Posted on 06/11/2018 8:07:50 AM PDT by dayglored
Good points...
I know appliances don’t last like they use to... one repair person told me it was because most of this stuff was built overseas and they don’t have the same values as the old American companies.
Let’s hope Trump can bring back some of the old values - and I don’t mean ‘norms’ like the crap Clinton’s pushing.
Brave New World? We need more soma...
Thank you
If you do try this route, Mac OS upgrades are free - typically the come out in the fall - but your Parallels will need to be upgraded at a cost ($50 +/-).
I usually wait four years or so to upgrade (same price for Parallels, just paid once.)
Well, close. Linux is a free Unix "work-alike" in most respects, but it is definitely NOT Unix. It was specifically written to NOT be Unix, but rather to function mostly like it.
More to the point, the main difference between Linux and Unix is the kernel -- the innermost part of the operating system. They are completely different, but those differences are hidden below the surface of the command and application programs.
Both Linux and Unix use the GNU suite of system commands, and those commands are nearly identical in the two OSes in all respects. Linux and Unix also add their own OS-specific commands to the GNU suite.
The good news is, real Unix is free also, just like Linux. FreeBSD, NetBSD, and others are wonderful operating systems, if you prefer the great stability and security of Unix, and are willing to put up with a limited availability of commercial application software.
In most cases of "I want Unix", Linux is a much better choice, because you get a virtually identical experience from the commandline, and a much richer experience on the desktop.
So will I, but I will stop using it to access the internet. I have Linux and MacOS for that -- I'll continue using Win7 for the Windows-only applications.
I hear ya, and I feel you (and your hubby's) pain.
Worth noting, though -- Bill Gates handed off Microsoft to Steve Ballmer almost two decades ago (2000) and stepped aside. Ballmer screwed things up royally and was eventually replaced by Satya Nadella in 2014, who is doing considerably better. Gates has been out of the picture, as far as any real control of corporate direction, for well over a decade.
I know all that you wrote. I have been working with Unix since the early 80s. I am fully aware of what you pointed out.
I just meant that the distinction between Linux and Unix nowadays is so minimal that is it meaningless, when discussing functionality as a desktop OS to an end user.
In the server world, there is a distinction, with difference. But we were talking Windows desktop replacements here, not server OSes.
(As an aside, I am not a rabid Linux supporter. I prefer the BSDs: NetBSD, OpenBSD or FreeBSD. Much more complete, coherent systems than your typical Linux distribution.)
This is the only thing you wrote that I might take issue with.
Ref: I've used NetBSD, FreeBSD, Ubuntu, and CentOS/RedHat extensively for 20 years (in the case of NetBSD) and 16 years (in the case of RH). I currently use NetBSD where I need a high-security network OS, and Ubuntu as my desktop OS.
I would not trade away Linux for any of the BSDs, on the desktop. Unix is nowhere near as widely supported by application vendors, meaning you're dependent on compiling your own applications, which I do these days only when necessary. Apt and yum are miles ahead of raw pkgsrc, much as I enjoy rolling my own at times. So I would hesitate to call Linux and Unix indistinguishable -- to a typical desktop user.
But to each their own -- that's the beauty of free and open source software, after all. :-)
FRegards, dayglored
You can still buy HP Business machines with Window 7
I wouldn't be surprised at all if you are throttling on your disk. Next time you rip a disk, take a look at all your cores.I've got 8 cores on my box. If at least 4 of them aren't at 100%, whatever I'm doing is likely I/O bound, not CPU bound. I have a few scripts that I run to process data that will actually max out all 8 cores, but they are really scalable processes.
Thanks for that
Thanks.
I just have a dual core processor 2.7. from 2012.
Crunching a 30 GB movie into 4 GB takes some CPU power and I KNOW the CPU is at 100%.
My next box will have heftier capabilities.
Appreciate your thoughts.
My next box will have heftier capabilities.
Oh yeah. You should see a big boost.
Yes. It’s mostly a home theater PC (it’s a Mac Mini) that runs 24/7 and serves the home for music and movies.
Really a great little box.
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