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  • PowerShell Is A Literal Waste Of Time

    From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 26 20:43:11 2024
    Was amused by this article entitled “How to install and use
    Microsoft's PowerShell on Linux (and why you should)” <https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-install-and-use-microsofts-powershell-on-linux-and-why-you-should/>.
    It spends so much time describing Microsoft’s convoluted installation mechanisms for several common Linux distros, that it never actually
    gets around to answering the question mentioned in its title: Why
    *should* you install PowerShell?

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  • From Andrzej Matuch@21:1/5 to Lawrence D'Oliveiro on Fri Dec 27 18:38:33 2024
    On 2024-12-26 15:43, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
    Was amused by this article entitled “How to install and use
    Microsoft's PowerShell on Linux (and why you should)” <https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-install-and-use-microsofts-powershell-on-linux-and-why-you-should/>.
    It spends so much time describing Microsoft’s convoluted installation mechanisms for several common Linux distros, that it never actually
    gets around to answering the question mentioned in its title: Why
    *should* you install PowerShell?

    I admit that I tried using it and couldn't see much of a point for my
    own uses. It's necessary if you want to do some rather advanced things
    with the system, and it was necessary to enable the possibility of
    hardware encrypting my storage, but for any other use it is unintuitive
    and probably too much.

    --
    Andrzej (Andre) Matuch
    Telegram: @AndrzejMatuch

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  • From DFS@21:1/5 to Lawrence D'Oliveiro on Mon Dec 30 19:13:39 2024
    On 12/26/2024 3:43 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
    Was amused by this article entitled “How to install and use
    Microsoft's PowerShell on Linux (and why you should)” <https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-install-and-use-microsofts-powershell-on-linux-and-why-you-should/>.
    It spends so much time describing Microsoft’s convoluted installation mechanisms for several common Linux distros, that it never actually
    gets around to answering the question mentioned in its title: Why
    *should* you install PowerShell?


    Even you can answer that question.

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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to DFS on Tue Dec 31 08:10:49 2024
    On Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:13:39 -0500, DFS wrote:

    On 12/26/2024 3:43 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

    Was amused by this article entitled “How to install and use Microsoft's
    PowerShell on Linux (and why you should)”
    <https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-install-and-use-microsofts-powershell-on-linux-and-why-you-should/>.
    It spends so much time describing Microsoft’s convoluted installation
    mechanisms for several common Linux distros, that it never actually
    gets around to answering the question mentioned in its title: Why
    *should* you install PowerShell?

    So tell us, what do *you* use PowerShell for? Do you use it to
    automate tasks with that Microsoft Office that you seem to be so fond
    of?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 4 22:04:47 2025
    On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 08:10:49 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

    On Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:13:39 -0500, DFS wrote:

    On 12/26/2024 3:43 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

    Was amused by this article entitled “How to install and use Microsoft's >>> PowerShell on Linux (and why you should)”
    <https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-install-and-use-microsofts-powershell-on-linux-and-why-you-should/>.
    It spends so much time describing Microsoft’s convoluted installation
    mechanisms for several common Linux distros, that it never actually
    gets around to answering the question mentioned in its title: Why
    *should* you install PowerShell?

    So tell us, what do *you* use PowerShell for? Do you use it to
    automate tasks with that Microsoft Office that you seem to be so fond
    of?

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    (crickets)

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  • From DFS@21:1/5 to Lawrence D'Oliveiro on Sat Jan 4 19:15:20 2025
    On 1/4/2025 5:04 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
    On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 08:10:49 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

    On Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:13:39 -0500, DFS wrote:


    (crickets)


    wtf? I asked you a question nearly 5 months ago and you've been on the
    run ever since.

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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to DFS on Sun Jan 5 00:29:00 2025
    On Sat, 4 Jan 2025 19:15:20 -0500, DFS wrote:

    ...

    So tell us, what do *you* use PowerShell for? Do you use it to
    automate tasks with that Microsoft Office that you seem to be so fond
    of?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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