Posts by MSArm

Apple has locked me in the same monopolistic cage Microsoft's built for Windows 10 users

Ridiculous reg post

This is like buying a car then bleating you can't fit 6 wheels on it, and it's not fair, or the car isn't fit for purpose...

Come on TheReg, you can do better then churn out this drivel.

Oracle starts laying mines in JavaScript trademark battle

First world problems eh?

People dying in this world because of starvation, and yet this pettiness is considered important...

Windows 10's demise nears, but Linux is forever

oh bless

What a lovely little story,

Linux rolls out the welcome mat for Microsoft's Copilot key

Please bring clippy back onkeypress()

A friendly, cheeky little pop up should greet us with the message "It looks like you're trying to press a key"

Linux Mint 22.1 Xia arrives fashionably late

Supporting mint

I wonder how many people who extol the virtues of Linux mint stick their hands in their pockets to help the project. After all the mint team do, IMHO, a fantastic job. It would be an interesting stat.

The ultimate Pi 5 arrives carrying 16GB ... and a price to match

Re: Am I only the only one....

I think you're confused maybe. Money is a massive deciding factor to most people, and getting value for money is important for so many people being squeezed financially. It's obvious people will compare different products for the same process

Amazon worker – struck and shot in New Orleans terror attack – initially denied time off

Re: HR mixup my ass

Any evidence to back up your claim?

The sweet Raspberry taste of success masks a missed opportunity

Windows is used by most people - google that stat, it's not too hard to find.

Until Linux can run people's software that they are used to, Linux is never going to break the desktop market. Partially running a few programs won't make people switch.

For example, of the 80+ games I have paid for in Steam, less than 12 run on Linux. Want to run Scrivener on Linux - you can't. Please don't lecture on how Linux can do it all, it can't.

*sigh*

NHS major 'cyber incident' forces hospitals to use pen and paper

"canceled" ??

Shouldn't that be spelt "cancelled", or are you reporting on the NHS in America?

San Francisco billboards call out tech firms for not paying for open source

Open source confusion yet again

The open source license is so badly thought out and worded, no wonder people get confused

Opening up the WinAmp source to all goes badly as owners delete entire repo

Re: Simplest solution

Cloud cuckoo land calling,

Microsoft on a roll for terrible rebranding with Windows App

Oh bless. We all have to have 'experiences' these days, don't we?

Double Debian update: 11.11 and 12.7 arrive at once

Perfectly functional computers, older, but working

Debian taking a lesson from Apple in obseleting users hardware?

Core Python developer suspended for three months

Dear Tim, you're better off without the woke arseholes who want to trample on everyone else.

Under-fire Elon Musk urged to get a grip on X and reality – or resign

Malaysia has the right idea

Time to start blocking anti-social media: https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/30/malaysia_internet_killswitch/?td=keepreading

CrowdStrike's Falcon Sensor also linked to Linux kernel panics and crashes

Hilarious

Now how do all the Muppets feel who smugly told people to use Linux?

Linux is good but Linux fanboys who derride and scoff at Windows or Mac users really are pillocks of the first degree.

CrowdStrike file update bricks Windows machines around the world

Re: Apparently affecting MS worldwide.

Now's the time to start buying cloudstrike shares!

ZDI shames Microsoft for – yet another – coordinated vulnerability disclosure snafu

Re: So IE is still win the build

Yes clippy is still in there. It's clippy that displays the condescending messages when you're installing windows, like 'sit back and relax as we work our magic'

'Almost every Apple device' vulnerable to CocoaPods supply chain attack

Hooray for Linux https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/01/regresshion_openssh/?td=rt-3a

You are sneering at Apple, and yet there's a Linux snafu published...

https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/01/regresshion_openssh/?td=rt-3a

Windows: Insecure by design

In other news...

Water is wet

When AI helps you code, who owns the finished product?

is anyone here a lawyer who specialises in this area of law?

All I see is the same old armchair speculation and advice that the internet is so well know for. I want to hear from someone who actually know what they're talking about...

You OK, Apple? Seriously, your silicon lineup is … a mess

Another month, another chip.

Yawn...

IMF boss warns of AI 'tsunami' coming for world's jobs

Heard it all before

Weren't we all doomed at the beginning of the internet in the early 1990s?

Tomorrow's World used to highlight the utopia of the future when we would do banking and shopping from home and have increased leisure time.

Funny old world isn't it?

Apple crushes creativity and its reputation in new iPad ad

> Does it need to be this thin? Does anyone care? I doubt it on both counts. It’s just willy waving.

Interesting that these days computing tech is measured by thickness of device. As if thickness somehow demonstrates power.

Apple unveils M4 chip with neural engine capable of 38 TOPS, and some other kit

How many models of iPad does one need?

I like Apple kit, but it's getting silly now.

What's the next Apple watch going to have, an extra hole in the wristband?

Microsoft to use Windows 11 Start menu as a billboard with app ads for Insiders

Re: So let me get this straight.

Ah the old "ad hominem" counter claim, trotted out whenever someone disagrees. Are you a Linux user by chance?

Open source versus Microsoft: The new rebellion begins

Linux for Workgroups eh?

Malicious xz backdoor reveals fragility of open source

Delicious irony

That a Microsoft employee found this looking at open source code. That's one in the eye for all the Linux fanbois.

+1 to Microsoft

Cloud server host Vultr rips user data licensing clause from ToS amid web 'confusion'

I left Vultr several years ago after a run in with their support people. Never returned to them, never will. This just re-enforced what I think of their outfit.

Cruise's valuation halved after its driverless car hit and dragged a woman

God bless the United States of America. They certainly need it!

Eben Upton on Sinclair, Acorn, and the Raspberry Pi

Where is the Pi going though?

I nearly ordered a Raspberry Pi 5 recently. However when you add in the extras like HDMI lead, official power supply, cooling fan, case, it's actually cheaper to buy a i5 Optiplex with 16GB and SSD from eBay for £60. And it'll easily out perform a Pi.

Seems like PI pricing is going a bit pricey for what it is.

Unity to slash 25% of workforce under former Red Hat CEO Whitehurst

Can't trust Unity not to try it again in the future.

"Unity silently removed their Github repo to track license changes, then updated their license to remove the clause that lets you use the TOS from the version you shipped with, then insists games already shipped need to pay the new fees."

https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/16hnibp/unity_silently_removed_their_github_repo_to_track/

Windows 12: Savior of PC makers, or just an apology for Windows 11?

2024 is the year that Linux will finally dominate the desktop.

Oh hang on, that's been said for the last 20 years hasn't it?

Apple exec defends 8GB $1,599 MacBook Pro, claims it's like 16GB in a PC

Re: 8GB is plenty if your walled garden is small enough

8GB is perfect for running Scrivener, Ulysses app, Bear and Vellum. And guess what - I can run them all simultaneously. So stop assuming you know what people need.

The 15-inch MacBook Air just nails it

Re: Ok, I'll be down vote bait

Totally this.

The majority of computer users in the world don't give a rat's arse about Linux, Debian, BSD or anything 'computery'. They just want a device that they can do social media and shoppping on. Only arrogant computer snobs who are out of touch with reality care...

Nostalgia for XP sells out Microsoft's 2023 'Windows Ugly Sweater'

Well done Microsoft, another winner

I would willingly sell my house, my car and all my possessions to buy one of these.

(Adaption from not the nine o'clock news)

Soon the most popular 'real' desktop will be the Linux desktop

"But for people who want a real desktop operating system, Linux will be their first and, indeed, almost their only choice"

Oh yawn... Been reading the same claptrap for almost 30 years now.