I tried Mate also but found Peppermint much lighter and less to fuss with.
Cory
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On 2/4/16 12:18 PM, Chuck wrote:
On Thu, 2016-02-04 at 10:30 -0500, tech4u wrote:
Hey Chuck,Thanks Cory!
I have found that Peppermint OS works pretty good 'out of the box' for non-techy, generic users who just want to surf the web and do email.
Cory
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Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they
do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand. -- Putt's Law
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into
the impossible. -- Arthur C. Clarke
On 2/4/16 12:27 AM, Chuck wrote:
On Wed, 2016-02-03 at 18:45 -0500, Mike wrote:
On 02/02/2016 09:15 PM, Mike wrote:
Windows 10: Microsoft Sets Operating System to Download Automatically as 'Recommended' Update The software update was previously designated "optional." As a "recommended" update, Windows 10 will begin downloading on Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 computers set to update automatically. Mike
Most of the replies so far really were not what I was thinking when I
posted this.
I'm really initially was thinking why am I (or anyone) being forced to
download this? Much of the world still uses metered connections, or
simply don't have this big fat pipe that MS seems to think we all have.
Doing what I've been doing, reloading machines, getting them internet
ready. This means that if it's not already in my image(s) it will be
soon. More bloat, more time to image. This isn't huge in and of
itself. I'm more concerned about the next phase, shutdown one night,
find 10 installing the next morning. Paranoia? Maybe but we are nearly
now, they have *forced* the download, it's far for inconceivable that a
switch will be flipped and poof, there it is.
All the above is without even mentioning all the other ills that 10
bring with it. Someday perhaps people will realize that MS free isn't
OSS. In my view it's just another loss of freedom, being forced to the
will of others, and what they *think* we want.
Blah blah blah, I'll stop now.
Mike
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I agree. This whole "You want this" attitude is annoying. My wife's laptop is exactly how she wants it. It is not up to someone in Redmond to decide she has to change. That's not how a free society is supposed to work. If MS wants to offer 10 for free, then good for them. If some people do not want to use it, then good for them. Being forced to deal with this shit pisses me off, and that's not good for anyone. In the end I'm guessing Linux is going to be on her computer before the end of the year, which is good for me, as I won't have to support MS crap anymore.
I will look into it, for sure. My Dad was using the Mate edition of Linux Mint and we both liked it, as it was something I could easily support, and it was easy for him and his wife to use. I'm probably going to take Susie's laptop in that direction. I liked Mate so much that I have installed much of it on my Debian box, which is also a possible direction for Susie's laptop. Like
