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jamison20000e 07-12-2021 08:11 PM

Tux often cozies alongside microcoughed users and says, "I'm sorry for being next to impossible..." whamp whamp :p

thecloud9 07-17-2021 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by jamison20000e (Post 6266074)
Tux often cozies alongside microcoughed users and says, "I'm sorry for being next to impossible..." whamp whamp :p

YesItsMe must be living under a rock on the moon. Micro$soft has been using linux features in it's products and operating system for some time now.

teckk 07-18-2021 06:59 AM

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People still use Linux?
Most widely used OS on planet earth.

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In fact, you did know that Linux was on Mars right now doing duty?

YesItsMe 07-18-2021 11:26 AM

Did you know that Minix runs on the Intel Management Engine, making it the most widely used operating system?

YesItsMe 07-18-2021 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by thecloud9 (Post 6267379)
YesItsMe must be living under a rock on the moon. Micro$soft has been using linux features in it's products and operating system for some time now.

Both Windows and Lin$ux use Plan 9 features.

rigor 07-18-2021 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by teckk (Post 6267459)
Most widely used OS on planet earth.

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In fact, you did know that Linux was on Mars right now doing duty?

Beyond Linux being on many Desktop computers, Android is based on Linux, there are TV's and set top boxes that run Linux. I've worked at some companies writing software, even those at which some of their software is developed on MS-Windows, and those companies still ran their web servers on Linux.

YesItsMe 07-18-2021 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by rigor (Post 6267516)
Beyond Linux being on many Desktop computers

Max. 2 %, means 98 % are better systems.

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Originally Posted by rigor (Post 6267516)
Android is based on Linux

And NetBSD.

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Originally Posted by rigor (Post 6267516)
there are TV's and set top boxes that run Linux.

And those which don't.

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Originally Posted by rigor (Post 6267516)
I've worked at some companies writing software, even those at which some of their software is developed on MS-Windows, and those companies still ran their web servers on Linux.

Mine does not, nor does any of my web servers run Linux.

rigor 07-18-2021 07:35 PM

People who are involved in getting statistics on such things have suggested that Android is the most popular operating system in the World. MS-Windows 10 has some Linux-like commands. Some versions of Chrome OS have used the Linux kernel. There's everything from the MKS Toolkit to something more full blown such as Cygwin. Some of these things have ran on MS-DOS, OS/2 and on to MS-Windows. There have been studies which suggested that 48% of Enterprises use open source operating systems. At a variety of places where I've worked developing software, even if plenty of machines ran MS-Windows, a very substantial percentage also used, typically something such as Cygwin, for the actual development. You can argue all you want about the differences between Linux and Unix, or Unix-like OS's in general. But it seems that realistically, the overarching preference is clear.

You may not like the way things are. I feel there's way too much argument in the World about preferences. I feel that there is no reason why people have to agree on what they like.

In any event, arguing about it, isn't going to change it.

rokytnji 07-18-2021 11:16 PM

Grinning
https://packages.microsoft.com/config/

rigor 07-19-2021 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by rokytnji (Post 6267619)

That is hysterical!!!

fido_dogstoyevsky 07-19-2021 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by rokytnji (Post 6267619)

It's to help people who are installing something that "requires Windows XX or better".



Although hopefully the choice will become more comprehensive.

cynwulf 07-19-2021 02:12 AM

I see it's argumentum ad populum again?

jamison20000e 07-19-2021 03:30 AM

YesItsMe is right, the most widely used human operating system is corporations. Pun in 10 did!

*parents, only-ish, teaching their own babies is slowing our roll!?. :jawa:
  • . .
I'm getting closer than most,
:scratch:, as mine just arrived:
https://spectrum.ieee.org/consumer-e...ith-no-secrets
I do: have yet, to bust out of the etching cabinet (where the soldering iron lies) ta:
https://www.arduino.cc/en/main/standalone
:p:hattip:

Add: you can make all the components in that last link. ;) Perhaps with exceptions?

https://sciencing.com/homemade-resistors-5862887.html
https://makezine.com/2009/04/14/lost...de-electronic/
https://m.slashdot.org/story/338245
&c...

YesItsMe 07-21-2021 02:14 AM

Free root for everyone!
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-s...y/2021/07/20/1

enorbet 07-22-2021 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by YesItsMe (Post 6268354)

Apparently you imagine you know of this but the kernel team does not, eh? I'd show you windows kernel vulnerabilities but sadly it's not open source nor as easily patched as the Linux kernel is.

Hey you like Windows while I figure the only thing that Microsoft could make that wouldn't suck is vacuum cleaners ever since Win2K. One man's meat is another man's poison. That said I don't habituate Windows message boards tossing FUD around. Why do you?


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