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Forum: General 04-04-2024, 10:45 AM
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Posted By wpeckham
Actually there has been code and comment cleanup...

Actually there has been code and comment cleanup to conform with recent "community standards" documents to make code, comments, and documentation less offensive and more inclusive. Alas, "colorful...
Forum: General 03-15-2024, 07:24 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,884
Posted By wpeckham
Right. When I want "Equivalent to Windows" I run...

Right. When I want "Equivalent to Windows" I run ReactOS. When I want "a whole lot BETTER than Windows" I run Linux.
Forum: General 03-13-2024, 09:13 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,884
Posted By wpeckham
There is now no country in Africa (which is...

There is now no country in Africa (which is larger than the EU, USA, India, and China COMBINED) where internet connected clients are 50% or more Microsoft operating systems. Linux (NOT counting...
Forum: General 03-12-2024, 08:27 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,884
Posted By wpeckham
I understood what hazel as being quite correct as...

I understood what hazel as being quite correct as originally written. You added a word that made it LESS correct.
Forum: General 03-09-2024, 01:00 PM
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Views: 406,884
Posted By wpeckham
You cannot run ANYTHING using ONLY the operating...

You cannot run ANYTHING using ONLY the operating system, so clearly I know that those governments running entirely on FOSS are running more than Linux.
How could you miss that?

As an aside, Linux...
Forum: General 03-08-2024, 10:13 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,884
Posted By wpeckham
To those nations with over 40% saturation and...

To those nations with over 40% saturation and running their entire governments using FOSS software and operating systems it is more than relevant. NASA has been running on Linux for YEARS! Most of...
Forum: General 03-07-2024, 10:09 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,884
Posted By wpeckham
An techrights article of interest on this...

An techrights article of interest on this subject. https://techrights.org/n/2024/03/07/Where_GNU_Linux_is_Measured_as_Highly_Adopted_This_Month.shtml illustrating how some countries have adopted...
Forum: General 03-06-2024, 11:29 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,884
Posted By wpeckham
Statistics are now available and they look odd. ...

Statistics are now available and they look odd. Some seem to indicate that Win-11 upgrades in some zones are going BACKWARDS! Does that mean some people are regressing systems from Win-11 back to...
Forum: General 12-30-2023, 03:34 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,884
Posted By wpeckham
That page reports 83.1% of all web servers...

That page reports 83.1% of all web servers presenting as Unix (AIX, HP-UX, Linux, BSD) and I would call 83%+ nearly all.
Forum: General 12-29-2023, 11:44 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,884
Posted By wpeckham
I do not take what YOU run, or what I run, as...

I do not take what YOU run, or what I run, as significant in terms of the internet as a whole. I go by the reported server statistics. And now you seem to be splitting hairs to make argument. I do...
Forum: General 12-29-2023, 04:17 PM
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Views: 406,884
Posted By wpeckham
#1 he said NEARLY all, and yes it is very close. ...

#1 he said NEARLY all, and yes it is very close. I would rate his comment "true" and your first sentence "false".
Arguably the BEST run Linux or Linux derivatives.

#2 Your second sentence...
Forum: General 12-29-2023, 01:13 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,884
Posted By wpeckham
Disclaimer: The only Apple machines I owned or...

Disclaimer: The only Apple machines I owned or used regularly were clones of the Apple-IIe. Other than that I never got into those little fruit machines.

#1 that "just works" joke is not funny....
Forum: General 12-26-2023, 12:58 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,884
Posted By wpeckham
Sure. Load your OS onto READ ONLY (or write once...

Sure. Load your OS onto READ ONLY (or write once read many) media and it cannot be changed without replacing the media. Immutable!
Forum: General 12-24-2023, 10:48 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,884
Posted By wpeckham
See post #3664. I have used DSL, TinyCore,...

See post #3664.
I have used DSL, TinyCore, Puppy Linux, and others this way. It is just the trick for a firewall or other edge device that may suffer attacks from external threat agents (There is...
Forum: General 12-24-2023, 10:32 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,884
Posted By wpeckham
Well in these cases the user is allowed to become...

Well in these cases the user is allowed to become root, and root is allowed full access so it is allowed to be root, but the core of the OS is protected by HARDWARE restrictions. Hardware beats...
Forum: General 12-23-2023, 04:49 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,884
Posted By wpeckham
I am saying if you want a distribution that is...

I am saying if you want a distribution that is truly immutable, we have those. In fact, virtually any distribution that can be run live with persistence can be run that way. It is not the most...
Forum: General 12-23-2023, 12:45 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,884
Posted By wpeckham
Booting from a CD or DVD is immutable. Booting...

Booting from a CD or DVD is immutable. Booting from a read-only ISO image in Frugal mode is pretty darn close. Booting from an ISO in Frugal mode that resides on a CD is almost rock solid. Getting...
Forum: General 12-22-2023, 11:21 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,884
Posted By wpeckham
Interestingly, the same things that make you want...

Interestingly, the same things that make you want to develop on Windows (archaic) and not Linux is what drives developers to develop on Linux and avoid Windows. Linux has stability for development...
Forum: General 12-21-2023, 11:25 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,884
Posted By wpeckham
In a word, community. The Linux community is...

In a word, community.
The Linux community is the largest of all the software/OS communities in the world, and the guts of the system are public information. That means we can and do share...
Forum: General 06-05-2023, 11:17 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,884
Posted By wpeckham
I have to say that I have only ONCE purchased a...

I have to say that I have only ONCE purchased a machine just to run Linux and that came with Linux: and that was a Pinebook Pro. All my other machines came with Windows or were designed for windows,...
Forum: General 06-03-2023, 09:19 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,884
Posted By wpeckham
That is a factor, but the bigger one is that...

That is a factor, but the bigger one is that Linux distributions allow you, in fact ENCOURAGE you, to control the schedule for your patches to be applied. With Linux it is up to the user or...
Forum: General 06-01-2023, 03:44 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,884
Posted By wpeckham
Windows was really remarkable and one of the best...

Windows was really remarkable and one of the best options as a desktop OS for general use until Coherent (From Mark Williams group: brilliant work!) became available. When Linux flew past Coherent...
Forum: General 01-03-2015, 06:29 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,884
Posted By wpeckham
Find better reasons...

<quote>
It is mostly less common, specialized software
Such as sound card FFT/Scope and processing software.
IDA Pro disassembler

I haven't found much for video editing software for Linux
...
Forum: General 01-03-2015, 12:39 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,884
Posted By wpeckham
RE: "Sorry but this isn't true. There is still a...

RE: "Sorry but this isn't true. There is still a lot of more specific software that is Windows only."

Can you name two that are not unique becuase the only work on, with, and for Microsoft...
Forum: General 01-03-2015, 12:25 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,884
Posted By wpeckham
Software

More, and more capable, applications run on Linux than on any version of Windows. Many more Linux applications are free, Open Source and free, or free for personal use. You can decide to use (and...
Forum: General 01-01-2015, 10:57 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,884
Posted By wpeckham
Windows 10 or Linux

I guess I do not really understand the issues. I have been using computers since long before Microsoft arrived, and use Linux at home and work and Windows at work. There is nothing I can do on...
Forum: General 12-23-2014, 06:26 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,884
Posted By wpeckham
All of the technical, political, and philosphical...

All of the technical, political, and philosphical detail is irrelevant if you have not defined the standard by which to determine what constitutes "better". The OP has really not.

I have used...
Forum: General 12-17-2014, 06:14 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,884
Posted By wpeckham
Windows 10 better than Linux?

I am willing to give Windows a try, as soon as they offer me a copy cheaper than Debian.
Forum: General 01-20-2011, 10:05 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,884
Posted By wpeckham
Game systems

Most 'breaking' (what you called hacking) offends me. In the case of appliances such as game systems, disk players, and even my car (Yes, it has a flashable computer or two) I am offended by the...
Forum: General 12-31-2010, 08:36 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,884
Posted By wpeckham
Don't like..

So, you came to linuxquestions.org just why exactly?
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