I have used Win 10 on a limited basis so far on a couple of low end computers
and my experience has been “so far” similar to that of Mike’s, very positive;
one of them is a very low end miniature unit with 2GB of memory and 32 GB of on
board SSD storage with a fresh install. The compiled version of R:Base seems to
run faster as do other programs I have tested. I will try upgrading next a
laptop I have that runs Windows Vista and just drags; I believe Win 10 will run
much faster.
Javier,
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stanfield
Technologies LLC
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 2:16 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Linux & R:Base
I agree with the previous post. As a computer tech person, I have NOT been
impressed with Win10. In my computer shop I have several requests to reload
win7 and remove 10. Infact, by default there are settings within 10 that
"seed" itself out to download much like viruses do. It may be better than 8,
but I would never trade it for Win7. Internet performance has also been an
issue where the internet providers are being blamed for internet issues when
infact it is Win10. Microsoft seems desperate to give it away in order to get
people away from 7 for some odd reason.
I agree looking ahead that Linux may be the answer, especially as Linux
improves its ability to install software and its dependancies without a huge
amount of work. PC Linux seems to be one of the platforms that makes this much
easier.
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Byerley <mailto:[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 1:06 PM
Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Linux & R:Base
I don’t find any of the negatives you mention with Win 10, but I did a virgin
install on the existing hardware I had instead of an upgrade. Most
applications start noticeably quicker over my Win 7 previous.
I even managed to get my old Autocad 2000 (16 year old software) to work on Win
10 without running it in XP virtual machine.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alastair Burr
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 7:48 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [RBASE-L] - Linux & R:Base
The time to move away from Microsoft Windows and change to Linux is beckoning –
I find Windows 10 almost unusable in that it is desperately slow and often
unreliable with automatic updates changing my settings at will.
I have a Linux system running from a flash drive and there seems to be very
little that I do in Windows that I can’t do on this simple installation.
A major consideration however, is running R:Base:
Will it run directly under Linux?
There seems to be ways of running some Windows programs but not all – will
R:Base run in one of these systems?
Presumably there is no problem with a dual boot set up?
Any advice and comments would be welcome,
Regards,
Alastair.
