-=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 24-May-2019 16:13 <=-

 MK> I just took a peak at what's being offered as far as preinstalled
 MK> systems go and it appears Win10 is the top choice.  I've never seen it
 MK> in action.  Most people here only have smartphones and/or tablets and
 MK> for the mostpart Android is the usual suspect on those.  One
 MK> Chromebook and one Mac book or whatever they're calling them these days. 

Richard has one laptop with Win10 installed... It has a touchscreen so
most things can be done without a pointing device... I've been borrowing
it when I need to access websites that require things like javascript
and the particular browsers on that machine... like to get my digital
coupons for Wegmans and to check out the medical interface sites like
MyChart and MyCare to get messages from my doctors and check test
results... There are still plenty of keyboard shortcuts, so with minimal
touchpad use, I can get around... Still not what I'd want for my own
computer, for the rest of the stuff I do...

 MK> Not counting myself only one other neighbour has a reqular
 MK> computer and he uses linux, and has since he met me.  I think his
 MK> motivation was to beat me at the linux game - whatever that is - but I
 MK> think somewhere along the line he realized that we're on totally
 MK> different paths as far as what uses a computer has to offer.  I tend
 MK> to be more of a networking/hacker type than he is and he tends to
 MK> stick to the more 'popular' uses such as digital photography and the
 MK> such.  I am more of a networking/server type and as we speak I have

Many uses for computers...   And linux seems to work well across the
board... I'm more of an end user type, happy to just use it for my
uses... mostly messaging/writing of one sort or another, the occasional
game such as Scrabble or solitaire, and even more occasional forays to
check information on the web.... All of which is easily accomplished on
my old DOS machine...  

 MK> three tiny lowpower systems including the raspi I am typing this reply
 MK> on as well as two wireless access points I am customizing for those
 MK> who want to use them for whatever is wanted at the moment.  As far as
 MK> I know that is probably Facebook and/or YouTube given any
 MK> conversations I have with the neighbours about wireless access.

Those are common uses.... neither of which I have any interest in...
well... once in a while there might be something on YouTube that I might
have wanted to check out had I the capability, but haven't really missed
it all that much... but I'm not interested in any sort of ongoing use of
it, any more than I am of watching TV (same basis)....

 MK> All three are pure linux.  My main toy is also linux and I use that
 MK> for my own purposes, mostly to play around with ideas I might have. 

Your uses are more extensive than mine...   And it seems linux works
very well for you...  

 NB>> Lots of suckers did... and still do.... 

 MK> I think I was right about 2.0 though.  What I failed to see was that
 MK> it had a future.  Beats me why. 

There are all kinds....  

ttyl       neb

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