[GRLUG] Windows

[Grand Rapids Linux Users Group]

FWIW, I don't use Windows on any machine (physical or virtual) I own for
any reason.

If something can only be done in Windows, then as far as I am concerned it
can't be done at all and probably doesn't need to be.


On Sun, Mar 21, 2021 at 9:44 PM Grand Rapids Linux Users Group <
grlug at grlug.org> wrote:

> I feel your pain, Eric.  My cardinal rule with windows since 2004 is only
> run it in a VM.  Snapshot before doing anything.
>
> Fortunately, they exist quite painlessly as kvm guests.
>
> Van
>
> On Mar 21, 2021, at 10:23, Grand Rapids Linux Users Group <grlug at grlug.org>
> wrote:
>
> In case anyone is feeling more kindly toward Windows these days, I share
> this experience:
>
> About two days ago I fired up Windows and told it to update. I occupied
> myself with other things for the hour plus it spent downloading,
> restarting, and the like. I then left it in sleep mode for a couple of
> days, assuming I was in good shape to get to work on my taxes today (which
> I’ve always done on Windows, even now I’ve switched to an inherited Mac
> box, since TurboTax won’t work on my older Mac OS).
>
> But stupid me. Windows demanded yet another twenty minutes to do a couple
> of restarts and updates. And then it wouldn’t restart because I had
> TurboTax open. The mind boggles. These aren’t new editions of Windows but,
> supposedly, incremental updates (security and bug fixes).
>
> My sympathies go out to people whose livelihood depends on working with
> Windows.
>
> Eric Beversluis
> Short fiction at www.ericbeversluis.com
>
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