Excellent article about Linux
In article , Carlos E. R.
wrote:
As I said, product activation alone is enough to
keep me away from Microsoft products aside from any other considerations.
then you won't be using computers anymore, since nearly all software
today has activation in some form due to rampant piracy.
Well, no, that's not totally true. I know you don't like Linux, but as
the thread has Linux on the subject line, and I'm replying on a Linux
group, I feel entitled to say that there is no activation needed to use
or update Linux :-P
i like linux for what it's good at, servers. i have six servers, all
running linux.
linux is not good for a desktop os. mac and windows are vastly more
capable, with a much wider selection of software, and generally much,
much better quality.
Also, I bought an Android tablet some time ago that required no
activation or subscription. Yes, it runs Android, but needs no google ID
to get updates, albeit not from Google Play.
that's the exception, not the rule, and it would be surprising and also
undesirable if there was *no* activation at all.
one key advantage of being linked to a google or apple id is that a
stolen device can be remotely wiped and/or deactivated, leaving the
thief with nothing more than something to part out.
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