On Saturday 18 July 2020 01:38:36 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> Anno domini 2020 Sat, 18 Jul 01:24:09 -0700
>
>  William Morder via trinity-users scripsit:
> > [...]
> >
> > > my intention, should I keep the laptop, is to install Windows 10 Pro
> > > in place of Home.
> > >
> > > f.
> >
> > I hope never to be forced to say those words, ever again: install
> > Windoze. I also made vows to get more exercise, and to eat less junk
> > food.
>
> If you do not run any games, why stay with windoof? There was just a quite
> emotional thread on the freebsd mailinglist about win10 killing all OS on
> the disk - happened with the latest update to 2004 (?) IMO. That thing
> changed the partitioning scheme and introduced a 500MB partition for the m$
> bootloader, killing everything in its way.
>
> Anyway, my prefered way is to do a 1:1 copy of the origila hd - or rip the
> disk and put is on the shelf. Then go Linux/BSD only and run M$ from
> qemu/virtualbox.
>
> Nik
>

I also hope never to say the words "run Windoze" ever again. 

;-) 

However, I can see where it is sometimes useful to be able to run it for some 
limited purposes, and confining its evils to a virtual box would probably be 
my choice, as well, if somebody is pointing a gun at my head, or I find 
myself caught in some such predicament. 

Note that I never started out to be a Linux crusader, nor did I think much 
about the implications of "proprietary" software. It was only when I couldn't 
get my machines to do what I wanted (things that they used to do without 
complaint); then I started doing some research, which eventually led me to 
Linux, then GNU/Linux free/libre, Richard Stallman, et al. The same with 
systemd versus init: systemd messed up my system, that's why I didn't like 
it. Later came the philosophy and politics of computers and software, and all 
that other stuff. 

Bill