Comments on: I’m Still Here

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 20:38:21 +0000

In reply to JuanitaM. The only Microsoft products I actually wanted to buy were their Z-80 card for the Apple II and their mouse, Since then I wore gloves, safety glasses and had a fire extinguisher handy when I had to use their products. After the first 30 years you really develop a high level of distrust.

By: JuanitaM

JuanitaM — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 17:09:13 +0000

Amen, Brother ‘Tux, amen!

Bryan, I see Badtux is preaching to the choir there!

When Microsoft added 10 to the recommended updates, it made it all too easy for me to accidentally click on something that would start the update while I was in the middle of something important. Would I be able to stop it once it got going? With Microsoft’s aggressivenss in forcing everyone to migrate to 10, who knew?

So, it was time to accept the inevitable, and do it at my own pace. I really appreciate all the advice and the links.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 15:25:00 +0000

In reply to Badtux. Amen, Brother 'Tux, amen!

By: Badtux

Badtux — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 08:30:53 +0000

I’ve long since tired of the hassles of loading software, that’s why I waited a year before upgrading to Windows 10, and only did so after it was clear they had all the bugs out (as much as any piece of software can be said to be “bug free”). I did it to a virtual machine first, and believe me, if there had been the least bit of friction that would have been the end of it, I’m not in the mood to patch up other people’s buggy software anymore, I have plenty of buggy software of my own to fix up :).

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 04:19:03 +0000

I’ve grabbed the logos of Classic Shell and Antispy and will be dropping them along with the links in the left sidebar.

Glad to hear that it was as painless as Badtux said. We tend to underestimate the problems associated with loading software because of assumed knowledge.

By: JuanitaM

JuanitaM — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 15:44:08 +0000

Thanks Bryan and everybody. I now have Windows 10 downloaded and everything went as seamlessly as Badtux described. What a relief. It’s a long process, and I was biting my nails the whole time. I had to completely reformat and reinstall on one Microsoft Office “upgrade” which is a complete misnomer and should have been named ‘Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here’.

I’ve tried to leave Microsoft alone since then…sleeping dogs and all that. And Bryan, I agree with you about LibreOffice. After the reformatting hell thingy, I downloaded OpenOffice which worked beautifully, then migrated to LibreOffice for much the same reasons as you mentioned. Oracle probably makes so much money with their enterprise systems, this small stuff is just an annoyance.

And opening large programs, like LibreOffice, really is a little snappier than with Windows 7. Overall, I’m glad I finally got the nerve up to just do it. Thanks, everyone.

Start Menu: That really is a busy little piece of work. I guess it’s optimized for tablets, smartphones, and juveniles.

Kryten: Yes, things are fine with me, and I hope you’re doing better. Healthwise, you and Bryan have both had a tough year, sounds like!

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 04:16:57 +0000

They were very nice, and I actually got to see them after hours of iffy connection. I may be changing my router if things don’t get better.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 02:52:09 +0000

just in case you’re still waiting for the electrician, here’s a little something Siberian to help pass the time –

http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/01/the-huskies-of-aviemore/424680/

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 07 Feb 2016 20:04:09 +0000

I think I've fixed all of the links and will pull them and slap them on a sidebar for reference. In both Windows and Linux I use LibreOffice because of all of the annoying things that M$ Office did when I attempted to upgrade. I had used OpenOffice until Oracle got the rights to it. Oracle is easily the king of of disastrous upgrades. At one point I was warning people to not just backup their data and software, but their hardware before attempting an Oracle upgrade.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Sun, 07 Feb 2016 19:30:53 +0000

Yeah. 🙂 I pinned an image on Pinterest that said:

“Smart care, smart TVs, smart phones…

When will they start making smart people?”

It’s been popular. 😆

I hope all is well with you. 🙂