I could be wrong, but I have never heard of an Operating System that had the ability to 'start itself' from within another running Operating System - unless that is being done under some sort of Virtual Environment. But, even then, the Operating System needs to start from a 'boot' situation from an ISO file rather than anything else...

Programs that contain a link to a external source are not Operating Systems & will not be capable of starting a computer in their own right..

That applies to even something as Cloud based as Google Chrome OS - i.e. the core program must first be downloaded to a physical device in order to boot the equipment at machine startup..

tamada wrote: ↑

November 9, 2017, 7:54 pm

Regarding that first CON, that's MS's embedded stealth activity tracker and attitude adjuster spyware installed then. You have just handed over control of your internet 'experience' to the wonks in Redmond.

The former CEO of HP, Carly Fiorina, really was worth spending a night with back in the 90s (in the same way that Sarah Palin was in the 2000s.)

But our Carly and her Billy. THE dreadful duo.

Two successive out-dating laptops being fried into oblivion by Win Updates AND the same happening to THREE friends made me suspicious.

WIth the exception of registry-geek blogs and adware pyramid sellers like Avast!, there were but two sites that offered guidance (vs "support"): MS and HP.

"Upgrade, update." "Update, upgrade." Ad infinitum.

Michael Dell would probably vouch for me on this.

At the end of November Linux Mint issued an update to the Mint 18 series- Linux Mint 18.3 'Sylvia'.
It is still based on the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS release & will be maintained until April 2021.
Although it is only an upgrade of the 18 series there are some significant improvements in it, especially in the Software Manager.

Here is a review of it in the ZDNet magazine..
http://www.zdnet.com/article/mint-18-3- ... 9605955601