Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: WSL keeps getting better, and it's because Microsoft is finally admitting where developers want to be Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 23:57:34 +0200 Lines: 49 Message-ID: References: <112bk53$chl8$1@dont-email.me> <112c6uq$k25o$8@dont-email.me> <112ejdh$1f8li$1@dont-email.me> <112h5pm$2cgch$3@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net UcpFS/ib5svyC537JxYrmw2LBm8iTPOkHq/RU0wStuoEVg/Jot Cancel-Lock: sha1:N7NpMJmhdfC0UUduU5wNAZzIvZc= sha256:WrgVm2ywy04PKOgvs1GNFISZkKLhCfd7R4LLk/IsBCE= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <112h5pm$2cgch$3@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:88737 On 2026-07-06 23:13, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: > On Mon, 6 Jul 2026 13:10:28 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote: > >> On 2026-07-05 23:47, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: >>> >>> On Sun, 5 Jul 2026 13:35:57 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote: >>> >>>> Unless the user needs one of those applications that only exist >>>> for Windows. For instance, some tax software for the USA. >>> >>> Luckily, you don’t have to worry about that particular example in >>> your part of the world, just as we don’t need to worry about it in >>> our part of the world. 😏 >> >> That particular one, no, true. I have two or three of my own: >> >> - purchasing epubs with drm from a bookshop needs using ADE, adobe >> digital editions. > > I thought copy-protection on e-books was a long-solved problem: > Calibre can basically crack anything. Yes and no. First you have to obtain the file. Then a third party add on to calibre can crack it. The crack I know works only on Windows. I buy my books legally, and install them in my devices legally. Then I make a backup. > >> - reading PDF forms that use javascript, needs Adobe Reader. > > Just ignore the JavaScript part. Can't. For legal documents, it is mandatory. > >> - Kobo tools are Windows only. > > Again, Calibre claims to be able to cope with that. If you do buy books, no. And I do buy all my books. Also, if you have a problem withe the kobo and supports tell you to enter debug mode or something, that's only with Windows. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;