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Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now!

From Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now!
Date 2018-09-01 19:41 -0700
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On 9/1/18 6:45 PM, RonB wrote:
> On 2018-09-01, SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> wrote:
>>
>> I mentioned it in an earlier post but while Windows 8 still ran the old
>> game Freedom Force fairly well, Windows 10 completely broke it (and I
>> still haven't gotten around to actually playing it). Meanwhile, in Linux,
>> it runs beautifully now with Steam Play. One operating system is actively
>> trying to increase its list of available software while the other is
>> actively trying to reduce its library of existing software in favour of
>> new titles alone. Blu-Ray software is another interesting thing. My
>> computer came with software that can play the medium, but it constantly
>> bombards you with ads asking you to upgrade to the latest version. If you
>> do, the new version will bombard you with ads to upgrade to the newer
>> version once a year goes by. Meanwhile, VLC just plays the medium (if you
>> configure it to) and doesn't give a shit if you're not running the latest
>> version of the software.
> 
> Kind of like built-in obsolescence for appliances. If you can keep using the
> same application, year after year, that seriously cuts down on the revenue
> stream. I think that's why so many application makers are so happy with
> Windows. They know their product will often either quit working (or the
> performance will seriously degrade) when Windows upgrades.
> 

They know people who buy Windows systems are willing to spend money on 
tools.

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cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel 
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They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.

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openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! Marti van Lin <ml2mst@dontevenbother.invalid> - 2018-08-23 19:29 +0200
  Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-08-23 10:51 -0700
  Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-08-23 18:39 +0000
    Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-08-23 18:49 +0000
      Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-08-23 19:10 +0000
        Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-08-23 12:20 -0700
        Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-08-23 12:24 -0700
        Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! Marti van Lin <ml2mst@dontevenbother.invalid> - 2018-08-29 21:19 +0200
          Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-08-29 21:51 +0000
            Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-08-30 18:51 +0000
              Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-08-30 19:21 +0000
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-08-31 17:55 +0000
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-08-31 18:22 +0000
              Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-08-30 14:23 -0500
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-08-30 13:09 -0700
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-08-30 22:11 +0000
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2018-08-30 19:44 -0400
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-08-31 12:54 +0000
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2018-08-31 11:01 -0400
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-08-31 22:17 +0000
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-08-31 18:09 +0000
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-08-31 11:46 -0700
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-01 16:43 +0000
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-09-01 17:46 +0000
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-01 18:48 +0000
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-09-02 01:45 +0000
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-01 19:41 -0700
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-02 03:08 -0700
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-02 13:25 +0000
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-02 06:46 -0700
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-03 12:27 -0700
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-03 19:42 -0700
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-03 09:05 -0700
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-03 16:20 -0700
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-01 23:45 -0700
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-02 04:58 -0700
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-03 04:22 -0700
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-03 13:14 -0700
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-03 20:14 -0700
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-04 07:02 -0500
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-04 15:53 +0000
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2018-08-30 19:42 -0400
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-08-31 18:04 +0000
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2018-08-31 23:22 +0200
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-08-31 22:20 +0000
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-08-31 22:51 +0000
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-09-01 02:15 +0000
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2018-09-01 07:35 -0400
              Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-08-30 22:09 +0000
              Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! Marti van Lin <ml2mst@dontevenbother.invalid> - 2018-08-31 08:43 +0200
                Re: openSUSE Tumbleweed gets Linux kernel 4.18. Update now! RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-08-31 18:12 +0000

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