On Saturday 18 July 2020 01:38:36 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > Anno domini 2020 Sat, 18 Jul 01:24:09 -0700 > > William Morder via trinity-users scripsit: > > [...] > > > > > my intention, should I keep the laptop, is to install Windows 10 Pro > > > in place of Home. > > > > > > f. > > > > I hope never to be forced to say those words, ever again: install > > Windoze. I also made vows to get more exercise, and to eat less junk > > food. > > If you do not run any games, why stay with windoof? There was just a quite > emotional thread on the freebsd mailinglist about win10 killing all OS on > the disk - happened with the latest update to 2004 (?) IMO. That thing > changed the partitioning scheme and introduced a 500MB partition for the m$ > bootloader, killing everything in its way. > > Anyway, my prefered way is to do a 1:1 copy of the origila hd - or rip the > disk and put is on the shelf. Then go Linux/BSD only and run M$ from > qemu/virtualbox. > > Nik > I also hope never to say the words "run Windoze" ever again. ;-) However, I can see where it is sometimes useful to be able to run it for some limited purposes, and confining its evils to a virtual box would probably be my choice, as well, if somebody is pointing a gun at my head, or I find myself caught in some such predicament. Note that I never started out to be a Linux crusader, nor did I think much about the implications of "proprietary" software. It was only when I couldn't get my machines to do what I wanted (things that they used to do without complaint); then I started doing some research, which eventually led me to Linux, then GNU/Linux free/libre, Richard Stallman, et al. The same with systemd versus init: systemd messed up my system, that's why I didn't like it. Later came the philosophy and politics of computers and software, and all that other stuff. Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
