You, I like you.

Bingo.

The key is to start this conversation from the beginning with anything/everything.

I get down toed to oblivion when I point out “just works” isn’t true.

You make a great point about endless choices.

No single UI, no single set of tools, those are massive barriers. And it’s why Windows became the de facto standard: single UI, consistent toolset.

Host solution for what?

Each service you want will probably have a different set of options.

When you say Apple cloud, that could mean all sorts of things.

Specificity in tech is crucial.

You may want to start with one type of service, and go from there. You’re about to head down a deep rabbit hole that includes things like Security Posture, Risk Management, etc.

Funny someone downvoted you.

Clearly that person has never managed a 10,000 pc domain. Or hell, even a 10 pc domain in an SMB.

“The license is worth the cost” - I literally had this conversation with a peer not two hours ago. They have a client who’s previous IT management built a domain using Linux. Yes, you can do it, but I’d only do it if your IT is fully in-house and stable. This was an IT vendor. It saved them (the client) licensing…like $250 or so.

Imagine how quickly they’re going to burn $250 for a support issue because there’s something odd about how the Linux software isn’t exactly duplicating a windows DC? Or the next IT vendor doesn’t know what you implemented, so have to find out about which packages you used and how they work. (In this case they’re building a new domain and migrating everyone, because it’s currently unsupportable. Glad they saved $250 to spend $20k today).

You don’t use Linux desktop in a business to save licensing costs, unless you know the use-case inside and out. The first time your business has a need for something that doesn’t exist in Linux land, all those savings are gone as you build a virtual host for Windows, and deal with the lost productivity.

And I use Linux every day for things like Proxmox, UnRAID, TrueNAS, etc. Even there the difference between design approaches is really problematic.

This is the best description I’ve seen.

It gets old hearing the “Linux is better, Windows sucks” mantra.

They’re different things with different use cases.

I despise Linux for a desktop, it’s an awful experience, because it hasn’t been developed/targeted for what I need to do, and I don’t have the time to play fuck-fuck with distros to work something out - I have other shit to do.

Like build and manage Proxmox/TrueNAS boxes, which are… LINUX! Because this is where Linux shines, as purpose-built solutions.

Windows works nearly every time any more - I don’t have to do anything during setup. Drivers are automatic during setup.

Not sure where you get this idea from.

My Logitech mouse doesn’t work at all on Linux unless I search for why and go find third-party software for it. Windows sees it as a generic HID and treats it as such. I can go get the Logitech software if I want, but have no need of it. Linux? Nope. Probably the most prolific mouse on the planet and Linux can’t even use it, at all, natively.

On windows it just works.

Now let’s go deploy 300, or 3000 machines.

Preach!

These are people who can’t be bothered to write things down, because that takes effort.

Pretty much anyone can read at least 4x faster than someone can speak.

There’s a place for video, 98% of YouTube isn’t it.

Because “we” do, as evidenced by the people willing to pay the price(s)

Grayjay seems to be more stable than NewPipe

I just installed teleguard because of this comment.

It’s run by SwissCows, they claim it’s fully encrypted with the latest/greatest tech, and comply with GDPR (and since they claim to not store user data, it’s pretty simple).

It’s simplistic in it’s setup (not really a criticism, just a description/observation). This seems to be because (they claim) no data is stored on their servers (messages transit,and are deleted upon delivery).

If you want to use another device simultaneously, you have to backup one device, then restore it to the new device (backup requires a password). They’ll then have the same history and will remain in sync, I think. So far I haven’t gotten the restore to work because both devices must run the exact same version, and the Windows version isn’t up to date.

I haven’t found documentation on where the backup is stored, but I suspect the restore process pulls the backup from the first device.

Edit: Sync works, I’m just an idiot. When it says use your ID, they mean the code, not your Nickname. 🤦🏼‍♂️

It seems to work well, did some voice and video calls between phone and laptop, sent files, etc.

There’s a fixed amount of available bandwidth (signaling) on a given connection, regardless of directionality.

Sadly you see this at all levels of companies.

I’ve seen it in IT for 30+ years (Google is a great example): new projects/changes make you visible to upper management, but if you prevent failures/outages no one cares.

Now, have an actual outage and fix it, you’re a hero.

So, don’t prevent outages, but note the issues privately, develop mitigation plans, so when the outage occurs you’re the hero. That’s the lesson anyway.

Damn, that’s a good point.

Maybe some poor maintenance needs to be done on one of their private planes. Oh, yea, that’s right, they fly private, and I bet those are properly maintained and well-checked.

Nope.

At least not anything meaningful.

Probably would, since cargo is their primary…cargo.

Burnable discs have a limited life span. Make sure you have duplicates, and test them regularly.

Exactly.

Piracy was “tolerated”, because it stole money from competitors.

Even if a pirate lied and only turned over some of the booty to the crown, it still took it from their enemies.

What are you on? “Vaporize toner into your air”… Then why isn’t my house covered in toner (and every office that prints thousands of pages a month)?

Toner is electrostatically attracted then heated onto the page, not vaporized.

My 1997 black-and-white Lexmark died last summer. Yes, 1997.