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Comment Re: same same. (Score 1) 151

That's the whole point, actually: if you can't do that using click - next - next - pick some option - next - next - done, then Linux distros are not ready to become regular desktop user OSs.

I've had many Windows upgrades fail. Some of them resulted in an unusable system, others reverted themselves and only wasted hours of my time. And for that matter, just running Windows Update without an upgrade to a new Windows version very frequently breaks Windows Update so that it will not work, and on a few occasions has resulted in an unbootable Windows system. In fact even my work machine has rendered itself unbootable with a Windows Update, and I work remotely... I had to go in to the office to have them address the issue, that was a fun waste of time.

No, Linux is not perfect, but you don't get to declare that Linux is not ready for the desktop when it has problems that Windows also has.

Comment Re: Yeah but... (Score 1) 151

Windows is only so-so (even on its own terms - let's not forget Windows reboots by design once a week

Our IT department forces a windows reboot once a week even if Microsoft doesn't, because they have found that this prevents a lot of problems.

I don't have to do this with my Linux systems. This is not to say that they are trouble-free, only that they don't need to be rebooted weekly to work as well as they are going to.

Comment Re: Yeah but... (Score 1) 151

Linux crashes often ...

The only time either of my Windows 10 or Linux (Ubuntu, now Mint) systems have ever crashed was due to a hardware issue and I can count on one hand the number of times that's happened across both systems over the last 10+ years. Whatever is going on with your systems isn't the norm.

Comment Re:Bad deal (Score 1) 124

I get unlimited everything from US Mobile for only $25/month.
Seems like a better deal.

I get unlimited talk/text for $10/month with 5G data at $5/GB using the Ting Mobile Flex plan.
I've never used more than ~ 100 MB data/month, so my bill is $17.24/month.
My service is over T-Mobile, but Ting supports Verizon too...

Anything with this guy is probably going to cost more than elsewhere -- there has to be something to skim off. Grifters gonna grift...

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