On November 20th Windows is going to be 30 years old, yet with each new version it seems to get worst not better. Why is it, that Windows is such a PITA to update???
With Linux, which is 6 years younger than Windows, you just check for updates, it tells you if there are any, and if there are you install them and go on your way in about 2 minutes time. Also about 99 times out of 100 you DO NOT need to shut-down & re-start.
At any rate, I needed to fire up a Windows box for some reason and it's been so long waiting for this update to complete that I've forgot what it was now!!! LOL
Dennis
Quote from: BallAquatics on March 17, 2015, 07:25:39 PM
On November 20th Windows is going to be 30 years old, yet with each new version it seems to get worst not better. Why is it, that Windows is such a PITA to update???
With Linux, which is 6 years younger than Windows, you just check for updates, it tells you if there are any, and if there are you install them and go on your way in about 2 minutes time. Also about 99 times out of 100 you DO NOT need to shut-down & re-start.
At any rate, I needed to fire up a Windows box for some reason and it's been so long waiting for this update to complete that I've forgot what it was now!!! LOL
Dennis
LOL....Win-doze strikes again.....actually when it's hitting on all cylinders, it's not bad....note tho, I haven't used 'Explorer' in many, many years..... ;D
Quote from: BallAquatics on March 17, 2015, 07:25:39 PM
On November 20th Windows is going to be 30 years old, yet with each new version it seems to get worst not better. Why is it, that Windows is such a PITA to update???
With Linux, which is 6 years younger than Windows, you just check for updates, it tells you if there are any, and if there are you install them and go on your way in about 2 minutes time. Also about 99 times out of 100 you DO NOT need to shut-down & re-start.
At any rate, I needed to fire up a Windows box for some reason and it's been so long waiting for this update to complete that I've forgot what it was now!!! LOL
Dennis
lol. I have a couple of windoze boxes that I need to start up if I can ever get situated here. I know those updates are going to go on all night. And don't forget about the updates to the updates. ???
I run CS 4 illustrator, PS and Indesign at the same time on an XP box. I get about the same amount of crashes as a sMacs so really there is no perfect system.
I can't remember the last time my Debian system crashed. With the 2 dual-core Xeon processors Debian see it as 4 separate 3.6GHz systems, one for each desk-top!!!
(http://www.mugwump-fish-world.com/images/z-pro-debian-8.png)
On a typical work day I'll run web browsers on desktop #1. Filezilla FTP client on desktop #2. Leave desktop #3 open for misc apps. Run a LAMP stack local web-dev server system on desktop #4.
Dennis
Now that's efficiency.... ;D
:o :o :o :o :o
Bye, bye Internet Explorer...that's that good news...the bad news is that it will be in Win10....oh boy, out of the pan and into the.....??? I hope that there's more to the rehab for Win 8 than that....??
There are better browsers as all know. I used IE only once on each system. To download FF or Chrome. Neither is perfect of course better is way better than IE.
Yea, I think the IT community left IE sometime after version 6..... I use a version of Chrome most of the time just because of it's enhanced abilities with Google Apps. As a web developer though, I check sites with IE, Safari, Opera, FireFox/Iceweasel, Chrome, and the Android browser.
Dennis
What's your opinion on 'IceCat'....formerly known as 'IceWeasel'..?? Is it nothing more than a Firefox clone....?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_IceCat
They are basically the same, except the Debian version does not contain any NON-FREE code. It's also rated as a bit more secure. I haven't noticed any big differance in either of them, Iceweasel in Debian / FireFox in Windows.
(http://www.mugwump-fish-world.com/images/iceweasel.png)
Dennis