Windows 10

[RickN]

I was just fine with XP. I'm sick of the Windows 10 popup.

Yes I think a lot of us were. All we wanted was security fixes and had no need for all the gee-wiz tech toys. I really wish MS would pull their head out and make a plain but secure version and one with all the bells and whistles for the tech geeks, or just a plain version that you can add tech toys to if you want. Do it like an AR, a pretty basic start that you can add tacticool crap to if you wish.

 

[dennishoddy]

Yes I think a lot of us were. All we wanted was security fixes and had no need for all the gee-wiz tech toys. I really wish MS would pull their head out and make a plain but secure version and one with all the bells and whistles for the tech geeks, or just a plain version that you can add tech toys to if you want. Do it like an AR, a pretty basic start that you can add tacticool crap to if you wish.

I get emails from Kim Kommando. One of the links I got the other day said Linux can be hacked by hitting the back button 28 times or so. Didn't click on the link because I'm not interested in Linux.

Not as secure as some think?

 

[RickN]

I get emails from Kim Kommando. One of the links I got the other day said Linux can be hacked by hitting the back button 28 times or so. Didn't click on the link because I'm not interested in Linux.

Not as secure as some think?

Any of them can be hacked the only point about Linux is that most hackers do not bother. The script kiddies go after Windows machines because there are so many of them.

 

[tharper]

I'm the total opposite when it comes to tech stuff I guess. I ditched apple years ago for Android and haven't regretted it a bit. I like tinkering with stuff, always have. Built my first PC when I was 12 or 13. I've been running Win 10 for a little while and I've been happy with it. Only issue I had with it was some oddities getting a microphone to work, but once I got that squared away, it's been running smooth.

 

[n423]

Finally switched to Win10 on Friday on laptop. Took about 2 hrs. Says we have 30 days to try it and can switch back.it is different. We'll see how it goes...

 

[SoonerP226]

I've been running Win 10 for a little while and I've been happy with it. Only issue I had with it was some oddities getting a microphone to work, but once I got that squared away, it's been running smooth.

Same here (though I've had no mic issues). It actually fixed some issues that I'd been having on my personal laptop. I'd say it fixed some issues on my work laptop, but we changed channels on our volume licensing, so I had to do a clean install. As a result, I don't know if it was going to Win10 or reinstalling all the apps that fixed the broke stuff, but everything is running better now.

 

[druryj]

I didn't like it but one of the more tech savvy members here helped me download Classic Shell so everything more or less looks like it used to.


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[Dave70968]

I get emails from Kim Kommando. One of the links I got the other day said Linux can be hacked by hitting the back button 28 times or so. Didn't click on the link because I'm not interested in Linux.

Not as secure as some think?

Sorry, dennis, but this post is meaningless without knowing which distribution of Linux, what version, what application, what version, what plugins, and the nature of the "hack." I realize you didn't read it, but to take a snippet from a story you didn't read and suggest that it makes an entire OS insecure just doesn't work. It's on the same level as finding one instance where a prohibited person bought a gun, and using that as proof that the system is "not as secure as some think."

 

[BReeves]

The simple truth is that the installed base of Linux isn't large enough for the hackers to mess with. It isn't any more or less secure than Windows, it just isn't a target.

 

[RickN]

The simple truth is that the installed base of Linux isn't large enough for the hackers to mess with. It isn't any more or less secure than Windows, it just isn't a target.

Exactly.

The wife and I decided we will try Windows 10 with Classic Shell and if we do not like it I can always reformat and reinstall 7.