On Mar 21, 2022 at 11:51:20 AM MST, ""Commander Kinsey"" wrote
<op.1jd9burjmvhs6z@ryzen.lan>:

> On Mon, 14 Mar 2022 22:22:00 -0000, Snit <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Mar 14, 2022 at 4:01:01 AM MST, ""Commander Kinsey"" wrote
>> <op.1i0ovzevmvhs6z@ryzen.lan>:
>> 
>>> On Fri, 11 Mar 2022 04:57:48 -0000, Snit <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 10, 2022 at 9:36:54 PM MST, ""Commander Kinsey"" wrote
>>>> <op.1ium3spnmvhs6z@ryzen.lan>:
>>>> 
>>>>> On Thu, 10 Mar 2022 19:53:13 -0000, Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid>
wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 3/10/22 10:22, Joel wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> [snip]
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> It really is bizarre that he thinks software piracy has no
>>>>>>> consequences, even claiming to "outsmart" Microsoft.  They could
pull
>>>>>>> the plug on him, at any moment.  And frankly, I kind of wish they
>>>>>>> would.  They probably want the pirates' user base, and are willing
to
>>>>>>> take the financial hit, but it's just so moronic to pirate a
>>>>>>> commercial OS, when one can run Linux for free, if they desire
that.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Which makes Linux better. Not just being "free", but from lacking all
>>>>>> that junk being used to enforce a non-free OS (such as the weak link
>>>>>> misleadingly called "activation").
>>>>> 
>>>>> Pity you need to be a geek to understand the interface. Pity not all programs
>>>>> run under Linux.
>>>> 
>>>> I would agree that for many people Linux is not a great choice.
>>> 
>>> Apart from the alledged need to pay for Windows, Linux has no benefits over it.
>> 
>> If there are specific UI features you want or you spend a lot of time in the
>> CLI there are. Sure there are other examples.
> 
> Windows has a perfectly good CLI.  Linux lacks GUI features.

Linux does lack GUI features, but it has an excellent CLI. Windows has
improved in this area, but from those I know who use both Linux is generally
still preferred.

> 
>>> But it has the three major drawbacks of geekyness, lack of software, and
>>> complications. If you look at any of the forums for running the Boinc
>>> distributed computing science stuff, Linux users are plastering about with
>>> libraries. Windows just works.
>> 
>> If "just works" is your focus then Macs are often a better choice... though NO
>> system is without weaknesses and flaws.
> 
> Macs work if you have the mind of a child. A normal adult needs a child to
> explain a Mac.

A claim you keep making but fail to support.

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