Whatcha gonna do brother? When Windows 12 descends on you!

[CharlieJV]

@CharlieJV

I Used Puppy Linux when I had my '98 and XP computers up and running. That was around the birth of QB64. My Son uses a ChromeBook laptop, but has a Windows gaming PC. He tells me he uses the laptop frequently to avoid all the Windows BS. Since jut about all tech companies are a bunch of liberal asshats, I guess I could stomach the switch from one asshat to another. Hey, does this asshat make my OS look big?

Pete

Yeah, I've reached that age of telling stories...

At the tail end of my time with Puppy, I was finding my old computer really not handling YouTube very well.  So I decided it was time to get myself a brand new device.

So I decided to do some serious analysis of my computer usage/needs.  And I put together a huge spreadsheet, listing every kind of device (desktop, laptop, tablet) and operating system available,, looking at the pros and cons.

And I realized, for all the stuff I do, any kind of computer is a paper-weight to me if I don't have access to the web.  Chromebook it is.

Lo and behold, still useful even without the web.  Can still create/edit Google Docs/Sheets/whatever.  Eventually, newer Chromebooks came with the ability to enable Linux by just clicking on a button.  Cool.

I've always been my ex-wife's I.T. Support guy, and helping with Windows was always a poop sandwich in a dumpster fire.  (She is heavily intimidated by computers.)  I got her on a Chromebook not long after I got my first one, and she has needed very little help since.

Then my mum decided she wanted a computer.  My brother said: "she is your responsibility."  My brother was already our dad's I.T. Windows support person.

So I convinced my mama to get a Chromebook about 6 years ago, and she has only needed minimal help.

Then my dad was complaining about his Windows laptop, and I said "that's why I have a Chromebook."  So he decided to get one, and he hasn't needed any I.T. support from anybody since.

Although Windows software development (OpenText Gupta Team Developer, aka SQL Windows) is my bread and butter since 1995, I'll never use Windows on my time ever again.

On the rare occasion I need "hefty" programs, I just bring up Linux.  Otherwise, no fuss no muss computering for this kid.

The biggest problem with Chromebooks:  people buying them and bellyaching about not being able to install Windows software.