Re: Slimer: no more Windows for me... and this time I mean it! (was Re: Heroic Game Launcher... BRAVO!)

DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:

On 6/24/2024 7:14 PM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:

On 2024-06-24 19:02, Joel wrote:

>
To be honest, it's kind of unbelievable how just in the time of
Win11's being current, we've seen this manifest.  I liked Win11 when I
first used it.  I would *never* *think* of going back to M$, now.
Linux or death.

 
I can only hope that I'll have the same kind of strength for myself. I
regretfully often "forget" why it becomes necessary for me to leave
Windows. Each time, I tell myself that the unethical behaviour is not as
bad as I thought or whatever. In the end, it almost always turns out to
be worse than I even imagined. Anyway, I've managed to set up Linux Mint
the way I want it to be with asusctl working and my games running as
expected. I no longer have access to my Microsoft movie collection, but
that's fine. I imagine that it's a matter of time before they make those
movies available through the web anyway. If they don't, fine... they're
accessible through my Xbox Series S. I won't install an operating system
which is most likely spying on everything I do just to have access to a
library of movies I never watch.

>
heh!  Here we go again!

I believe him, this time, though.  He's making a very valid point,
that commercial software is going in a novel direction.  Linux may
quickly become the only choice, for someone who remembers the wild
west Internet.

--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent.  States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.