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  • It's OK, Microsoft

    From Joel W. Crump@joelcrump@gmail.com to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Fri Aug 7 17:35:11 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    I won't keep retaliating. I used to be a jerk, and I am willing to take
    the karma for that, even though it wasn't my fault. It is interesting
    how you take money for a product you tamper with, though ...
    --
    Joel W. Crump

    Zyprexa - It's not just for schizophrenics, anymore!

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  • From =?UTF-8?B?8J+HtfCfh7FKYWNlayBNYXJjaW4gSmF3b3Jza2nwn4e18J+HsQ==?=@jmj@energokod.gda.pl to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Sat Aug 8 00:03:37 2026
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    W dniu 7.08.2026 o-a23:35, Joel W. Crump pisze:
    I won't keep retaliating.-a I used to be a jerk, and I am willing to take the karma for that, even though it wasn't my fault.-a It is interesting
    how you take money for a product you tamper with, though ...

    ChatGPT (OpenAI, model GPT-5.5), answer for following questions (sorry questions were in POlish, but generated answer was in English):

    1. O co chodzi w tym wpisie z grupy comp.linux.advocate, pt. "It's OK, Microsoft":
    I won't keep retaliating. I used to be a jerk, and I am willing to take
    the karma for that, even though it wasn't my fault. It is interesting
    how you take money for a product you tamper with, though ...

    2. To by+ea ca+eo+c-c. Poni++ej jest tylko sygnaturka:
    Joel W. Crump

    Zyprexa - It's not just for schizophrenics, anymore!

    3. Ok. Spr||bujmy jako+c odp. na ten post. W sys. Linux te++ nie jest idealnie, bo np. Ubuntu potrafi do jednego wydania LTS wyprodukowa-c
    setki wyda+a j-adra/kernela sys. op. Linux - ja uwa++am ++e to jest nienormalne.

    4. To ju++ co+c. Ale id+|my dalej. Distro Ubuntu LTS nie jest a++ tak z+ee, je+cli si-O we+|mie pod uwag-O np. Gentoo i inne "roling" distros.

    After above questions finally ChatGPT generated satisfy answer in Eng.:

    I think this isn't just a Microsoft issue.

    Ubuntu LTS already changes more often than I'd like [dozens different kernel packages - JMJ note], but compared to rolling-release distributions it's actually conservative.

    With rolling distros such as Gentoo, Arch or openSUSE Tumbleweed, the system is intentionally a moving target. Some users love that because they always get the newest software. Personally, I see it as a trade-off: every update is another opportunity for regressions, incompatibilities or simply changed behavior.

    For me, an operating system should be more like infrastructure. Once it's installed and working, I'd rather spend my time using my computer than constantly adapting to changes. Security fixes are essential, but functional changes should be as rare as possible.
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