The sixty-year old guy's password: "NowIsTheWinterOfOurDiscontent"
The thirty-year-old guy's password: "trumpsucks" ("trumpsucksbigtime" if you're lucky).
You could use something like "mkpasswd -l 29" or if you are really paranoid "mkpasswd -l 64". Now all you have is the problem of remembering it unless you have a password database which you secure with a password of 123456.;-)
Anyone else notice the company is NAMED for a species of bottom-feeding catfish?
Well colour me surprised here it is . Basically, Corydoras is a genus of freshwater in the armoured catfish family -- seems fairly appropriate for this companies name.
In addition, Corydoras are generally found in smaller-sized streams, along the margins of larger rivers, in marshes and ponds -- Wow this seems familiar.
Their feeding method is to search the bottom with their sensory barbels and suck up food items with their mouth, often burying their snout up to their eyes, one of the reasons a soft sand substrate is preferable -- This seems to describe patent trolls in general. I wonder if a "soft sand substrate is preferable" refers to Texas?
You are quite right most users can't use a debugger or program for that matter, however, they can send in a fault report which is normally available for both open and closed source applications. At least with an open source fault you are more likely to get the problem fixed fairly quickly especially if the fault is deemed to be critical.
When I say "deemed to be critical" I mean that the maintainers or developers will determine this. Too many people have wish lists which in the majority of cases are cosmetic and definitely not critical
Until somebody comes up with an open-source Mathematica clone (and manages to survive Wolfram's lawyers), the world will never be 100% open source. Mathematica is unique, and is decades ahead of its nearest equivalent.
Well, you could use SageMath in place of Mathematica.
For Fedora users "dnf install sagemath" or for people using the Debian distributions you could use apt-get.
Basically, Mathematica is a very specialized piece of software that I would go as far as saying that over 99% or the total population of PC users would never be aware of or could countenance using.
I spent the last week trying to get Fedora into a usable state as a desktop OS only to have it fucking puke on the floor and shit itself before running off into a corner to cry like a little baby. One "dnf remove application" was all it took for dnf to literally uninstall its own fucking dependencies (sqlite3) and render the entire system unusable. Ok, fine, I switched to Ubuntu MATE and within 5 minutes of adding the nVidia PPA for the latest drivers the system crashed and wouldn't boot anymore due to kernel/nvidia driver issues
That's strange I installed Fedora 23 KDE spin on my new Skylake desktop which I built myself in December 2015. I did not have any issues or have had any issues since. I also have Fedora 23 on two of my laptops, one (AMD) seven years and the other (Intel i7) six years old, both work fine.
Well, my home PC dates back to 2009 and it runs Linux.
I have two laptops one 7 years old and the other 6 years, both have been running Linux (Fedora) since I purchased them. I have also used these laptops in a Professional capacity whilst working in a Microsoft-centric environment without any major issues. I do upgrade or should I say fresh install (it's the quickest) every time a new release comes out and that normally takes about an hour.
Fast forward to December 2015, I finally decided to build my own desktop with the latest Intel Skylake chipset. All I did was to select "Other OS" in the BIOS and I installed Fedora 23 without any problems. Basically, it took me about 20 minutes for the install, 15 minutes for customization, about one hour for the update and five hours for my personal data recovery with the update and the recovery running together. Even during the update and recovery phase I could still use the installed applications.
As for printers I have never had a printer or scanner issue with using Linux for home or corporate (17 years) use. However, the firms I worked for always made sure they had decent printers.
I hate to bust your bubble here but Microsoft only has mainstream support for Windows 8 (8.1 is a service pack) as well as Windows 10. Take a look here and Win 8 is only mainstream supported till January 9, 2018 which is not that far away. Sure you can get extended support for Vista, Win 7 and even Win 8 but you will be paying for that.
I will concede that Microsoft only support 8.1 (which is a service pack for 8.0), however mainstream support for 8.1 is January 9, 2018 (as per the Microsoft web site). I did not explain it properly however I did provide the URL for the Microsoft support information site. Even if you still had MS Win 8 you can still get a free upgrade to 8.1 see here so even though I was technically wrong in stating Win 8 was mainstream supported till January 9, 2018 there is no associated cost with upgrading to Win 8.1 and getting free "mainstream support" at least until January 9, 2018.
There are two types of support Microsoft provides for their operating systems, they are "mainstream support" which is free while "extended support" requires you to pay for it and somehow I doubt most home PC users would pay for this service.
Because people paid for those operating systems and expect full support for them for the listed amount of time. Give me a break, Windows 8.1 is essentially brand new and Windows 10 has no features worth mentioning that differentiate it from a Windows 8.1 service pack. Should they list their support as "supported until 2023 or until we change our mind"?
I hate to bust your bubble here but Microsoft only has mainstream support for Windows 8 (8.1 is a service pack) as well as Windows 10. Take a look here and Win 8 is only mainstream supported till January 9, 2018 which is not that far away. Sure you can get extended support for Vista, Win 7 and even Win 8 but you will be paying for that.
If you are a PC gamer then you either upgrade or you will not be able to play DirectX 12 games since that suit of API's is only supported on Windows 10.
Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1 are competitors to Windows 10 which costs them more to maintain and with fewer monetization/expansion options, why would they do anything but encourage you to move to the new great future they believe they have created?
Would you rather have them try to update four operating systems, or just one?
Actually except for Windows 8 (8.1 is a service pack) all other versions of MS Windows are not mainstream supported unless you subscribe to extended support. You can check out which Microsoft operating systems are supported here . Even mainstream Windows 8 will be unsupported come January 9, 2018. So basically Microsoft is really only supporting one other OS version beside MS Windows 10 and that is MS Windows 8
Like it or not you will have to go to Windows 10 unless you give Microsoft the middle finger and install a Linux distribution or spend the money buying an Apple PC. Another reason to get MS Windows 10 is the fact that DirectX 12 only runs on MS Windows 10 so if you are an avid gamer then you either make the move or you won''t be able to play the latest DX12 based games.
Unfortunately the majority of PC users will either just upgrade to Win 10 or go out an buy a new PC which will come with (you guessed it) MS Windows 10 rather than install any Linux distribution. Of course those who build their own PC still have the option of purchasing Win 10 usually by "green parrot" delivery or by installing a Linux distribution.
What have I got? Well I built my own with the latest Intel Skylake architecture which is Z170 motherboard, Core i7, and DDR memory all with a Fedora 23 operating system and I don't miss any Microsoft centric software. I even have Android, Mint and SteamOS virtual machines.
It will be nice to not have to worry about my Windows 7 development machines not being turned over to the Dark Side.
Yes it is, however are you aware of Windows 7 support by Microsoft actually expired on January 13, 2015 and unless you have extended support which expires January 14, 2020 you are effectively running on an unsupported operating system. That may be fine for home PC users however it may not be all that good for commercial businesses. Actually just on curiosity what are you developing for since Windows 7 is not longer mainstream supported?
If you are an avid gamer then you will have to shift to Windows 10 since DirectX 12 is only supported on this operating system unless you don't want to play the latest MS Windows centric games.
Why do you think I was trying to compile from source?
Hint: it wouldn't install because of dependency failures.
Then you have a problem with your Debian installation if you have dependency failures.
Not sure what since you have not given us much to go on but I just tested out the "sudo apt-get install imagemagick" on Linux Mint which I run in a virtual machine and I had no problems. Of course I could have run the GUI install but for completeness I just went for the command line.
The whole installation took less than a minute and this includes all dependences as well as imagemagick.
It should be noted that "app-get" should report on the dependency failures and the packages they pertain to which would most likely be a one or more third party packages.
You're right about that. If Adobe were motivated to port CS to Debian, I'd be there in a heartbeat.
I think they'd have to spin their own distro, though. CS is a complex suite and has enough trouble running on Windows. I can't imagine it being certified to work under even the top ten most popular distros.
Just imagine the reaction from the FOSS community if Adobe were to put out AdobeOS.
Well you could look at Linux equivalents to Adobe's Creative Suite/Cloud here . If you really insist on Adobe because it's Adobe then I really can't help, after all it's your money.
Of course, in the enterprise, neither OS X nor Linux can be managed anywhere near as effectively as Windows.
I beg to differ. It is incredibly easy to customise Linux repositories for use in an enterprise environment. Basically it takes only a few hours (depends on your network) to initially synchronise with a master repository from first principles, then all you need to do is to provide the appropriate customised repository or repositories (takes a few minutes) with of course the appropriate change requests (that can take some time) and you are good to go.
The above works with Linux in the machine room and Linux for the desktop. Maintenance for such a setup normally takes less than one hour a week.
This also won't apply to you, because TFA is about blocking access to the App Store using Group Policies, which means a AD Domain connected device, not your home PC.
Everything else you wrote I entirely agree with, if I didn't use Photoshop and Lightroom so much I'd install Linuxmint on my main desktop right now.
You do know there are Linux equivalents to Photoshop and Lightroom. Sure they may not be 100% equivalent but they are functionally close. Not only that but they are free and are maintained.
Of course if you absolute must have Photoshop and Lightroom and don't mind the cost then you can run them under Wine or even in a virtual machine.
I run MATE over UBUNTU. Auto-update & *synaptic package manager* do 95% of chandler chores; *apt-get* or PPA snatch odd-apps. That's sufficient for my three Linux boxes.
What a minute you can't say that since we all know that modern computer users will get a brain aneurysm at the mere mention of the words "command line"... Woops.
You should have mentioned the GUI application that allows people to maintain the software on their computer. We have probably lost a few modern computer users here.... Oh well.:-)
Does anybody actually still believe Linux is a viable desktop platform any more?
Well I am writing this comment from Chrome which is running under Fedora 23 which in turn is running on the latest Skylake Core i7 chip-set which took me a time consuming 30 minutes to install without any issues. I also have Android, Mint and SteamOS virtual machines. Does that count?
I have looked for MS Windows but my green parrot gets sick at the mere mention of it.
MS stopped trying to get us to CHOOSE windows. they now have decided to say 'fuck it' and just force whatever they want on people and with win10, they remove all your choices. little by little, the frog is slowly cooked and users are having all their choices taken away, for rejecting updates and for setting policies on their own.
Unfortunately the frog (read populous) has been in the pot too long and it is now almost too late for them to jump out although there are now a few brave ones doing so.
you and I will reject windows, but again, we are not big enough ($$) to even register on the pocket-change o-meter that MS has.
You are quite right, however at least we can say that we have saved allot of money by not purchasing Microsoft applications when most of the applications we use fit our requirements perfectly.
That, and the fact that I can buy cheap peripherals (scanners, printers, etc) in any store and there's a 90% or better chance that it'll work when I plug it into a Windows box. Depending on the peripheral, that rate is WAY lower on Linux.
Actually depending on the company buying so called cheap peripherals is a sure way a System Admin could loose their job. Any decent System manager has to not only look at the cost for said peripheral but present a case for it to be purchased and that means everything associated with the particular peripheral including consumables. Whatever you do with something you own is your business.
As for Linux the 1990's called and want's it's FUD back. I have worked in the enterprise and it use to annoy the managers when I who used that Communistic based Linux operating system had no problem at all connecting to and using all peripherals while they (the managers) had plenty of issues. What was even more annoying for some was the fact that I had no problems with reading and writing Microsoft Office documents by just using LibreOffice.
I am fairly sure that this type of thing is really going to annoy business managers since if you want to have a server updated you have to go through Q&A on all potential updates with a change request being raised and approved. This is nothing unusual in many business and any system admin who allows updates to be installed on a machine without written permission is likely to be shown the door.
Obviously this is different for an employees computer, however some firms do want some control over what is installed and updated on a PC that is owned by the firm. Just trusting Microsoft to do the right thing is for some companies risky.
After support for 7 ends I might have to migrate from Windows. I can't stand the look and feel of the new interface. Making everything flat with primary colored tiles was an awful choice. It looks like a half assed X window manager from the 90s.
If you are into PC gaming under a Microsoft OS then you will be forced to upgrade to MS Windows 10 by stealth. Only MS Windows 10 will have DirectX12 so if you like to play the latest games then you will have no choice but to upgrade or pay for the license if you let the free upgrade offer expire.
Personally I don't really care since I have been using Linux as my primary OS for over eight years and honestly don't miss Microsoft Windows. I do run virtual machines but the last time I ran a Microsoft OS in one was over five years ago and that was only for a particular web based application that I needed at the time although not any more.
It's not just attempting to install an update it is completely displaying that information over what you were currently doing that is the annoyance.
I have never seen any Linux distribution have a full screen popup that does what MS Windows does. When one or more updates are available for a Linux distribution I would normally get a tiny popup which just informs me that updates are available and it would disappear in a few seconds. At no stage would this popup actually interfere with what I was currently doing.
Even if I had automatic updates set to "on" I would only get a tiny popup saying that the updates are installing and unless I had a really low power PC the updates would not even interfere with what I was currently doing. This has been the case with most Linux distributions since the 1990's.
If I was running a full screen application most information popups don't even appear although a sound may occur if I have configured for this. Normally a status icon on the task bar shows up to indicate that updates are available or have been installed and you would only be aware of this if you actually look at the task bar.
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The sixty-year old guy's password: "NowIsTheWinterOfOurDiscontent"
The thirty-year-old guy's password: "trumpsucks" ("trumpsucksbigtime" if you're lucky).
You could use something like "mkpasswd -l 29" or if you are really paranoid "mkpasswd -l 64". Now all you have is the problem of remembering it unless you have a password database which you secure with a password of 123456. ;-)
Anyone else notice the company is NAMED for a species of bottom-feeding catfish?
Well colour me surprised here it is . Basically, Corydoras is a genus of freshwater in the armoured catfish family -- seems fairly appropriate for this companies name.
In addition, Corydoras are generally found in smaller-sized streams, along the margins of larger rivers, in marshes and ponds -- Wow this seems familiar.
Their feeding method is to search the bottom with their sensory barbels and suck up food items with their mouth, often burying their snout up to their eyes, one of the reasons a soft sand substrate is preferable -- This seems to describe patent trolls in general. I wonder if a "soft sand substrate is preferable" refers to Texas?
You are quite right most users can't use a debugger or program for that matter, however, they can send in a fault report which is normally available for both open and closed source applications. At least with an open source fault you are more likely to get the problem fixed fairly quickly especially if the fault is deemed to be critical.
When I say "deemed to be critical" I mean that the maintainers or developers will determine this. Too many people have wish lists which in the majority of cases are cosmetic and definitely not critical
Once you get a taste of libre software, there is simply no going back to the proprietary crap. Period. End of discussion.
To what extent do end users who have tried both SuperTuxKart and Mario Kart 8 prefer the former?
Sorry, I prefer Dark Souls and Bloodborne and I did "git gud" although I could "git bttr". :-)
Mathematica.
Until somebody comes up with an open-source Mathematica clone (and manages to survive Wolfram's lawyers), the world will never be 100% open source. Mathematica is unique, and is decades ahead of its nearest equivalent.
Well, you could use SageMath in place of Mathematica.
For Fedora users "dnf install sagemath" or for people using the Debian distributions you could use apt-get.
Basically, Mathematica is a very specialized piece of software that I would go as far as saying that over 99% or the total population of PC users would never be aware of or could countenance using.
I spent the last week trying to get Fedora into a usable state as a desktop OS only to have it fucking puke on the floor and shit itself before running off into a corner to cry like a little baby. One "dnf remove application" was all it took for dnf to literally uninstall its own fucking dependencies (sqlite3) and render the entire system unusable. Ok, fine, I switched to Ubuntu MATE and within 5 minutes of adding the nVidia PPA for the latest drivers the system crashed and wouldn't boot anymore due to kernel/nvidia driver issues
That's strange I installed Fedora 23 KDE spin on my new Skylake desktop which I built myself in December 2015. I did not have any issues or have had any issues since. I also have Fedora 23 on two of my laptops, one (AMD) seven years and the other (Intel i7) six years old, both work fine.
Well, my home PC dates back to 2009 and it runs Linux.
I have two laptops one 7 years old and the other 6 years, both have been running Linux (Fedora) since I purchased them. I have also used these laptops in a Professional capacity whilst working in a Microsoft-centric environment without any major issues. I do upgrade or should I say fresh install (it's the quickest) every time a new release comes out and that normally takes about an hour.
Fast forward to December 2015, I finally decided to build my own desktop with the latest Intel Skylake chipset. All I did was to select "Other OS" in the BIOS and I installed Fedora 23 without any problems. Basically, it took me about 20 minutes for the install, 15 minutes for customization, about one hour for the update and five hours for my personal data recovery with the update and the recovery running together. Even during the update and recovery phase I could still use the installed applications.
As for printers I have never had a printer or scanner issue with using Linux for home or corporate (17 years) use. However, the firms I worked for always made sure they had decent printers.
I hate to bust your bubble here but Microsoft only has mainstream support for Windows 8 (8.1 is a service pack) as well as Windows 10. Take a look here and Win 8 is only mainstream supported till January 9, 2018 which is not that far away. Sure you can get extended support for Vista, Win 7 and even Win 8 but you will be paying for that.
Actually, you're the one who has it wrong. Microsoft preempted the original Windows 8 release with the 8.1 release. They no longer support 8.0 and the 8.1, Update 1 release is the one being supported through 2023.
Think of if like Windows 98 vs 98SE.
I will concede that Microsoft only support 8.1 (which is a service pack for 8.0), however mainstream support for 8.1 is January 9, 2018 (as per the Microsoft web site). I did not explain it properly however I did provide the URL for the Microsoft support information site. Even if you still had MS Win 8 you can still get a free upgrade to 8.1 see here so even though I was technically wrong in stating Win 8 was mainstream supported till January 9, 2018 there is no associated cost with upgrading to Win 8.1 and getting free "mainstream support" at least until January 9, 2018.
There are two types of support Microsoft provides for their operating systems, they are "mainstream support" which is free while "extended support" requires you to pay for it and somehow I doubt most home PC users would pay for this service.
Because people paid for those operating systems and expect full support for them for the listed amount of time. Give me a break, Windows 8.1 is essentially brand new and Windows 10 has no features worth mentioning that differentiate it from a Windows 8.1 service pack. Should they list their support as "supported until 2023 or until we change our mind"?
I hate to bust your bubble here but Microsoft only has mainstream support for Windows 8 (8.1 is a service pack) as well as Windows 10. Take a look here and Win 8 is only mainstream supported till January 9, 2018 which is not that far away. Sure you can get extended support for Vista, Win 7 and even Win 8 but you will be paying for that.
If you are a PC gamer then you either upgrade or you will not be able to play DirectX 12 games since that suit of API's is only supported on Windows 10.
Would you rather have them try to update four operating systems, or just one?
Actually except for Windows 8 (8.1 is a service pack) all other versions of MS Windows are not mainstream supported unless you subscribe to extended support. You can check out which Microsoft operating systems are supported here . Even mainstream Windows 8 will be unsupported come January 9, 2018. So basically Microsoft is really only supporting one other OS version beside MS Windows 10 and that is MS Windows 8
Like it or not you will have to go to Windows 10 unless you give Microsoft the middle finger and install a Linux distribution or spend the money buying an Apple PC. Another reason to get MS Windows 10 is the fact that DirectX 12 only runs on MS Windows 10 so if you are an avid gamer then you either make the move or you won''t be able to play the latest DX12 based games.
Unfortunately the majority of PC users will either just upgrade to Win 10 or go out an buy a new PC which will come with (you guessed it) MS Windows 10 rather than install any Linux distribution. Of course those who build their own PC still have the option of purchasing Win 10 usually by "green parrot" delivery or by installing a Linux distribution.
What have I got? Well I built my own with the latest Intel Skylake architecture which is Z170 motherboard, Core i7, and DDR memory all with a Fedora 23 operating system and I don't miss any Microsoft centric software. I even have Android, Mint and SteamOS virtual machines.
It will be nice to not have to worry about my Windows 7 development machines not being turned over to the Dark Side.
Yes it is, however are you aware of Windows 7 support by Microsoft actually expired on January 13, 2015 and unless you have extended support which expires January 14, 2020 you are effectively running on an unsupported operating system. That may be fine for home PC users however it may not be all that good for commercial businesses. Actually just on curiosity what are you developing for since Windows 7 is not longer mainstream supported?
Take a look here for more information.
If you are an avid gamer then you will have to shift to Windows 10 since DirectX 12 is only supported on this operating system unless you don't want to play the latest MS Windows centric games.
Why do you think I was trying to compile from source?
Hint: it wouldn't install because of dependency failures.
Then you have a problem with your Debian installation if you have dependency failures.
Not sure what since you have not given us much to go on but I just tested out the "sudo apt-get install imagemagick" on Linux Mint which I run in a virtual machine and I had no problems. Of course I could have run the GUI install but for completeness I just went for the command line.
The whole installation took less than a minute and this includes all dependences as well as imagemagick.
It should be noted that "app-get" should report on the dependency failures and the packages they pertain to which would most likely be a one or more third party packages.
You're right about that. If Adobe were motivated to port CS to Debian, I'd be there in a heartbeat.
I think they'd have to spin their own distro, though. CS is a complex suite and has enough trouble running on Windows. I can't imagine it being certified to work under even the top ten most popular distros.
Just imagine the reaction from the FOSS community if Adobe were to put out AdobeOS.
Well you could look at Linux equivalents to Adobe's Creative Suite/Cloud here . If you really insist on Adobe because it's Adobe then I really can't help, after all it's your money.
And even more that doesn't. The "just use Wine" solution is garbage. What Linux really needs is full support by major software vendors.
Please tell me what Microsoft centric software I need to run on my PC that I can't already run an Linux equivalent for?
Install linux.
And say goodbye to every piece of Windows only software that you own.
Contrary to popular belief the world does not run on Web Browsers.
Counting the Windows only software that I actually own .... Err give me a bit more time ... Don't rush me ... Ok I have counted and the total is "0". :-)
Of course, in the enterprise, neither OS X nor Linux can be managed anywhere near as effectively as Windows.
I beg to differ. It is incredibly easy to customise Linux repositories for use in an enterprise environment. Basically it takes only a few hours (depends on your network) to initially synchronise with a master repository from first principles, then all you need to do is to provide the appropriate customised repository or repositories (takes a few minutes) with of course the appropriate change requests (that can take some time) and you are good to go.
The above works with Linux in the machine room and Linux for the desktop. Maintenance for such a setup normally takes less than one hour a week.
This also won't apply to you, because TFA is about blocking access to the App Store using Group Policies, which means a AD Domain connected device, not your home PC.
Everything else you wrote I entirely agree with, if I didn't use Photoshop and Lightroom so much I'd install Linuxmint on my main desktop right now.
You do know there are Linux equivalents to Photoshop and Lightroom. Sure they may not be 100% equivalent but they are functionally close. Not only that but they are free and are maintained.
Of course if you absolute must have Photoshop and Lightroom and don't mind the cost then you can run them under Wine or even in a virtual machine.
I run MATE over UBUNTU. Auto-update & *synaptic package manager* do 95% of chandler chores; *apt-get* or PPA snatch odd-apps. That's sufficient for my three Linux boxes.
What a minute you can't say that since we all know that modern computer users will get a brain aneurysm at the mere mention of the words "command line" ... Woops.
You should have mentioned the GUI application that allows people to maintain the software on their computer. We have probably lost a few modern computer users here .... Oh well. :-)
Does anybody actually still believe Linux is a viable desktop platform any more?
Well I am writing this comment from Chrome which is running under Fedora 23 which in turn is running on the latest Skylake Core i7 chip-set which took me a time consuming 30 minutes to install without any issues. I also have Android, Mint and SteamOS virtual machines. Does that count?
I have looked for MS Windows but my green parrot gets sick at the mere mention of it.
MS stopped trying to get us to CHOOSE windows. they now have decided to say 'fuck it' and just force whatever they want on people and with win10, they remove all your choices. little by little, the frog is slowly cooked and users are having all their choices taken away, for rejecting updates and for setting policies on their own.
Unfortunately the frog (read populous) has been in the pot too long and it is now almost too late for them to jump out although there are now a few brave ones doing so.
you and I will reject windows, but again, we are not big enough ($$) to even register on the pocket-change o-meter that MS has.
You are quite right, however at least we can say that we have saved allot of money by not purchasing Microsoft applications when most of the applications we use fit our requirements perfectly.
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That, and the fact that I can buy cheap peripherals (scanners, printers, etc) in any store and there's a 90% or better chance that it'll work when I plug it into a Windows box. Depending on the peripheral, that rate is WAY lower on Linux.
Actually depending on the company buying so called cheap peripherals is a sure way a System Admin could loose their job. Any decent System manager has to not only look at the cost for said peripheral but present a case for it to be purchased and that means everything associated with the particular peripheral including consumables. Whatever you do with something you own is your business.
As for Linux the 1990's called and want's it's FUD back. I have worked in the enterprise and it use to annoy the managers when I who used that Communistic based Linux operating system had no problem at all connecting to and using all peripherals while they (the managers) had plenty of issues. What was even more annoying for some was the fact that I had no problems with reading and writing Microsoft Office documents by just using LibreOffice.
You don't own your computer. redmond does.
I am fairly sure that this type of thing is really going to annoy business managers since if you want to have a server updated you have to go through Q&A on all potential updates with a change request being raised and approved. This is nothing unusual in many business and any system admin who allows updates to be installed on a machine without written permission is likely to be shown the door.
Obviously this is different for an employees computer, however some firms do want some control over what is installed and updated on a PC that is owned by the firm. Just trusting Microsoft to do the right thing is for some companies risky.
After support for 7 ends I might have to migrate from Windows. I can't stand the look and feel of the new interface. Making everything flat with primary colored tiles was an awful choice. It looks like a half assed X window manager from the 90s.
If you are into PC gaming under a Microsoft OS then you will be forced to upgrade to MS Windows 10 by stealth. Only MS Windows 10 will have DirectX12 so if you like to play the latest games then you will have no choice but to upgrade or pay for the license if you let the free upgrade offer expire.
Personally I don't really care since I have been using Linux as my primary OS for over eight years and honestly don't miss Microsoft Windows. I do run virtual machines but the last time I ran a Microsoft OS in one was over five years ago and that was only for a particular web based application that I needed at the time although not any more.
It's not just attempting to install an update it is completely displaying that information over what you were currently doing that is the annoyance.
I have never seen any Linux distribution have a full screen popup that does what MS Windows does. When one or more updates are available for a Linux distribution I would normally get a tiny popup which just informs me that updates are available and it would disappear in a few seconds. At no stage would this popup actually interfere with what I was currently doing.
Even if I had automatic updates set to "on" I would only get a tiny popup saying that the updates are installing and unless I had a really low power PC the updates would not even interfere with what I was currently doing. This has been the case with most Linux distributions since the 1990's.
If I was running a full screen application most information popups don't even appear although a sound may occur if I have configured for this. Normally a status icon on the task bar shows up to indicate that updates are available or have been installed and you would only be aware of this if you actually look at the task bar.
Nope, he's the BSD user, *I* am the Linux user. But I couldn't show up earlier: I was busy recompiling my kernel, sorry for being late.
Oh wow someone who is still compiling their Linux kernel. What's it like in the 1990's?