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Forum: General 03-13-2024, 08:28 AM
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Posted By _blackhole_
http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/rants/bsd4lin...

http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/rants/bsd4linux/01


Also:
Forum: General 03-13-2024, 04:16 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,826
Posted By _blackhole_
Linux is a kernel, it is not a UNIX variant. ...

Linux is a kernel, it is not a UNIX variant.

The GNU operating system qualifies as "UNIX-like". GNU stands for "GNU's Not UNIX".



https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html

GNU/Linux...
Forum: General 03-11-2024, 08:20 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,826
Posted By _blackhole_
He seems to be participating in a "Windows vs...

He seems to be participating in a "Windows vs Linux thread?

It's a Windows vs Linux thread. It was created for this purpose - i.e. to keep these kind of comments in one thread (the religion...
Forum: General 03-07-2024, 07:32 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,826
Posted By _blackhole_
@hazel: gnome project is a good example. They...

@hazel: gnome project is a good example. They provide a "proprietary like" UI/UX, which deliberately aims to reduce/remove the facility to customise.

@business_kid: Yes It's EoL next year, but we...
Forum: General 03-07-2024, 03:23 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,826
Posted By _blackhole_
@wpeckham, that doesn't surprise me actually but...

@wpeckham, that doesn't surprise me actually but there could be a few factors involved and it may actually be the norm.

I bit the bullet and did a Windows 11 upgrade on my workstation at work last...
Forum: General 03-06-2024, 03:18 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,826
Posted By _blackhole_
I believe it's a dummy platform driver, not...

I believe it's a dummy platform driver, not really the "PCI Bus" as such. This is not the only usage of such "drivers". I remember reading somewhere that it's for compatibilty with old games, to...
Forum: General 01-09-2024, 10:02 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,826
Posted By _blackhole_
The late developer of CP/M would have disagreed,...

The late developer of CP/M would have disagreed, as would his wife.

Also the EEE and other insidious tactics used to undermine and destroy IBM's OS/2 and then "free software".

Regarding OS/2,...
Forum: General 01-02-2024, 04:39 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,826
Posted By _blackhole_
I would also assume the catch all phrase "UNIX"...

I would also assume the catch all phrase "UNIX" refers to Linux, UNIX/POSIX (as in certified), 'BSDs, etc. It's not very specific.

I would also suggest that those websites running Windows are...
Forum: General 12-05-2023, 07:35 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,826
Posted By _blackhole_
I seem to have this "archaic" stuff in the...

I seem to have this "archaic" stuff in the luddite's OS I use as my main OS:

https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=tty

Also seems to be in the luddite's OS you tend to post about a lot...
Forum: General 12-05-2023, 05:16 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,826
Posted By _blackhole_
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/28077 ...

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/28077



Tragic.

Poettering, a Microsoft employee, guides a developer to create a Microsoft Windows "BSoD tool", on the Microsoft owned github platform,...
Forum: General 11-01-2023, 10:43 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,826
Posted By _blackhole_
The 8.0 -> 8.1 upgrade process was unnecessarily...

The 8.0 -> 8.1 upgrade process was unnecessarily convoluted. You had to go to the MS store and it was just a huge ball ache - I also remember it breaking quite tragically and the usual workarounds...
Forum: General 11-01-2023, 09:28 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,826
Posted By _blackhole_
Was going to start a new thread for this one, but...

Was going to start a new thread for this one, but then thought it best to just use this one.

Microsoft quietly closed the loop on the free Windows 7/8.1 to Windows 10/11 upgrades towards the end...
Forum: General 05-11-2023, 04:38 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,826
Posted By _blackhole_
It doesn't, but when it comes to proprietary OS...

It doesn't, but when it comes to proprietary OS such as Android, iOS, windows, etc, it usually does and it's usually opt-out and/or not easy or intuitive to configure. Debian, for example, has...
Forum: General 05-09-2023, 06:13 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,826
Posted By _blackhole_
You should stop spreading misinformation. That...

You should stop spreading misinformation. That is the industry narrative and nothing more.

Secure boot is all about locking out alternative operating systems, or at least making their...
Forum: General 04-28-2023, 11:50 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,826
Posted By _blackhole_
That post you quoted was from 2010 and they...

That post you quoted was from 2010 and they haven't logged in here in 4 years. Their last post was in 2017. Doesn't look like they're coming back.

I haven't used wine in years - I can only...
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