@Jeff_DeMaagd When I was using Windows 7 (before switching to Debian/Linux) – I would have my computer on 24/7 to record shows from TV and that would require more than 12 hours and having the machine reboot in the middle of a recording was bad.
Thankfully, I no longer have to put up with Microsoft’s bullshit, after donning my penguin cap.
@shauki duplicate comment?
@Anton_Fosselius FreeCAD’s controls and layout are also completely alien from that of traditional CAD software (such as provided by Autodesk, etc) and has a very steep learning curve.
If you have used Autdesk CAD, you have to completely forget it and re-learn everything…nothing will transfer over because FreeCAD does everything differently from drawing simple shapes to the more advanced features using parametric functions.
GNU/Linux is only practical for a handful of people. Tbh, i’d probably switch to OSX in a heartbeat, but it seems like there are even more strings (and dongles) attaches to that than Win10.
@Thomas_Sanladerer Mac’s might be an option…but for me they are just, too, damn expensive and don’t really offer anything that does not have an equivalent in the Linux world.
Also, Apple (and Microsoft) have a habit of taking technology and extending it with proprietary features such that it needs other Apple (or Microsoft) branded technology/products to work (or to take advantage of the extended features).
That’s known in the industry as customer lock-in – a way to ensure that the company keeps it’s customers from going to the competition.
@William_L_DeRieux_IV you know that they got like 10 different control schemes? layout is dynamic. i love their laptop mode. never thought i could build a model in an convinient way without a mouse…
@Thomas_Sanladerer i have to strongly disagree. look how well it is going for chrombooks and android. i would rather say that linux is useless for a handful of people
You can solve this issue easily with simple Google search its really not that difficult.
Use the group policy editor, gpedit.msc, to change how updates are installed/downloaded
Maybe word idiots is a bit strong
@Peter_L That shows the configuration for: Configuring Automatic updates and does not show the configuration for Automatic rebooting as per the OP
@Thomas_Sanladerer when was the last time you actually tried Linux? On laptops - the new baytrail garbage, sure.
On a desktop, Linux is fine and dandy. Linux Mint 18 I was left wondering what to do after I installed it. Everything just…worked. I was kind of lost actually.
Ubuntu for the new users with proprietary nvidia drivers is almost literally hands-off.
@Anton_Fosselius I keep trying FreeCAD again and again and again – one day it’ll be useful. Right now I’m using Solidworks for frame stress simulations (wanting to build my own go-kart)
@Peter_L that’s the exact option that stopped working with the anniversary update. There seems to be another way that still works, disabling the UpdateOrchestrator task in the task planner.
Still works for me, I get a notifications updates are available but not installed, I have one waiting now for me to press “Install”
@ThantiK i use various flavors of Linux (usually Fedora) all the time - mostly for nerd stuff. If all you need is Facebook and occasionally Office, sure, go for it. Chrome OS ftw. But the fragmentation and low adoption rates of true Linux desktops is kinda knocking it down - if you need to get anything other than what’s included in your distro, most users are suddenly way beyond their comfort zone.
Personally, GNU/Linux won’t become my system until there’s a proper NLE (video editing) and wider support from game studios, as well as hardware vendors (drivers).
@Thomas_Sanladerer have you tried using Blender for editing videos?
You can see the editor at 3:18 (and compare it to final cut pro at 2:56)
I always thought that Blender was just for 3d modeling, but it appears that they have added a Video Sequence Editor accesible from the top-menu bar (Window -> Video Editing).
@William_L_DeRieux_IV yes, I’ve tried using it, but it was neither efficient nor nearly powerful enough for me.
I have used Fedora 21, 24, 25 with a laptop and I was happy with it except the idea that Fedora 25 does not have the KDE Plasma bugs fixed yet…but that might be because of Wayland.
@David_Sherwood anti-competition agreements with laptop and desktop computer manufacturers maybe. That is why OS2 died in my opinion. Microsoft had an agreement with IBM to sell just OS2 on their desktop computers. Why IBM agreed to something that would kill their own product is a mystery to me.
