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Well, you can have the same functionality with find if you want it: find -type f -exec grep -Hn "_content_" {} \;
grep -RHn "_content_" .
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They are where I put them. Never used a search function once like this. Perhaps it’s because I lived in the days before search was even a thing.
There definitely is a sort of pseudo generational gap of how peole interact with computers. I was having a conversation with a 20ish year old the other day about computer for storage and they didn't understand the filing cabinet analogy. Like, for then everything had to be in the desktop folder, but the concept that C:\Users\User\Desktop was like having a folder in a filing cabinet, where C: was the actual cabinet, w…
A special kind of insanity that puts me in a mild, cold sweat. Such filesystems can come for your family too!
Worth noting, my father was an early adopter of the home computer. It's somehow regressed over the years.
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I’ll tell you why I still use a Mac: it’s because my non-techie wife still uses one. Even then I still have to provide her with regular tech support. For someone like her using Linux is not yet a viable option.
My 75 years old mother can do it completely unassisted…
Considering that most elderly that I've met do their entire workflow through the browser, that just adds to the ease of moving to Linux.
microsoft is just malware at this point, it's intelligence gathering to spy on people how is this even legal?
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Well for those who are stuck with Windows because of some applications or simply because of familiarity. My suggestion is to stay on an older release as long as possible. If that isn't possible I would recommend keeping the computer turned off most of the time and only briefly using it for your purpose and try to keep from doing anything embarrassing or personal too much. Another thing that might help is calling up y…
I also recommend https://github.com/LeDragoX/Win-Debloat-Tools to debloat your Windows 10-11. Familiarity is not really a good reason against Linux, however. Just install a Linux distro that comes close in looks. What are these Linux distributions these days? Pop OS? Elementary OS? Most people are only using their browsers anyway.
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Then don't turn it on?
Oh, I won't, but MS has the unfortunate recurring habit of turning features on against users' will, at best giving the option to "Remind me in 3 days".
I don't know how many times I've had to tell Windows that I don't want Edge to be my default browser and OneDrive should not open at login.
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"The whole principle (censorship) is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak.” ― Robert A. Heinlein The opposite is true too. Infants shouldn't be handed knives because grown men need to cut their steak.
It's more like, "Only licensed chefs need pointy knives, so the logical thing to do is ban pointy knives for everyone else."
I can never understand how anyone with an interest in tech hasn't switched to Linux for their personal desktop/laptop at some point in the last 20+ years. Why would you want to use a closed source OS controlled by a corporation with a past as checkered as Microsoft's?
Gaming. Linux gaming has come a long way (especially thanks to the steam deck) but the vast majority of games are still only released on Windows.
You use Windows for games, and only games. For everything else, you use Linux.
This is a practical setup.
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I also recommend https://github.com/LeDragoX/Win-Debloat-Tools to debloat your Windows 10-11. Familiarity is not really a good reason against Linux, however. Just install a Linux distro that comes close in looks. What are these Linux distributions these days? Pop OS? Elementary OS? Most people are only using their browsers anyway.
Linux Mint remains the most stable, least babysitting required, solid distro for beginners. Ubuntu is also okay. Pop, Zorin, Elementary, etc. are great choices, too. But if you ask me one , I will suggest Linux Mint. All Linux Mint releases are Long Time Support (LTS) versions, btw. With support for five years.
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> I don't want my computer to be a maintenance hobby unto itself That hasn't been the case with Linux, any more than other OSs, for some time now. At least not if you chose an LTS release of a big “getting work done” oriented distro rather than something geared around the bleeding edge or customisability. There are issues with some software support, but that is almost all Windows stuff that you'll have the same probl…
Scan your comment: That hasn't been the case with Linux...for some time now There are issues There are occasional hardware issue You're arguing against yourself.
Headset does not work on Linux: “This is crap, I’ll tell everybody I know to stay away from Linux!”
Headset does not work on Windows: “This is crap, I’ll tell everybody I know to stay away from these headphones!”
(Re-post from 2022: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32541772>)