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Re: Show HN: Fun tool that cut my family and friends tech support time in half

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Post by andybak »

pvg wrote: post #197
andybak wrote: post #164

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did you mean to imply there was a logical connection? I'm not sure how 'perceived usage' relates to 'quality'? Surely the two questions are orthogonal? i.e. the less used solution might still be 'better'.

No, I was asking what I typed. It wasn't a cleverly veiled challenge to derive what I could have meant from first principles.

Well either you were asserting an invalid logical connection or you phrased it poorly. Reading your reply I'm still not terribly clear which it was.

Re: Show HN: Fun tool that cut my family and friends tech support time in half

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Post by ekianjo »

mnx wrote: post #190
ekianjo wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem is DRM - it has nothing to do with Linux.

Doesn't matter whose fault it is. Works on Windows, doesn't on linux. That's all that matters for the user.

its like saying certain games work only on consoles and not on windows so windows is shit. that does not make much sense really.

Re: Show HN: Fun tool that cut my family and friends tech support time in half

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Post by ekianjo »

brokenmachine wrote: post #217
ekianjo wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same here for photo management - there is still no perfect solution so far. What did you end up using ? I am using a combination of Rapid Photo Downloader + Shotwell - not great, but it kind of works.

Is picasa for Linux still usable? Picasa is/was great.

picasa was discontinued by Google I believe.

Re: Show HN: Fun tool that cut my family and friends tech support time in half

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Post by mnx »

ekianjo wrote: post #222
mnx wrote: post #190

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Doesn't matter whose fault it is. Works on Windows, doesn't on linux. That's all that matters for the user.

its like saying certain games work only on consoles and not on windows so windows is shit. that does not make much sense really.

No, it's like saying that

certain games work only on consoles and not on windows so windows is not a suitable replacement of consoles for people who want to play those games.

Re: Show HN: Fun tool that cut my family and friends tech support time in half

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Post by ekianjo »

xur17 wrote: post #23
ekianjo wrote: post #20

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> For folks who mostly just need a browser and for whom malware is a risk, you really can't do better than an iPad. Yup, I agree, but some folks prefer a physical keyboard and an Ipad + bluetooth keyboard is not really super convenient.

A chromebook is a pretty good alternative.

True. But Linux distros can run on more hardware I believe.

Re: Show HN: Fun tool that cut my family and friends tech support time in half

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Post by appelza »

sctb wrote: post #213
appelza wrote: post #80

Trust silly shit like this to make the top of HN. Omg, what tech did u use to create this, on your macbook???

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