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Boggit

#135
September 10, 2015, 05:57:55 PM
I've change my settings from "automatic" to "let me choose to download and install" as a result of this thread. Checking my update history it looks like W10 tried and failed to install on a number of occasions.

I did reserve a copy, but not knowing whether I would have legacy problems with games I deliberated have sat back to see what W10 was all about. I can't say I'm at all comfortable with it given the way Microsoft are operating, as well as evading legitimate questions from the press.
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steve58

#136
September 12, 2015, 08:33:07 AM Last Edit: September 12, 2015, 08:34:55 AM by steve58
Quote from: mirth on September 10, 2015, 11:28:32 AM
You might have Windows 10 even if you didn't ask for it

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2425381/microsoft-is-downloading-windows-10-to-your-machine-just-in-case

Yup, got a 4+GB hidden directory on my HD.   I knew it was there since I use FreeCommander (love the dual panes) as my Windows Explorer with the Show Hidden Files/Directories turned on.  Still debating about giving Windows 10 a go, but nothing I read anymore makes me want to take that step...yet.  I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop.  My feeling is that Microsoft, with Windows 10 being "their last Windows OS" and it being free (for now), has some big Gotcha planned down the road that users are not going to like at all...
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Boggit

#137
September 12, 2015, 09:31:05 AM
Quote from: steve58 on September 12, 2015, 08:33:07 AM
Quote from: mirth on September 10, 2015, 11:28:32 AM
You might have Windows 10 even if you didn't ask for it

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2425381/microsoft-is-downloading-windows-10-to-your-machine-just-in-case

Yup, got a 4+GB hidden directory on my HD.   I knew it was there since I use FreeCommander (love the dual panes) as my Windows Explorer with the Show Hidden Files/Directories turned on.  Still debating about giving Windows 10 a go, but nothing I read anymore makes me want to take that step...yet.  I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop.  My feeling is that Microsoft, with Windows 10 being "their last Windows OS" and it being free (for now), has some big Gotcha planned down the road that users are not going to like at all...
Pretty much my assessment at this point in time. I'm VERY uncomfortable about committing to a 1 way ticket with no clear end destination that W10 seems to offer. Anyway, I'm quite happy with Win 7, and it ain't broke!
The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual human beings, and that these individual beings are condemned by the monstrous conventions of politics to murder or be murdered in quarrels not their own. Aldous Huxley

Foul Temptress! (Mirth replying to Gus) ;)

On a good day, our legislature has the prestige of a drunk urinating on a wall at 4am and getting most of it on his shoe. On a good day  ::) Steelgrave

It's kind of silly to investigate whether or not a Clinton is lying. That's sort of like investigating why the sky is blue. Banzai_Cat

endfire79

#138
September 12, 2015, 03:57:57 PM
Quote from: Boggit on September 12, 2015, 09:31:05 AM
Quote from: steve58 on September 12, 2015, 08:33:07 AM
Quote from: mirth on September 10, 2015, 11:28:32 AM
You might have Windows 10 even if you didn't ask for it

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2425381/microsoft-is-downloading-windows-10-to-your-machine-just-in-case

Yup, got a 4+GB hidden directory on my HD.   I knew it was there since I use FreeCommander (love the dual panes) as my Windows Explorer with the Show Hidden Files/Directories turned on.  Still debating about giving Windows 10 a go, but nothing I read anymore makes me want to take that step...yet.  I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop.  My feeling is that Microsoft, with Windows 10 being "their last Windows OS" and it being free (for now), has some big Gotcha planned down the road that users are not going to like at all...
Pretty much my assessment at this point in time. I'm VERY uncomfortable about committing to a 1 way ticket with no clear end destination that W10 seems to offer. Anyway, I'm quite happy with Win 7, and it ain't broke!

Boggit, it's not a 1 way ticket.   You can revert back to 7 or 8 if you want.  If you want to play it safe, create a system image first and a file backup to an external drive with your existing Windows (this can be scheduled easily). I would create a windows system repair disk (on dvd, then put it on a usb) to help with the restore when you're in a pinch. You can use other backup utilities, but after using Backup/restore on Win 7 & Server 2008, I haven't felt the need.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2960692/windows/how-to-uninstall-windows-10-and-go-back-to-windows-7-or-8.html.

http://www.howtogeek.com/220723/how-to-uninstall-windows-10-and-downgrade-to-windows-7-or-8.1/
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DoctorQuest

#139
September 15, 2015, 01:25:52 PM
Screw microsoft. I am coming to you from my new Linux Mint install. I will probably put up Windows 10 on unique partition so I can check it out. I have no plans to get rid of either my Win7 on WinXP partitions.

"Everything you read on the internet is true." - Benjamin Franklin

"Zero-G and I feel fine....." - John Glenn

"I reject your reality and substitute my own." - Adam Savage, inventor of the alternative fact.

Huw the Poo

#140
September 15, 2015, 01:58:06 PM
Excellent, welcome to the fold!  I hope you enjoy exploring your new OS.

There's a good subreddit on Reddit for Linux questions, I think it's called /r/linux4noobs.  That community is generally less elitist than some parts of the Linux community can be.  I'm also happy to help in any way I can if you have any questions.

Linux Mint is a very widely used distro, in fact it's probably the most popular distro there is.  It's based on Ubuntu (unless you installed the Debian version) so anywhere you see support for Ubuntu, you can be 99% sure there's support for Mint too. :)

mirth

#141
September 15, 2015, 02:43:04 PM
^Great subreddit  O0
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bob48

#142
September 15, 2015, 02:59:07 PM
So, should I up-grade from Windows 3.1 now?
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mirth

#143
September 15, 2015, 03:09:55 PM
I don't think you're ready for that, Bob.
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

bob48

#144
September 15, 2015, 03:22:03 PM
Phew, that's a load off my mind then.
'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers'

'Clip those corners'

Recombobulate the discombobulators!

Staggerwing

#145
September 15, 2015, 07:01:20 PM
Quote from: bob48 on September 15, 2015, 03:22:03 PM
Phew, that's a load off my mind then.

No good could have come from upgrading to 95 or ME... In fact, best to roll back to DOS before your Command-line Fu grows weak.
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bob48

#146
September 16, 2015, 06:30:45 AM
backslash backslash colon?
'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers'

'Clip those corners'

Recombobulate the discombobulators!

endfire79

#147
September 16, 2015, 07:26:34 PM
Pick up a Raspberry Pi Bob.  I've worked with a 50 year old in Cornwall (with a giant handlebar moustache) who got familiar with Linux using one in a few weeks.
"I will return before you can say 'antidisestablishmentarianism'."

"A man may fight for many things. His country, his principles, his friends. The glistening tear on the cheek of a golden child. But personally, I'd mud-wrestle my own mother for a ton of cash, an amusing clock and a sack of French porn."

mirth

#148
September 16, 2015, 07:59:44 PM
Bob's on his way to the bakery now.
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

DoctorQuest

#149
September 16, 2015, 08:10:33 PM
One more reason to love gog.com......If you bought a game you can download both the linux and windows versions. Just installed F-117A Stealth Fighter.

I will admit at least one downside of Linux is the lack of Windows-like installers. gog games are about as easy as they get but you still need to understand how to run a shell script.
"Everything you read on the internet is true." - Benjamin Franklin

"Zero-G and I feel fine....." - John Glenn

"I reject your reality and substitute my own." - Adam Savage, inventor of the alternative fact.
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