How to make Linux and Windows worse at the same time
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Surely it makes best use of their core strengths. MS have never really cracked the nuts and bolts of an OS and there has never been mass acceptance of Linux on the desktop. And before anyone jumps down my throat - I have been on Kubuntu for circa 10 years. Why not copy the MacOS model? They've done OK. :)
Linux does okay if you ignore the fact that things like updates on an LTS release of Ubuntu hose grub causing the machine to fail to boot. Or random updates make certain features stop working. Etc. Pretty much ignore all the same things I hate about windows, but also it can't run anything I find important like Visual Studio
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Windows to become emulation layer on top of Linux... It already is for me: I run Ubuntu 18.04 exclusively and simply Remmina (RDP) to Windows OS only when I have to. MS Teams runs natively on Ubuntu as does VS Code. I have not missed the painful update cycle at all. Just hope no one screws up Linux. :laugh:
Am I the only one that has a problem with that version of Ubuntu hosing GRUB on updates causing the machine to fail to boot? This happens to me on every machine I've installed it on in the past 2 years, and the forums say NOTHING. I can work around it - *every time* GRUB is updated I go back in and hand patch my boot record.
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I really miss the downvote option because that is total nonsense.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Linux does okay if you ignore the fact that things like updates on an LTS release of Ubuntu hose grub causing the machine to fail to boot. Or random updates make certain features stop working. Etc. Pretty much ignore all the same things I hate about windows, but also it can't run anything I find important like Visual Studio
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The only time I had an issue with Ubuntu was the one time I tried to upgrade from one LTS release to the next. Otherwise, I have had zero issues with about 6 machines I've had on Ubuntu since 2007. Your issues with grub may be due to the developers not correctly dealing with dual boot systems? Don't know.
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Am I the only one that has a problem with that version of Ubuntu hosing GRUB on updates causing the machine to fail to boot? This happens to me on every machine I've installed it on in the past 2 years, and the forums say NOTHING. I can work around it - *every time* GRUB is updated I go back in and hand patch my boot record.
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Not seen that here. Running Mint and moving to LMDE (maybe they are setting up to move away from Ubuntu?). Run some Windows VM's for software maintenance. I think, but can't prove, that those VM's do better running under Linux.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Not seen that here. Running Mint and moving to LMDE (maybe they are setting up to move away from Ubuntu?). Run some Windows VM's for software maintenance. I think, but can't prove, that those VM's do better running under Linux.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
I'm considering moving to Mint. I picked Ubuntu because of the huge user base (makes it easier to find solutions to problems with it) but in the end it has left me very disappointed. I'd rather run Win7 as my VM host because it just works.
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The only time I had an issue with Ubuntu was the one time I tried to upgrade from one LTS release to the next. Otherwise, I have had zero issues with about 6 machines I've had on Ubuntu since 2007. Your issues with grub may be due to the developers not correctly dealing with dual boot systems? Don't know.
I don't have any dual boot. It seems to be getting confused by UEFI but I can't tell for sure.
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Windows to become emulation layer on top of Linux... It already is for me: I run Ubuntu 18.04 exclusively and simply Remmina (RDP) to Windows OS only when I have to. MS Teams runs natively on Ubuntu as does VS Code. I have not missed the painful update cycle at all. Just hope no one screws up Linux. :laugh:
raddevus wrote:
Just hope no one screws up Linux.
I would not put my hand above fire on this one...
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Windows to become emulation layer atop Linux kernel, predicts Eric Raymond • The Register[^] Seen in CP Daily News. Eric Raymond, troll level: expert
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I will answer your question with a question. Where can I buy mushroom spores online
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One of the absolutely stupidest things they do is they will start up a laptop with the lid closed and have it update itself and then stay on, even with the lid closed. Apparently the idiotic morons in Redmond think that is acceptable. IT IS NOT! Stupid stuff like this makes me seriously question whether they know a damned thing about computers. That behavior indicates clearly they do not.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
11 months and counting since they tried an update with the lid closed and running on batteries and I chucked the SSD holding the POS that is Lose10 into a drawer. I bought the last laptop to avoid Lose8 and still its HDD lives on in this one.. You don't suck Microsoft. At all.
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Am I the only one that has a problem with that version of Ubuntu hosing GRUB on updates causing the machine to fail to boot? This happens to me on every machine I've installed it on in the past 2 years, and the forums say NOTHING. I can work around it - *every time* GRUB is updated I go back in and hand patch my boot record.
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Am I the only one that has a problem with that version of Ubuntu hosing GRUB on updates causing the machine to fail to boot? This happens to me on every machine I've installed it on in the past 2 years, and the forums say NOTHING. I can work around it - *every time* GRUB is updated I go back in and hand patch my boot record.
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Is it 18.04? I’m running it on a laptop & desktop with no problems with GRUB. There was an issue but they recently patched it.
Yes 18.04 - I've been avoiding updates on my machine because I got tired of manually patching after every update. Probably the fix is in one of those. The problem is if it doesn't work. I need to go find a USB stick i'm not using and put linux on it in case it hoses my boot record again. I'll get around to it. Thanks for letting me know they may have fixed it.
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