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   -=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 24-May-2019 16:13 <=-   
      
    MK> I just took a peak at what's being offered as far as preinstalled   
    MK> systems go and it appears Win10 is the top choice.  I've never seen it   
    MK> in action.  Most people here only have smartphones and/or tablets and   
    MK> for the mostpart Android is the usual suspect on those.  One   
    MK> Chromebook and one Mac book or whatever they're calling them these days.    
      
   Richard has one laptop with Win10 installed... It has a touchscreen so   
   most things can be done without a pointing device... I've been borrowing   
   it when I need to access websites that require things like javascript   
   and the particular browsers on that machine... like to get my digital   
   coupons for Wegmans and to check out the medical interface sites like   
   MyChart and MyCare to get messages from my doctors and check test   
   results... There are still plenty of keyboard shortcuts, so with minimal   
   touchpad use, I can get around... Still not what I'd want for my own   
   computer, for the rest of the stuff I do...   
      
    MK> Not counting myself only one other neighbour has a reqular   
    MK> computer and he uses linux, and has since he met me.  I think his   
    MK> motivation was to beat me at the linux game - whatever that is - but I   
    MK> think somewhere along the line he realized that we're on totally   
    MK> different paths as far as what uses a computer has to offer.  I tend   
    MK> to be more of a networking/hacker type than he is and he tends to   
    MK> stick to the more 'popular' uses such as digital photography and the   
    MK> such.  I am more of a networking/server type and as we speak I have   
      
   Many uses for computers... :)  And linux seems to work well across the   
   board... I'm more of an end user type, happy to just use it for my   
   uses... mostly messaging/writing of one sort or another, the occasional   
   game such as Scrabble or solitaire, and even more occasional forays to   
   check information on the web.... All of which is easily accomplished on   
   my old DOS machine...  :)   
      
    MK> three tiny lowpower systems including the raspi I am typing this reply   
    MK> on as well as two wireless access points I am customizing for those   
    MK> who want to use them for whatever is wanted at the moment.  As far as   
    MK> I know that is probably Facebook and/or YouTube given any   
    MK> conversations I have with the neighbours about wireless access.   
      
   Those are common uses.... neither of which I have any interest in...   
   well... once in a while there might be something on YouTube that I might   
   have wanted to check out had I the capability, but haven't really missed   
   it all that much... but I'm not interested in any sort of ongoing use of   
   it, any more than I am of watching TV (same basis)....   
      
    MK> All three are pure linux.  My main toy is also linux and I use that   
    MK> for my own purposes, mostly to play around with ideas I might have.    
      
   Your uses are more extensive than mine... :)  And it seems linux works   
   very well for you...  :)   
      
    NB>> Lots of suckers did... and still do.... ;)   
      
    MK> I think I was right about 2.0 though.  What I failed to see was that   
    MK> it had a future.  Beats me why.    
      
   There are all kinds....  :)   
      
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