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109130My experience with DEC was minor fortunately - absolutely hated that VMS OS compd[-_-]b-9/18/2021
109129I see you use screenshots a lot - doesn't everybody? :-) Actually I quit usJeff Hayden19/18/2021
109128Your complaints are valid, and I've never been one to learn or use a huge nuZen Dollar Round19/18/2021
109127At least Sun didn't just die; it was gobbled up. I worked on DEC for a numi-node-9/18/2021
109126Thanks - ifixit has the Amazon Echo teardown. I was curious whether these "Elroy-9/18/2021
109125I've always used either Suse or RedHat at Intel Corp and Amazon for most word[-_-]b-9/18/2021
109124>> Have you used one yet? I know they're fast. But I'm so doni-node19/18/2021
109123My biggest complaint with Windows today is the forced updates. That is just nevi-node19/18/2021
109122Ifixit.com offers product teardowns.Zen Dollar Round-9/18/2021
109121Yeah, I'm familiar with the netstats on Windows. A mess. I don't know i-node-9/18/2021
109120Ok thanks.Elroy-9/18/2021
109119Thanks for the post! I have trust issues with Google too. I've been usingInvestor2-9/18/2021
109118I'm done with Macs to the extent I can be. I believe they are no longer a goZen Dollar Round-9/18/2021
109117which is true also because of MSFT's elimination of SMB 1.0, which has been steve harris-9/18/2021
109116I like Linuxmint, looks just like Windows, it uses Ubuntu as it's base. Ubunsteve harris-9/18/2021
109115Steve, do you have a currently preferred distro at this time?i-node-9/18/2021
109114Yeah. It was a great idea. They just blend right in. [graphic]i-node19/18/2021
109113I haven't ever seen this that I can recall. I remember some time ago there i-node-9/18/2021
109112I've had to move all client computers to Windows 10 in the last year. Majori-node-9/18/2021
109111Although I've mostly abandoned Chrome, I've seen that lately on customeri-node29/18/2021
109110Dont give up. I have like free 5gig on my Verizon cloud for my phone, it stays steve harris-9/17/2021
109109That was interesting, thanks. It freed up about half a gig of space by deleting Sam-9/17/2021
109108Ok, are you going into google mail with your browser or a client like Thunderbisteve harris-9/17/2021
109107Yes. I empty trash and spam all the time.Sam19/17/2021
109106Did you empty trash? Otherwise it disappears after 30 days I think. I use the fsteve harris-9/17/2021
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