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[wizwor]

Originally Posted by Jack Torrance

Ive never used Linux, nor had any desire to. So I didn't understand the terminology of the joke.

Linux has been brimming with potential since my grown children were in diapers. There's a reason why they don't charge for it.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by Jack Torrance

Ive never used Linux, nor had any desire to. So I didn't understand the terminology of the joke.

Using a linux LiveCD to perform repairs/maintenance on a Windows installation is pretty funny to me.

A linux LiveCD would not have any problems reading your DVD drive and copying over the necessary installation files onto your Windows drive. You can then reboot into Windows, run the driver installers (thus repairing Windows) and finally torch the linux LiveCD in a knee-jerk reaction (until the next time Windows does something unutterably stupid, when you will have to create a new one).

There is no requirement to get brainwashed by the linux recovery disk.

Originally Posted by Jack Torrance

Ive never used Linux, nor had any desire to. So I didn't understand the terminology of the joke.

The joke is that the fastest way to fix a non-functional Windows installation is to use one of it's biggest competitors.

Originally Posted by wizwor

Linux has been brimming with potential since my grown children were in diapers. There's a reason why they don't charge for it.

Oddly enough, the majority of people on this forum are active Linux users and have paid for the privilege.

[Jack Torrance]

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by BWinmill

Oddly enough, the majority of people on this forum are active Linux users and have paid for the privilege.

The majority of MR members are active Linux users? That's an extraordinary claim to make. Do you have any data to back it up?

[MikeB1972]

Originally Posted by HarryT

The majority of MR members are active Linux users? That's an extraordinary claim to make. Do you have any data to back it up?

Most eReaders use a linux based OS

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by MikeB1972

Most eReaders use a linux based OS

That's perfectly true, but I certainly didn't interpret the previous poster's message as meaning that. It's hardly pertinent to the discussion of PC operating systems.

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by wizwor

Linux has been brimming with potential since my grown children were in diapers. There's a reason why they don't charge for it.

Linux has met (and surpassed) my expectations for about eight years now.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by rcentros

Linux has met (and surpassed) my expectations for about eight years now.

It depends what you use a PC for. In my own case I'm a keen photographer and my "must have" program is Adobe Lightroom which, to the best of my knowledge, has no reasonable Linux alternative; it's Windows and Mac only.

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by HarryT

It depends what you use a PC for. In my own case I'm a keen photographer and my "must have" program is Adobe Lightroom which, to the best of my knowledge, has no reasonable Linux alternative; it's Windows and Mac only.

I can understand that. I once worked in a print shop -- certain applications were necessary there, so you used what platform you had to. When folks ask me about PC games and Linux, I tell them that they would probably be happier sticking with Windows. But if you mostly use your computer for email, web browsing, writing -- general computer usage -- Linux is a fine choice. And it's not as if the platform could not handle games, or Lightroom, or the others, it's just that the market is too small. So it's kind of a Catch-22 situation.

At any rate, for my needs, Linux is the much better choice. Less maintenance required and fewer hassles with updating. And it's faster and lighter on the same hardware.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by rcentros

I can understand that. I once worked in a print shop -- certain applications were necessary there, so you used what platform you had to. When folks ask me about PC games and Linux, I tell them that they would probably be happier sticking with Windows. But if you mostly use your computer for email, web browsing, writing -- general computer usage -- Linux is a fine choice.

Yes, I agree entirely.

[kacir]

Originally Posted by HarryT

In my own case I'm a keen photographer and my "must have" program is Adobe Lightroom which, to the best of my knowledge, has no reasonable Linux alternative; it's Windows and Mac only.

Have a look at Dark table
http://www.darktable.org/about/

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by kacir

Have a look at Dark table
http://www.darktable.org/about/

Thank you - looks interesting. Lightroom really is "the" program in this field, though, so it would make sense for me to stick with it.

[eschwartz]

Not just ereaders, but Android is also a linux OS.