re: Question about 'Remove the Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant (ClickOnce) Firefox Extension'
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 2:31 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by ben2talk
(10 messages posted)
Just installing themers in XP is illegal, and is hacking - installing non-MS dll
files.
I know everyone steals Windows and then disregard any laws applying to the EULA -
but now I can honestly say I don't actually hack anything in my system - the settings
are all open and available for me to change at will.
Linux is free and open - but as an amateur, I don't need to replace any parts of
my original system with cracked versions to make things work and my desktop is very
much simpler and easier to operate than yours, or that of a Mac in my opinion. I'm
not forced to use the default 'standard' desktop or even run the launcher, or 'explorer.exe'.
12 months ago, I shied away (I was told I needed to edit an Xorg.config file to make
my display work properly) from linux. I spent three hours working out how to compile
and install 'Pidgin' - and whilst it gave me a faster and personally adjusted installer
suited to my system I didn't really enjoy the process and didn't ever do that since...
Now I don't need to do anything like that - it just works. After 12 months of use
(initially just occasional for booting to check mail, browse stuff on a Saturday
morning etc) it took over all by itself. I was an XP user, now I'm a Linux user that
occasionally uses XP.
Actually, I strongly recommend you keep a dual boot of something like Mint, or Ubuntu
- because if you keep it updated, you'll see very drastic changes - especially over
the last 6 months, and there will be drastic improvements from now to next year too.
We're expecting a ten second boot sometime in spring. With 12 months general experience
(just using it and getting used to it whilst doing things like browsing net and doing
office work) I now find it much easier to do most things here than in XP. If something
doesn't work first click in XP you require much more expertise - it just looks foreign
for the first 6 months. It takes that long for you to stop thinking 'how do I do
this, in XP I'd just edit the registry'.
Next you'll be saying it's easier just to stick with Internet Explorer rather than
try out Firefox and Chromium ;) Don't tell me you can't remember a time when you
did think like that :P
On Monday, September 28, 2009 at 9:17 pm, Ricer46 wrote:
>There are a very small number of Microsoft "believers" here. I personally despise
>the company, because they are underhanded in their business practices. But the plain
>simple truth is that their products are easier to run than any version of Linux
that
>I've looked at. One day that may no longer be true, and I will gladly switch, if
>I'm still alive.
>
>I spend no time worrying about security risks, and fell that I'm quite secure. A
>linux user that doesn't "hack (whatever that means to you)" their system?? Oh come
>on, that's what Linux users do. They live for that. Hacking can be fun as a hobby,
>but it's certainly not required.
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