Open Source and Free Software

they were just a way to occasionally get into word processing and spreadsheets between idle hours sharing pictures and bullshitting on message boards.

I installed Ubuntu on an old laptop too slow to work with the latest Windows silliness and found that a half dozen programs I depended n wouldn't work. The stuff that did work worked well, but not as well as on my newer Win10 computers.

The bigger problem I've noticed on all operating systems is the more PC power we get, the more OS clowns find ways to waste it. I upgraded this machine to 16 gigs just to keep it moving. I'll have Thunderbird, two or three browsers, and an office suite open at the same time as a utility or three, and while I could do this in the old days with XP, with 7 and up it crashes or slows down horribly unless you max out the ram. Throw in GIMP and it's all over now. 16 gigs and barely enough power to write a letter... How did we ever survive with 640K?

Just as the faster internet speeds get, the more webassholes find to waste, so it takes as long or longer to download a web page, or even email, as it did with the older, slower connections.

Nature does not abhor a vacuum any more than geeks do.