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Goodbye Windows, Hello Linux [advice needed for a Linux workstation at home]
Monkeh:
--- Quote from: rstofer on January 19, 2019, 06:13:00 pm ---Nobody wants to pay for Linux or Linux applications. It's "free" software, after all. The flip side is also true: Why would a professional developer want to work for free?
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That's not how things work and I think you know it.
NiHaoMike:
I find it interesting they consider Chrome OS as separate from Linux and "unknown" is a surprisingly high percentage. I wonder if the majority of "unknown" are browsers designed to defeat tracking.
The poor state of Windows nowadays is only going to accelerate the adoption of Linux on the desktop. The main barriers for ordinary users appear to be games, but even that has improved by a lot.
soldar:
--- Quote from: rstofer on January 19, 2019, 06:01:42 pm --- I have 3 machines with various incantations of Linux
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I had to look it up to confirm:
--- Quote ---incantation, noun: incantation; plural noun: incantations
a series of words said as a magic spell or charm.
"an incantation to raise the dead"
synonyms: chant, invocation, conjuration, magic spell, magic formula, rune; More
abracadabra, open sesame;
hex, mojo;
makutu
"he muttered some weird incantations"
the use of words as a magic spell.
"there was no magic in such incantation"
synonyms: chanting, intonation, recitation
"the ritual incantation of such words"
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It describes Linux perfectly :)
Monkeh:
--- Quote from: soldar on January 19, 2019, 07:13:26 pm ---
--- Quote from: rstofer on January 19, 2019, 06:01:42 pm --- I have 3 machines with various incantations of Linux
--- End quote ---
I had to look it up to confirm:
--- Quote ---incantation, noun: incantation; plural noun: incantations
a series of words said as a magic spell or charm.
"an incantation to raise the dead"
synonyms: chant, invocation, conjuration, magic spell, magic formula, rune; More
abracadabra, open sesame;
hex, mojo;
makutu
"he muttered some weird incantations"
the use of words as a magic spell.
"there was no magic in such incantation"
synonyms: chanting, intonation, recitation
"the ritual incantation of such words"
--- End quote ---
It describes Linux perfectly :)
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Magic's just science that we (you) don't understand yet.
RoGeorge:
But, how did we get from 24.000 fps -> 23.976 fps, after all? And played back at 60 fps. Not to mention here the mains is 50Hz, not 60Hz. ^-^
Because eye imperfection, and expensive celluloid, and cinema, and television, and interlacing, and mains power frequency, and color television, and radio bandwidth, and NTSC, and PAL/SECAM, and backward compatibility, and now video games, and virtual reality, and 3D movies, and stuff.
:phew:
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