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Re:Interview with CEO of rsync.net: “no firewalls and no rou... by throwaway1777 on Thursday March 18, 2021 @01:56PM (#26505495)
As opposed to how “easy” it is to install Linux this doesn’t seem half bad.
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Re:Interview with CEO of rsync.net: “no firewalls and no rou... by Alupis on Thursday March 18, 2021 @02:16PM (#26505690)
What do you mean?

You download an ISO, put it on a USB key or burn it to a CD, and install it like you would Windows10 or any other OS.

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Re:Interview with CEO of rsync.net: “no firewalls and no rou... by reaperducer on Thursday March 18, 2021 @05:59PM (#26508002)
You download an ISO, put it on a USB key or burn it to a CD, and install it like you would Windows10 or any other OS.

If only it was that easy all the time.

I have an old laptop (2017) that I wasn't for anything else, using so I tried putting Linux on it. Nope. I went through five distributions before I found one that would finally work. And then, it was not really useable.

The whole reason people use MacOS is because they know what to expect. Linux is still a crapshoot.

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Re:Interview with CEO of rsync.net: “no firewalls and no rou... by fuzxi on Thursday March 18, 2021 @08:23PM (#26509039)
YMMV. I've installed several distros on my old laptop (2010) and never had any issues. Currently running Manjaro on it.
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