[HN Gopher] Upgrade to Linux ___________________________________________________________________ Upgrade to Linux Author : pabs3 Score : 29 points Date : 2022-10-06 22:20 UTC (39 minutes ago) (HTM) web link (www.upgradetolinux.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.upgradetolinux.com) | Cyberdog wrote: | Is it just me or is the Ubuntu font really hard to read for long- | form text? It doesn't help that it's larger than normal body text | too. Sites like this remind me that custom fonts in CSS were a | mistake. | | On topic... calling switching to Linux an "upgrade" is pretty | presumptuous. It's not an upgrade for someone whose business | relies on programs or technologies which are still only available | on Windows - for many of those people, that's probably why | they're on Windows in the first place. | ghostly_s wrote: | It's not just you, it's a shit font. | pjmlp wrote: | I keep seeing these upgrade advertisement since Windows XP | days.... | ekianjo wrote: | Again Linux users trying to convert Windows users at every OS | change. It wont work well. Windows users expect Windows, not | having to relearn everything from scratch | ghostly_s wrote: | Also the small issue that despite how much Windows sucks Linux | continues to be worse. | least wrote: | This website is _terrible._ Its "resources" are almost entirely | just links to articles and youtube videos. The information is | poorly presented and poorly written. Why is the front page | entirely taken up by a picture of a penguin? | boomskats wrote: | > Desktop Linux is an alternative to Mac or Windows. It's free, | more secure, and runs on almost PC | | The content here is neat! Running into a typo in the first | sentence I read was a little off-putting though. | rcoveson wrote: | As somebody who ran desktop Linux on a caseless machine with | the CPU cooler screwed into a bulk Top Ramen box, I can confirm | it runs just fine on almost PC. | Ruq wrote: | Based off one of the sponser links I followed, methinks the | writer's first language might not be english? | | Not to deride the site, or any writer. | 1970-01-01 wrote: | Sorry, I've already installed GNU/Linux and simply don't have | time to try and get both working! | | https://www.getgnulinux.org/en/ | wanderingmind wrote: | Strange they recommend Fedora and not Arch for learning Linux | internals ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-10-06 23:00 UTC)