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There are gazillions different flavors of Linux; so each flavor is a distro.|
There is only one version of Windows, yes I know there are some variants like Home, Pro, but it's not the same a Linux distros.
I'd rather be phishing!
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I see those as distros in a way. There's also Embedded which is highly customizable, Server and Windows X10 soon.
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Linux takes some beating as a server , but as a a Desktop I'm with Windows
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Windows is a GUI atop an OS.
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I think you misspelled GUANO.
There is only one Vera Farmiga and Salma Hayek is her prophet!
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Actually it is indeed an OS. The reason is the enormous database of divers and hardware support that Windows provides.
There is only one Vera Farmiga and Salma Hayek is her prophet!
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It boots;
Chrome doesn't.
And it doesn't beat a real OS ofc, but it beats a browser-OS everyday.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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In my opinion it goes far beyond what an OS should do and I would prefer that it butt out.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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On Monday morning, 23rd March 2020, I was a few hours a head of Boris in declaring 'personal' lockdown. Commuting in to work on train and tube, didn't seem like a good idea. Neither did sitting in an office with 200 other people.
It's been a strange year. As someone who has never enjoyed WFH, it was a real struggle for the first 2-3 months - but it has become 'almost' normal.
And places like The Lounge definitely help. So, thank you Loungers.  
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Just read this morning that the vaccination in Britain goes very well - you may return to work with your office with 200 other if you like it 
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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I really like it: When it's "work time" you are there. When it's "home time" you are there already.
The cost and hassle of commuting: delayed or cancelled trains, traffic that doesn't move because some idiot did an even more stupid thing than usual and caused a 10Km tail back, the heat and smell of the Tube ...
I don't miss them one iota!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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OriginalGriff wrote: The cost and hassle of commuting: delayed or cancelled trains,
Yes, definitely don't miss the nearly two hours each way commute - and the £600 per month being handed over to train operator. Also, removing that commute has probably extended my working life - dunno if that is a good thing! It takes its toll and I'd targetted the end of 2020 as the time to put my feet up. Now, with 4 hours extra in my day, (and a lot less aches and pains), I'm happy to keep receiving the pay cheque.
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And, of course, no Bring Your Sheep To Work Day!
veni bibi saltavi
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You can however fill the coffee machine will Gin and nobody will steal it ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Don't let them abuse your civil rights! Your sheep are your right as an alternative lifestyle.
Let that bully slurp his gin - you and those wooly dear ones shall overcome one day!
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Some politicians think we enjoy ourselves too much at home, and want to tax the savings.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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5teveH wrote: Neither did sitting in an office with 200 other people.
I wonder if someone will look into how many more get sick that work on open offices instead of having their own rooms.
I only know of a Norwegian study that found that office workers with their own office rooms had on an average 20 sick days a year vs 24 sick days a year for open plan offices.
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Even 20 days sick a year sounds like a heck of a lot of sick days to me.
That's four weeks off sick a year!
Am I being unreasonable here?
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Not at all. As an average value, yet! Imagine how that works out!
Occasionally someone gets very sick (aside from COVID times) and has a lot of time off/rehab, but that's a very small percentage. It always sounded horrid to me that, in most US employment, one has about a week of sick leave a year (and horribly, sometimes none but that's being addressed). Now I see the other side of capping it.
This begs a question: are the typical employees in Norway an unusually sickly lot or, well, basically slackers?
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Quote: well, basically slackers
Typical US attitude. The US also has the least amount of paid vacation per year and yet doesn't manage to get the highest productivity - or the happiest workers. Maybe WFH is fixing that a little.
I certainly don't miss the commute or the fees just to park near my office every day.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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� Forogar � wrote: Typical US attitude. The US also has the least amount of paid vacation per year and yet doesn't manage to get the highest productivity
We're not talking about "paid vacation" - we're talking about ![Elephant | [mastadon]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/elephant.gif) ing sick leave!
At least in the US, they're two different things.
And as for your "productivity" comment, here's: 2019 data[^] - and as for "happy workers" - I'd say a good look at suicide stats[^] might adjust your attitude as to who is happy and where.
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W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote: We're not talking about "paid vacation" - we're talking about [mastadon] ing sick leave!
At least in the US, they're two different things.
In every (both) US company I've worked for, they're the same thing: Paid time off.
Separately are short/long term disability insurance; which I suspect captures a lot of the 24 average sick days/person figure from up thread.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
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I understand the paid-sick-days thing. And also, disability, especially long term.
However - that many sick days taken, on the average, per employee - and that's aside from vacation - is seriously suspect. I mean, really, what about their paid vacation time (which is typically both more rational and generous in Europe)? By the time their done they'd just about qualify as a part-timers. The sick-time along averages being sick every other week (almost) for every employee.
Mitigating circumstance I've not considered: perhaps the average employee there is about 80 years old? Or do many of them work in dangerous and toxic conditions whereby they need to recover/detoxify?
Another possibility: the data that was cited is pure BS. There's not shortage of that running around.
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