I have to agree with Guy. I have 7 computers on my home network and the
only one still running Win7 is the one at the workbench, which is soon
to be replaced because it just runs too slow, and would not upgrade to
Win10 anyway.
No problems running any ham software on Win10, and the OS seems to be
quite solid.
In the past, I have tried the switch to Linux, but had numerous
problems. My conclusion was that anyone who just wanted a stand-alone
computer for web surfing, email and document creation can do that easily
with Linux, Firefox, Thunderbird and LibreOffice. Unfortunately,
getting communications between networked computers is much more complex,
particularly if the installed network is Windows based. I gave up,
Windows may have its complexities, but it installs easily and "just runs".
If you want to become a computer geek, then have at it with Linux - the
support is a mixed bag of geek talk and insults if you do not understand
their language.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 7/31/2016 12:10 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:
After waiting 6 months I gave in to the Windows 10 nagware, and upgraded my
and my wife's Win 7 Pro machines.
Regardless of how one might compare Windows and Linux, both our conversions
have been stable as a rock, apparently the best version of Windoze that we
have ever had.
Running ham stuff on Win 10 is a better deal now. It was a little spooky
not being able to closely control the upgrades in Win 10, but that hasn't
made any difference thus far.
YMMV, but have a really good reason to go to Linux. You may want to try Win
10 before you invest all those resources (including your valuable time) in
a conversion to Linux.
73, Guy K2AV
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