[ShadowAce]

Tech Ping

[datricker]

aw crap - that’ll ruin linux better go read the OpenBSD install guide. Been meaning to do that for awhile anyhow. Just its been since 1996 or 97 I’ve been all over that kernel.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I still won't buy it or any MicroSlop product.

And as the old adage goes, "You could put wheels on my grandmother but that don't make her a wagon."

[dayglored]

I've been saying and posting for years (you can check my FR comments for the last decade) that Microsoft should just rip out the NT kernel/codebase and replace it with either BSD Unix or Linux.

This is not a new concept. But it's a risky one; not for Microsoft, but for the Open Source Linux community.

Would it improve Windows? Quite possibly.

Would it kill off Linux as a Windows-independent OS? Quite possibly.

Embrace - Extend - Extinguish

[dayglored]

Windows  10  11 ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

Thanks to ShadowAce for the Tech Ping!

[MichaelRDanger]

Sorry but this guy seems like an idiot:

“Remember when letting your Windows system get automatic patches every month was nothing to worry about? I do. Good times.”

I started building PC’s for people in the late 1980’s. Because PC’s have so many different configurations, include so many different devices (each with there own drivers), there has “always” been the potential for conflicts with new updates.

Apple’s are a closed system which Apple tightly controls. Microsoft is an open system which allows people to “roll their own” and hot-rod their systems. This increase in variability increases the probability of software conflicts.

I remember the world of DOS with config.sys and autoexec.bat and the need for memory management. I was a beta tester for Windows 95 and XP. There has “always” issues with security patches and updates. That the author of this article doesn’t remember this casts doubts on his credibility...

[TomGuy]

Remember when letting your Windows system get automatic patches every month was nothing to worry about? I do. Good times.

I disagree with that statement. Various Windows upgrades/updates have created problems going back to 95 and 98. Numerous times, upgrades have killed log-ins for some brands of computers/laptops. MS updates have always been iffy. That is why I turned them off with XP and later with Win7. That is why I have still not fully jumped onto the Win10 version -- where updates cannot be turned off. Even with Win7 updates turned off, emergency/critical updates still happen and numerous times I have had to resort to a System Restore just to get Win7 running.

I do have a Win10 tablet. (I only use it to listen to radio streams, because it is just too frustrating to use for 'real' computing.) Sometimes it will upgrade once a week. Other times it will upgrade 2 to 4 times in a 24-hour period. The problem is that with frequent upgrades, any open programs are automatically closed and the tablet stalls out. I have to hold the ON/OFF button to shut it down and then press and hold again for it to start up from scratch.

A Windows-11 might be a saving grace for MS, because 10 is about a bad as the ole VISTA and Win8.

[redhead]

I’ve been gradually moving my favorites over to Firefox for the last 6 months. My daughter works for MS, but I’m really done with the way they handle some of my platforms. I can’t even watch my Rugby on windows! LOL!

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Not a bad idea.

[Seruzawa]

Wait. I thought Windows10 was supposed to be the last OS. Lol

[Tell It Right]

A complete redo of the kernel is a yuuuugge undertaking.

[mowowie]

I thought that win 10 was forever..

[Buckeye McFrog]

But why would you want to go and ruin Linux?

[upchuck]

If by running with Linux, this means MSFT will stop all the updates to the updates to the patches released Oct 8, 2019 and all the intrusiveness, I might consider giving it try.

[YogicCowboy]

For someone who is not incompetent, but is no computer expert:

What is the most efficient and effective approach to transferring from Windows 7 to Linux?

I liked XP, and like 7. I want nothing to do with 10.

I am a composer, among other specialized avocations, with very specific concomitant applications.

I already lost some valued programs when switching from XP to 7. (The Virtual XP setup never really worked well for me.) My concern is losing Windows-only programs that I must have.

[Paal Gulli]

I’ve been running Windows on Linux for years. Not to mention OSX, Android, OS2 and MS-DOS.

It’s called Virtualbox.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualBox

I’ve been running UNIX tools on Windows even longer. It’s called GnuWin32.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GnuWin32