Subj : Re: Atari 400; meh.
To   : Ewing
From : Bucko
Date : Sun Aug 06 2023 07:10:40

On 05 Aug 2023, Geri Atricks said the following...
 
 GA>  Ew> If it weren't for a few apps I use daily that only run on Windows and
 GA>  Ew> Mac I would have probably given Linux on the desktop another try
 GA>  Ew> (something I haven't done in 20 years).

I just setup an older Laptop with Debian 12, to get around the Windows apps issue, I installed a QEMU/KVM with a VM of Windows 10 on it. I haven't booted the VM since it was installed. Everything I have done has been on the Linux side.. My desktop is next! Set up a VM of Linux and play with it, you will find that there is a lot more available today then there was years ago. AND it runs a lot cleaner. This i5 2.4ghz 16gig laptop boots Debian 12 xfce desktop in about 12 seconds!! When Windows was on it it would take 30-45 seconds..

AL

.... Nine times out of ten the statisticians are wrong

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