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Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 20:47:45 +0000, MikeS wrote:
>
>> To me it is perfect as a warning to potential Linux users. Stay well
>> away unless you want to enter a world of condescending geeks with a
>> warped idea that everyone should be "a responsible adult" computer
>> user, i.e. a geek like them.
> Because of course Microsoft doesn’t treat you that way, does it? It
> considers you to be a responsible adult, quite capable of being
> responsible for your own destiny, without any babysitting, overriding
> your default settings, forcing updates on you, pushing “features” on
> you that you didn’t want, or anything like that!

and forcing hardware and software to become obsolete, and of course 
getting info about you and controlling your data

-- 
Linux Mint 22.2
Q: What's the difference between Linux and Windows?
A: You rule Linux, Microsoft Windows rules you