• Re: DFS claims they can't give away Linux ...

    From =?UTF-8?Q?St=C3=A9phane?= CARPENTIE@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 27 15:25:43 2024
    Le 24-12-2024, Diego Garcia <dg@linux.rocks> a écrit :
    while the rest of the computing world is racing forward.

    Thanks for reminding me you are not part of the computing world. Which
    is racing forward when you are stuck in the past.

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  • From Andrzej Matuch@21:1/5 to Joel on Fri Dec 27 16:05:51 2024
    On 2024-12-23 14:21, Joel wrote:
    TomB <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 2024-12-15, the following emerged from the brain of DFS:
    On 11/17/2024 7:41 PM, Joel wrote:
    ... but they sure are trying with Win11:

    https://deals.bleepingcomputer.com/sales/microsoft-windows-11-pro-6

    $18 for Pro, heh.

    unauthorized retailer.

    Get back to me when Microsoft gives Windows away.

    For some reason it has always been possible to activate Windows 10
    with an existing Windows 7 key. It's not exactly 'giving away', but
    MS made it extremely easy to have a fully activated Windows 10 without
    spending any money.

    So there's that :-)


    I could've had Win10 Pro and upgraded it to 11 on this machine, for
    zero dollars, yes. I didn't know I could merely use the Win7 key.

    You spent some money and learned a valuable lesson. Don't beat yourself
    up about it.

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  • From Andrzej Matuch@21:1/5 to DFS on Fri Dec 27 17:38:25 2024
    On 2024-12-23 23:03, DFS wrote:
    On 12/23/2024 9:14 PM, rbowman wrote:
    On Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:14:54 -0500, DFS wrote:

    June of this year marked my first 20 years on cola, so I'm working on my >>> back 20 now.

    Some of your complaints were valid 20 years ago. It's sad how some people
    seem to get stuck in the past.


    Linux is perfect now?

    It's not, but the fact that it is as good as it is at no charge to a
    potential user should give it a lot of bonus points.

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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?St=C3=A9phane?= CARPENTIE@21:1/5 to All on Sat Dec 28 10:11:23 2024
    Le 27-12-2024, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> a écrit :

    It's not, but the fact that it is as good as it is at no charge to a potential user should give it a lot of bonus points.

    <https://ibb.co/q5dTR0g>

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