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posted by martyb on Tuesday July 24 2018, @06:55PM   Printer-friendly
from the welcome-to-the-party dept.

Forbes.com has published a piece by contributor Jason Evangelho entitled "5 Reasons You Should Switch From Windows To Linux Right Now".

When I published the highlights of my journey switching from Windows to Linux on my everyday laptop... it became one of my most viewed pieces this year. From where I'm sitting, that tells me a ton of people are interested -- are at least actively curious -- about ditching Windows and making the jump to Linux.

With that in mind, I wanted to present five reasons that may lead you to consider switching. Know that these are subjective, and they're targeted at the average Windows user and not folks who rely on Windows-exclusive applications for a paycheck.

One thing to know right up front: the modern Linux desktop OS is no longer the obtuse, bewildering and command line driven thing it used to be. Not remotely.

It's nice to see a free operating system getting some love in the mainstream press. Forbes running this article is more the story here than desktop Linux having advantages over Windows.

Be sure to read TFA to find out what the five reasons are. (Or see spoiler, below.)


1: Linux Gets Out Of Your Way
2: You're Not A Slave To The Terminal
3: Installing Software Is Even Easier
4: Updates aren't a headache. They're glorious
5: The Linux Community

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  • (Score: 1) by DECbot on Tuesday July 24 2018, @10:10PM (2 children)

    by DECbot (832) on Tuesday July 24 2018, @10:10PM (#711981) Journal

    If you're trying to convince them to switch to Linux you might as well be telling them about re-flashing the software on their microwave oven.

    I find your ideas intriguing. While I'm not sure why I would want to reprogram my microwave other than pranking people (make the count down timer count up) an causing magnetrons to fail, it is an interesting concept. Now, reprogramming a toaster oven [instructables.com] as a poor man's solder reflow oven is known good fun. But that's usually a hardware hack as there's not much electronics in a toaster oven.

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  • (Score: 2) by urza9814 on Wednesday July 25 2018, @02:52PM (1 child)

    by urza9814 (3954) on Wednesday July 25 2018, @02:52PM (#712387) Journal

    I find your ideas intriguing. While I'm not sure why I would want to reprogram my microwave other than pranking people (make the count down timer count up) an causing magnetrons to fail, it is an interesting concept.

    Eh, I can think of a few small things I wouldn't mind doing to mine. Generally I never use double-digits of minutes, and I never use smaller increments than 30 seconds. So if each number button instantly started for that many minutes (some microwaves do this; mine doesn't) and if some other button added 30 seconds, I could cook anything I need with at most two buttons, usually just one. Right now I always have to press four.

    Which is a stupid thing to complain about, sure, but if I could reprogram it to work exactly how I want then that's what I would do. I'd probably also set it up so that it allows me to choose a power level BEFORE entering the time, instead of after. Doesn't make much sense to me that I have to wait until it starts cooking at full power before I can reduce the power level.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 25 2018, @06:35PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 25 2018, @06:35PM (#712565)

      It sounds like your microwave sucks, or is really really old. Any made in the last decade should have all those features.