
>> weren't for gaming, I'd be all Linux all the time.  But of course, Windows
>> is now just for games.  If it's really important, rebooting is easy
>> (particularly with a SSD booting both Windows and Linux).
>>
>>  I ran the Harry Potter books through a spell checker; none of those spells
>> should work.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: DYNATRON tech <dynatron at gmail.com>
>> To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
>> Sent: Sat, November 21, 2009 1:56:20 PM
>> Subject: Re: [olug] funny, true but funny
>>
>> don't use windows.
>> don't buy anything with windows.
>> don't buy from companies that include windows in the price.
>> plenty of options out there.
>>
>> i would say the same for apple (they would be worse than M$ if given the
>> opportunity).
>> good hardware/design...sht software, sht support, sht EULA.
>>
>>
>> if your employer uses closed software, convince the company otherwise.
>> when the choice is *free vs. not free* you should have no trouble
>> convincing
>> anyone of reason....
>> ...especially when the free product is far superior in every way.
>> any company that doesn't get this is of questionable stability, IMO.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> the M$-NT "'family' of 'products'" has sucked balls since server2003
>> anyway*, so why subject yourself to it's suckness.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *disclosure - i haven't had 2008, only supported it once, never bought a
>> license
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 8:14 PM, Luke-Jr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:
>>
>> > On Thursday 19 November 2009 03:08:01 pm T. J. Brumfield wrote:
>> > > Actually, if you're not using that license on that computer, you can
>> > > install it legally on another.
>> >
>> > Not if you agree to the EULA, you can't. And if you don't agree to the
>> > EULA,
>> > you're supposed to return it. ;)
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