Path: ...!news-out.netnews.com!postmaster.netnews.com!us13.netnews.com!not-for-mail X-Trace: DXC=lj?JQR?0YNdBNdMnRYA]khHWonT5<]0TmdjI?Uho:XeklL51CP6LDLlO` Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Slimer: no more Windows for me... and this time I mean it! (was Re: Heroic Game Launcher... BRAVO!) Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 07:02:15 -0400 Message-ID: References: <2nuj7j19p32gnuc2oov27tn6d0ttdd8nsv@4ax.com> <667a33d2$0$2422114$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit OS: Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon, with Wine 9.0 for WinAPI Lines: 42 NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 X-Trace: 1719313335 reader.netnews.com 2422124 127.0.0.1:46823 Bytes: 3230 Andrzej Matuch wrote: >>> Maybe it won't last and I'll be seduced by the >>> fact that I have a movie collection in Windows or that my fingerprint >>> sensor is supported there. However, the list of grievances is pretty >>> large now. Client-side scanning, keylogging, advertising ID, general >>> telemetry, reverting to Edge against your will, vulnerability to a >>> variety of malware (some of which just took out the Federal Reserve), >>> progressive slowdown, system files breaking for no reason requiring SFC >>> and DISM, etc.. The battery is supposed to last longer in Windows, but I >>> just checked here and my 77% charge is slated as being able to go >>> another 10 hours in Linux Mint which is twice what Windows got me under >>> the same circumstances. At some point, I just need to retire from the >>> barrage of compromises in Windows and accept a few workarounds in Linux. >> >> Only you will be able to decide, ultimately, but I'm choosing to >> believe that this time you've truly come around to the truth, about M$ >> and commercial software. > >I get the impression that this is what beaten housewives go through when >they decide to leave their horrible STD-infected husbands who just >happen to be great in bed. Not a bad analogy, really. There are some nice aspects of commercial software, but on balance, I get better results with open source. -- 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.