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hunter

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16. I'll only use Microsoft or Apple products if someone pays me to.

Fri Jan 3, 2025, 01:16 AM

Jan 3

My home machines run Linux.

I've been on the internet since the late 'seventies. (I'm deliberately vague about that for privacy reasons.) The first real operating system I regularly used was BSD.

I started using Windows 3.1 because it was the most convenient way for me to run the Mosaic browser. (Been in the same room as Marc Andreessen a few times along the way.) I quit Windows at 98SE, just a couple of days after the Opera browser for Linux was released.

But what's that got to do with login problems on DU?

Go ahead and sneer if you like, I'm writing this on a $100 Chromebook. The most I've ever paid for a computer was $300 for a shop-worn 386.

Most of my computers are diverted from the e-waste bins. I put in a new hard drive, max out the memory, install Linux, copy over my home directory, and I'm good to go. It makes me happy and I don't have to pirate anything.

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Same here, but obviously DU founder EarlG is the expert and should be able to help Rhiannon12866 Dec 27 #8

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Clear your browser cache to the beginning of time LearnedHand Dec 28 #10

Install ublock origin on your browser. Sector 001 Dec 28 #11

I use Firefox on everything with Ublock Yellowdog-1966 Dec 29 #12

Why would you use Firefox? ItsjustMe Dec 30 #13

Always worked for me Yellowdog-1966 Dec 30 #14

I stopped using Linux way back in 2007. ItsjustMe Dec 30 #15

I'll only use Microsoft or Apple products if someone pays me to. hunter Jan 3 #16

😂 ItsjustMe Jan 3 #17

I don't hate Microsoft or Apple. I just don't have any compelling reason to use their software. hunter Jan 3 #18