"Dear Microsoft: Please stop breaking my perfectly good Windows 7"

On 2015-10-29 9:29 AM, Wolf K wrote:
On 2015-10-29 09:15, Charmed Tuna wrote:
[...]
As for free vs. open, I prefer to use the term free. Open suggests that
it shares the code but isn't necessarily free of charge whereas the term
free indicates a freedom to use, share, modify and copy. Linux is free
software.

No direct charge to your wallet when you download Linux, sure, but
someone's paying for it.

Donations and corporate contributions from companies like Redhat, Oracle
and IBM do. In the end, the license of it means that people who develop
for it know that they are doing so without any guarantee of compensation.

How did/do they acquire the funds? The odds are
fairly good that some of your personal cash flowed/flows into that wallet.

Only if a government contributed to the code which doesn't happen all
too often. The aforementioned companies put their money into Linux
because they got something in return. For some, it was the permission to
use the kernel into some of their own projects (like Google), for
others, it was the permission to use the existing software to sell a
service like Redhat. It's in their best interest to aid in developing
the software.


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Charmed Tuna

On 2015-10-29 9:35 AM, David Hume wrote:
Charmed Tuna writes:

I know very well how Linux works and can operate in a number of
distributions without problems... as long as they work. Nowadays, it
seems that fewer and fewer actually work properly. It might be because
this laptop makes use of UEFI, but it shouldn't be a problem at all.

As for free vs. open, I prefer to use the term free. Open suggests that
it shares the code but isn't necessarily free of charge whereas the term
free indicates a freedom to use, share, modify and copy. Linux is free
software.

Well the kernel might be free, but many distributions carry stuff which
isn't free. So if you say free then you mean something like gnusense, or
maybe debian. Free and open mean different things.

They might carry non-free stuff but it is also not open. I suppose that
you're referring to the binary blobs like the NVIDIA drivers.

Even when distributions aren't fully-free like GNUsense or Trisquel,
most of the code is. The difference is that these _free_ distributions
completely restrict access to any kind of blobs whether their code is
open or not whereas Debian, for instance, supports repositories which
have proprietary code. Not only that but the kernels GNUsense and
Trisquel use also remove non-free firmware from the kernel and use
Linux-Libre instead of the typical Linux kernel.

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Charmed Tuna

Rene Lamontagne posted this via
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On 10/28/2015 10:19 AM, Bucky Breeder wrote:
Rene Lamontagne posted this via
news:dI4Yx.31665$ec6.2293 @fx11.iad:

On 10/28/2015 1:13 AM, Andy wrote:
Belongs in alt.windows7.general news group not windows 10 this is for
windows 10 posts only
thank you




If you bothered to read the article you would realize that its just as
appropriate for Windows 10.

Regards, Rene

No. No, it's not.

Go open a Windows-10_whiners newsgroup.

Bucky breeder just bred himself..... again

Juxtaposed you you, who nym-morphs and posts the same type drivel

again and again and again

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I AM Bucky Breeder, (*(^; and,
It's like Yogi Berra, RIP 9/22/2015, always used to say:
"The future ain't what it used to be!"

http://i.imgur.com/f193YWS.jpg?1

dave61430 posted this via news:n0qu42$206$1@dont-
email.me:

On Wed, 28 Oct 2015 15:19:07 +0000, Bucky Breeder wrote:

Rene Lamontagne posted this via
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On 10/28/2015 1:13 AM, Andy wrote:
Belongs in alt.windows7.general news group not windows 10 this is for
windows 10 posts only thank you




If you bothered to read the article you would realize that its just as
appropriate for Windows 10.

Regards, Rene

No. No, it's not.

Go open a Windows-10_whiners newsgroup.

You go boil you head Bucky. I've had to discard two perfectly good
scanners in going from win98 to winxp then to windows 7. I did not
upgrade, I never do, just purchased new machines.
You might argue that this was a vendor problem, they just couldn't be
bothered to update their drivers, but that doesn't help me much. Of
course, that vendor is off my list (Visioneer).
There is no good reason why software should cease working due to later
processors. The other day I booted an old DOS floppy on my 64 bit dual
processor machine.

You can be THE PRESIDENT IN CHARGE of the whiners newsgroup

I now mainly use Linux, not sure if similar problems exist on this
platform but so far so good and at least I have choices.

Who fuukeen cares? You make my point. Nothing for Windows 10

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I AM Bucky Breeder, (*(^; and,
It's like Yogi Berra, RIP 9/22/2015, always used to say:
"The future ain't what it used to be!"

http://i.imgur.com/f193YWS.jpg?1

-= Hawk =- posted this via
web.com:

On Wed, 28 Oct 2015 02:13:40 -0400, "Andy" scribbled:

Belongs in alt.windows7.general news group not windows 10 this is for
windows 10 posts only
thank you

And how the hell do you plan on enforcing this imaginary power you do
not have, ****tard? Just shut the **** up and mop a floor somewhere.

Yer doodie diapers must be on pretty tight to come up with that one, luzer.

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I AM Bucky Breeder, (*(^; and,
It's like Yogi Berra, RIP 9/22/2015, always used to say:
"The future ain't what it used to be!"

http://i.imgur.com/f193YWS.jpg?1

Andy posted this via
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He is one of the oldest trolls in any news group be it windows road
runner ect you name it.

Yeah, he originated with road runner, then started morphing to other nyms
and NSPs when he'd get TOS'ed and then come again with the same tired old
shtick his mama taught him when he was in an all girl's retarded rehab skool
back when he was young before psychotropics were invented and the Regan
administration let him out on the streets again due to budget considerations.
Now the only difference is you can smell him approaching because of his over
loaded geriatric doodie-diapers.

HTH.

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I AM Bucky Breeder, (*(^; and,
It's like Yogi Berra, RIP 9/22/2015, always used to say:
"The future ain't what it used to be!"

http://i.imgur.com/f193YWS.jpg?1

Char Jackson posted this via
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On Wed, 28 Oct 2015 02:13:40 -0400, "Andy" wrote:

Belongs in alt.windows7.general news group not windows 10 this is for
windows 10 posts only
thank you

I see that someone forgot to lock the office at the mall again.

I see another whiner crashed the party... oh wait, it's the same geriatric
nitwit with another nym from its sock drawer.

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I AM Bucky Breeder, (*(^; and,
It's like Yogi Berra, RIP 9/22/2015, always used to say:
"The future ain't what it used to be!"

http://i.imgur.com/f193YWS.jpg?1

David Hume posted this via
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Ed Mullen writes:

It's a niche market as the penetration has proven over the last ten or
more years. Have fun all you users but it'll NEVER be mainstream.
It's been around for, what? ten? Fifteen years? And it's where,
market-share wise? Nowhere.

Call any (major or minor) PC manufacturer and ask them what the
overwhelming percentage of OS's they install on new machines. It's
Windows.


As this is a Windows 10 newsgroup I will confine myself to saying that
the lack of market share is because Microsoft aggressively pushes
Windows, and because people don't like change and don't want to adapt.

Thanks for sharing. Windows 10 has all the market shares because sooner or
later everyone will by neccessity be using Windows 10.

Resistance is futile.

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I AM Bucky Breeder, (*(^; and,
It's like Yogi Berra, RIP 9/22/2015, always used to say:
"The future ain't what it used to be!"

http://i.imgur.com/f193YWS.jpg?1

Charmed Tuna posted this via :

Linux is free

And it's no wonder!

HTH

Resistance is futile.

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I AM Bucky Breeder, (*(^; and,
It's like Yogi Berra, RIP 9/22/2015, always used to say:
"The future ain't what it used to be!"

http://i.imgur.com/f193YWS.jpg?1

On Wed, 28 Oct 2015 12:42:56 -0400, Charmed Tuna wrote:

On 2015-10-28 11:00 AM, Big Al wrote:
Rene Lamontagne wrote on 10/28/2015 10:11 AM:
On 10/28/2015 1:13 AM, Andy wrote:
Belongs in alt.windows7.general news group not windows 10 this is for
windows 10 posts only thank you




If you bothered to read the article you would realize that its just as
appropriate for Windows 10.

Regards, Rene

The way Windows 10 is infecting/affecting Windows 7 and 8, it's not a
bad idea to post it here IMHO.

IMO, Windows 10 is an awesome operating system and it surprises me that
_anyone_ had any kind of dislike for it.

Sarcasm? (now I know how Sheldon Cooper must feel).

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Johnny B Good

On 2015-10-29 3:32 PM, Johnny B Good wrote:
On Wed, 28 Oct 2015 12:42:56 -0400, Charmed Tuna wrote:

On 2015-10-28 11:00 AM, Big Al wrote:
Rene Lamontagne wrote on 10/28/2015 10:11 AM:
On 10/28/2015 1:13 AM, Andy wrote:
Belongs in alt.windows7.general news group not windows 10 this is for
windows 10 posts only thank you




If you bothered to read the article you would realize that its just as
appropriate for Windows 10.

Regards, Rene

The way Windows 10 is infecting/affecting Windows 7 and 8, it's not a
bad idea to post it here IMHO.

IMO, Windows 10 is an awesome operating system and it surprises me that
_anyone_ had any kind of dislike for it.

Sarcasm? (now I know how Sheldon Cooper must feel).

No, I truly believe that it is the best version of Windows yet.


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Charmed Tuna

-= Hawk =- wrote on 10/29/2015 8:40 PM:
On Wed, 28 Oct 2015 22:33:59 -0400, Ed Mullen
scribbled:

-= Hawk =- wrote on 10/28/2015 2:14 PM:
On Wed, 28 Oct 2015 02:13:40 -0400, "Andy" scribbled:

Belongs in alt.windows7.general news group not windows 10 this is for
windows 10 posts only
thank you

And how the hell do you plan on enforcing this imaginary power you do
not have, ****tard? Just shut the **** up and mop a floor somewhere.

Wow. that just ensured I'll ignore you forever.

Somehow I'll soldier on. It may be hard knowing some douche I couldn't
care less about won't read my posts and feels he's important enough to
think it would hurt my feelings but I think I'll survive.


You apparently enjoy being ignored.

Sad life.

Ohh! Just noticed the somewhat apropos tag line in my sig! Nice!

By the way, how old are you?

Just trying to figure out if you're just young and ignorant or you've
spent decades practicing to get this way.


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Ed Mullen
http://edmullen.net/
Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?

-= Hawk =- wrote on 10/29/2015 8:44 PM:
On Thu, 29 Oct 2015 02:38:36 -0400, "Andy" scribbled:

I'll correct a miss poster's post and give the proper news group any time i
wish.

You couldn't corrent your untied shoes, ****tard.


I can't decide what any of that meant because of what I guess are typos.

Guys? If you're going to argue at least do it so the rest of us can
read and understand it. Sheesh.

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Ed Mullen
http://edmullen.net/
Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?

Ed Mullen wrote on 10/29/2015 10:20 PM:
-= Hawk =- wrote on 10/29/2015 8:44 PM:
On Thu, 29 Oct 2015 02:38:36 -0400, "Andy" scribbled:

I'll correct a miss poster's post and give the proper news group any
time i
wish.

You couldn't corrent your untied shoes, ****tard.


I can't decide what any of that meant because of what I guess are typos.

Guys? If you're going to argue at least do it so the rest of us can
read and understand it. Sheesh.


And, by the way, what is the definition of "****tard"? Ya know, just
asking.

(I cannot say here what I know the answer will be, but I know what the
answer will be. It's just ohh so predictable ...)


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Ed Mullen
http://edmullen.net/
Evening news is where they begin with 'Good evening', and then proceed
to tell you why it isn't.

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Yahhh! We are using ubuntu now and it is wonderful.





Yahhh We are using OSX El Capitan now and it is wonderful!

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