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#1 2015-07-11 20:08:09
- joefact
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Linux question
Why Linux? Why do you prefer it, and why do you love to use it?
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#2 2015-07-12 01:15:43
Re: Linux question
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#3 2015-07-12 02:07:16
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Re: Linux question
That was really interesting! 
Seems Linux is actual good Operating System to use. 
Thanks!
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#4 2015-07-12 03:43:23
- bobbym
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Re: Linux question
Hi;
Linux is cleaner than Windows.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#5 2015-07-12 18:08:47
- joefact
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Re: Linux question
In your opinion, between Bash and PowerShell, which do you prefer? Seems the new PowerShell is good too!
regards
Joe
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#6 2015-07-13 00:53:57
Re: Linux question
Who uses PS, anyway?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#7 2015-07-13 14:12:32
- joefact
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Re: Linux question
Windows sys admins? I don't know about PowerShell, but opposite heading slash of POSIX seems nice and natural to me. Says, echo $HOME, you got your (cd+pwd) with a variable call in Linux. However, I'm glad Bash is exist, it's more than just a type-output shell.
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#8 2016-04-24 21:49:37
- googol
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Re: Linux question
With Windows your computer tells you what to do, with Linux your computer does what you want
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#9 2016-07-01 01:50:13
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Re: Linux question
Initially i got tired of all the proprietary software that i was using in Windows. It was often neither clear, neither safe, neither free, so i kind of stumbled on a few open source programs that were just as good if not better than the proprietary ones. So after some investigating i found out that Linux in general is like that and so i tried it. Since then i have abandoned windows completely, because the whole linux ecosystem is completely usable if not better than windows (unless you work with adobe, cad programs etc) and it's free, open source and safe and you can do whatever you want with it, there are no restrictions. One can build it completely from the ground up, if he so wishes!
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#10 2016-07-03 06:11:34
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Re: Linux question
LInux is superior to Windoze but it is not without its own brand of problems.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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