Why do people use Linux on their PCs?

My answer is simply anger. I use(d) a Microsoft surface pro for 5 years for office work it was my favourite lightweight laptop/ tablet device. No problems, but there is no upgrade path for this …

Top stories for Long   Why do people use Linux on their PCs? Rob Edyvane, BA from University of Oxford • Answered December 22 My answer is simply anger. I use(d) a Microsoft surface pro for 5 years for office work it was my favourite lightweight laptop/ tablet device. No problems, but there is no ... Read more » 156 20   Is yellowish urine a sign of diabetes type 2? Arnold Milan, Party Time Nurse (2002-present) • Answered January 18 No. If you have diabetes, your urine will taste sweet. The yellowness in the urine appears due to bilirubin. It gives the brown color to feces as well. You could be not drinki... Read more » 589 65   Have you ever seen an employer fire someone without realizing what a crucial role the employee played? Bug-Z • Answered March 2, 2025 I once saw an employer play "lay off a whole department and replace with cheaper employees" with every department. They kept the occasional employee who was willing to deba... Read more » 576 21   Why is factoring numbers into primes a difficult problem? Alon Amit, CS degree and many years of coding. • Updated July 28, 2015 I must, sadly, disagree with the posted answers that point to the chaotic distribution of primes as the reason. This has nothing to do with the problem of factorization. Fi... Read more » 743 35   How true is it that saying "arigato" at a store would be acceptable for a foreigner but rude for a native Japanese? Paul Richter, lives in Tokyo • Answered February 4 I assume this about the customer saying "arigato", after the purchase has been completed and the salesperson has thanked the customer. It wouldn't be rude if said by anybody... Read more » 296 14   Would a 20mm machine gun be effective against infantry? Roland Bartetzko, Logistics in Ukraine (2022-present) • Answered February 7 I was a 20mm gunner in the German Army on three different platforms: the "Luchs" armored reconnaissance vehicle, as well as the "Kraka" and the "Wiesel" airborne weapons ca... Read more » 1.2K 50   Why are capacitors used in fans? Unnikrishnan Menon, Electronics buff • Updated February 15, 2018 I'm sure you all must have seen these curious little capacitors popping out from your ceiling fans… An ordinary ceiling fan (a split-phase induction motor) essentially consi... Read more » 656 35   Why do marathon runners often get sick immediately after finishing a race? Amy Martin • Answered January 28 Crossing the finish line of a marathon is a moment of athletic triumph, but biologically, it is a moment of extreme vulnerability. For the first 3 to 72 hours after the rac... Read more » 188 13   Why is C faster than C++? Sid Wanderleaf, knows English • Answered February 9 To the extent it is, it's because of classes. More specifically, dynamic polymorphism (any time "virtual" enters the picture). They were great for the 1980s and '90s; but by ... Read more » 63 3   If a trader makes 100–200% annual returns, then how is Warren Buffett the best investor in the world? John Roberson, Stock Trader • Updated June 17, 2017 I'm a professional trader. I know a lot of people who have put up massive returns for 10+ years. But not one is in Warren Buffett's league. Why? Buffett can take advantage of... Read more » 11.9K 335   Why can't Linux read NTFS drives? John Thorpe • Answered December 24 Errr, my laptop can read the vestigial windows drive just fine. I keep Windows for the very rare occasions I need to test something on it. The problem is that NTFS is propri... Read more » 217 38   Kudzu is easy to grow, it hides the ground well, and it can be used as feed for cows, so why is it considered undesirable in the US? Asked in Ask Daddy • Answered by Dormas • October 28 Many people thought the same way you did. America in the 1800s imported arrowroot for exactly that reason. I thought it was a very good idea at the time. Unfortunately, they... Read more » 2.2K 127 Read more in your feed

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Is Ukraine losing the war against Russia?

It's February 2026 now, and the war has been raging for almost four long years. Some audiences in the West may have become tired of watching and listening to news from Ukraine (can we really bl…

Top stories for Long   Is Ukraine losing the war against Russia? Roland Bartetzko, Logistics in Ukraine (2022-present) • Answered February 6 It's February 2026 now, and the war has been raging for almost four long years. Some audiences in the West may have become tired of watching and listening to news from Ukrai... Read more » 3.8K 460   Why was Harvey Korman fired from the Carol Burnett Show? Dixie Burge, studied Certified Medical Assistant at Carteret Community College • Answered November 1 There was one incident during the rehearsals for a show that guest-starred Petula Clarke and Tim Conway, in which Korman was rude and dismissive towards the guests and regu... Read more » 5.9K 329   Why do marathon runners often get sick immediately after finishing a race? Amy Martin • Answered January 28 Crossing the finish line of a marathon is a moment of athletic triumph, but biologically, it is a moment of extreme vulnerability. For the first 3 to 72 hours after the rac... Read more » 154 11   What is emasculation of a husband? Celeste Tucker, Married for 24 years • Updated February 5 I've seen this in action so many times in my 47 years that I make it a point not to do that to my husband. Such behaviors serve as negative examples of what not to do. Men ... Read more » 2.3K 222   How will we show that 799 is not a prime number without using the trial division method? Jack Brennen, professional problem solver (a/k/a Engineer) • Answered January 29 Here's a relatively quick way… If [math]ab = 799[/math], then both [math]a[/math] and [math]b[/math] are odd. Also, if we take [math]u = \frac{a+b}{2}[/math] and [math]v = \frac{a-b}{2}[/math], then we have [math]u^2 - v^2 = 799[/math]. Note that since 799 has a remainder of 3 when divided by 4, that means that... Read more » 43 2   Why can't an aircraft fly 2-3 m above the ground? Rodra Hascaryo, studied Aerospace and Aeronautical Engineering at University of Illinois at Urba... • Answered January 25 Why not? It's a bit of a joke, but the Blackburn Buccaneer is the only airplane that descends into operating altitude after takeoff. Many combat airplanes during the middle ... Read more » 1.2K 69   Have you ever witnessed a life ruined from a small mistake? Bob Wilson, former Professional geoscientist • Answered January 14 A coworker ruined his life with a tiny mistake. I've written about this before, but it's worth warning people again. I had a work acquaintance, not close enough to be a frie... Read more » 3.9K 159   Zoya Gregory • Posted Mar 3, 2025 🚨BREAKING: The head of FBI field office in New York, James Dennehy, has just been forced to resign his post. He claims he was not given a reason why, but the Department of Justice has accused his o... Read more » 5.5K 2K   What happens if you eat 50,000 calories in 24 hours? Does most of it become fat? Doug Freyburger, 20 year hobbyist studying low carb metabolism • Answered November 19 "What happens if you eat 50,000 calories in 24 hours? Does most of it become fat?" If you eat one meal that is far outside of your usual, our bodies are not good at absorbin... Read more » 66 4   Why is Genghis Khan called Khan? Is he Muslim? If not, why did he have Khan after Genghi? Bradley Betts, History nerd • Updated February 12, 2024 Why is Genghis Khan called Khan? Is he Muslim? If not, why did he have Khan after Genghi? You've got your causation backwards. Genghis Khan was not called khan because he wa... Read more » 8.3K 435   Why do flight attendants dislike flying to/from India so much? Are Indian passengers difficult? Philip Simmons, Clinical Care at National Health Service • Updated Sat I'm not trying to be controversial but the following is true. Having been a flight attendant here in the UK for over 20 years unfortunately I can tell you why most flight a... Read more » 1.4K 211   In May 1961, a US aircraft on an observation mission spotted a hastily abandoned Soviet base on a drifting ice mass in the heart of the Arctic Alessandro13 • Posted Jan 14 The impression was that the Russian crew had abandoned the site, fearing that the unstable block was about to crumble. For the CIA, the sighting represented a rare opportunity: the chance to lay th... Read more » 1.9K 87 Read more in your feed

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