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

Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:

On 2024-06-24 23:18, Joel wrote:

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.

>
DFS is right, either way. Maybe it won't last and I'll be seduced by the
fact that I have a movie collection in Windows or that my fingerprint
sensor is supported there. However, the list of grievances is pretty
large now. Client-side scanning, keylogging, advertising ID, general
telemetry, reverting to Edge against your will, vulnerability to a
variety of malware (some of which just took out the Federal Reserve),
progressive slowdown, system files breaking for no reason requiring SFC
and DISM, etc.. The battery is supposed to last longer in Windows, but I
just checked here and my 77% charge is slated as being able to go
another 10 hours in Linux Mint which is twice what Windows got me under
the same circumstances. At some point, I just need to retire from the
barrage of compromises in Windows and accept a few workarounds in Linux.

Only you will be able to decide, ultimately, but I'm choosing to
believe that this time you've truly come around to the truth, about M$
and commercial software.

--
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.