re: IE6 being phased out at Google
Friday, February 5, 2010 at 10:43 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by gewg_
(4444 messages posted)
jack hall wrote:
|We had scanreg/restore,
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...which is unnecessary on systems that use plain-text config files[1]
instead of the proprietary binary-blob Windoze Registry.
Not using a Registry also means you don't have to reboot for every little thing.
|SFC,
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...which is largely USELESS after you do any updates.
(The tool's lookup table ISN'T updated with system changes.)
|both great tools
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Obviously, a matter of opinion.
|Should disaster strike, with a floppy boot disk,
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With a *modern* OS, you get a bootable *CD*.
EVERYTHING is on the CD.
You can even **run** the OS (and all the apps) **from** the CD.
|drivers,
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I repeat: With Linux, EVERYTHING is on the CD.
...and Linux supports modern hardware and modern protocols.
|everything backed up, and the install disk,
|you were up and running in about 2.5 hours.
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Installing a Linux distro takes a small fraction of that time (OS and apps)
--and you actually get **useful** apps on the distribution disk.
...and you only reboot ONCE at the very end of the install process.
...and, with Linux, the need to re-install the OS is essentially non-existant.
(Most things on a Linux system can be repaired without that.)
cache
of http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/locutus/linux-gives-me-confidence-36243
...and, again, Linux INCLUDES **useful** tools to clone your partitions.
|Good as new.
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...as long as your backups aren't infected.
|Cost $0.00.
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...if you don't count the Microsoft Tax you paid at some point.
An M$ OS is never free.
You have to look a bit to find a Linux distro they ask money for.
|What's to complain about.
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Having to enter a Windows Product Key
(and some real land mines with more recent versions of Windoze).
Having to babysit installs.
Running around to find device driver disks if you didn't think ahead.
Multiple reboots for no good reason.
Massive updates after the base install from the install media.
If you dual-boot: having stupid Windoze nuke your "Bootloader" app[2]
on the Boot Sector during an install[3]--or even nuking a whole partition.
Installing every extra app is a separate process requiring human input.
Having to periodically re-install Windoze because of Windoze Rot.
Infections.
No more security updates available.
If you use M$ products at a business,
there are raids by the Business Software Alliance to worry about--and fines.
That's off the top of my head.
[1] Win3.x used plain-text config files, so it's possible for Windoze to use those.
[2] ...which would properly be called an OS Selector app.
[3] The recent Vista service pack STILL screws up updates on dual-boot systems.
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