Posts by Kraft

Linus Torvalds forgot to release Linux 6.14 for a whole day

It's flabbergasting why anybody would downvote this. Jeez...

Windows 11 adds auto-recovery, kills offline setup loophole

Re: start ms-cxh:localonly

That's a good tip. However, average customers/users who buy a PC or laptop and want to do simple stuff are unlikely to use this alternative. It's good that it has been found, but the push to MS online services is still highly predatory and annoying.

Data doesn't lie, but Microsoft's new Power BI prices might make you cry

Mafia tactics

Give it for free until your future customers are hooked, then make them an offer they can't refuse. There is nothing new under the sun. The only difference is that it's not against the law.

Fancy a remix? Ubuntu Unity and Ubuntu Cinnamon have also hit 22.04

Re: Just what the world needed - two more Linux distros

Your profile seems very straight forward, no different versions, just two: You're either a troll or you like to hear yourself talk.

Re: Just what the world needed - two more Linux distros

Sorry, I have difficulties understanding the problem. I just installed Ubuntu on a HP Spectre X360. I use Tidal, Spotify, LibreOffice, NovelWrite, Evernote, Firefox, Chrome, Edge, Vivaldi, Brave, Opera, Dropbox, Gdrive sync, and a bunch of other apps which have alternatives on Windows.

I access my data through SFTP via the file browser like a local disk. That isn't really stable on Windows.

I connect my portable DAC, the equalizer recognizes the device and automatically sends the audio to the right channel. I set the US keyboard on a French laptop as default and it stays like that. For the last 20 years, Windows hasn't been able to get that right.

The only thing that needs some babysitting is display calibration, as DisplayCAL is picky about the hardware. But, as far as a "productivity laptop" goes, it just does what it's supposed to do.

Straightforward stuff works out of the box. The fiddling starts when you try to make a Windows-centric thing work in Linux without a decent driver.

What specifically doesn't work?

Re: Just what the world needed - two more Linux distros

Ok, I'll bite the bullet.

Long version:

1/ Choice to use it

2/ Choice not to use it.

Short version:

1/ Choice to use it or not.

Re: Just what the world needed - two more Linux distros

1/ They're not, users like you are.

2/ So what? How does that affect you?

Re: Just what the world needed - two more Linux distros

Extre4mely nicely said!

Re: Just what the world needed - two more Linux distros

Listen, this is just complaining for the sake of it.

If you want an alternative, accept its specificities. If you don't want to bother and prefer a sandbox where companies decide what you need, then use that. There is something for everyone. Let's stop complaining and trying to be different by being like everyone else.

Dude, you got a Dell, period! RIP XPS, Inspiron, Latitude, Precision

Simple?

That's not simple. That's as complex as the old system.

OpenAI: 'Impossible to train today’s leading AI models without using copyrighted materials'

If it sounds like BS, it probably is.

"Impossible for me to not work and get rich without using copyrighted material." Can I go on?

SAP says GenAI will help solve legacy migration skills shortage

If I was a SAP customer…

I would feel extremely annoyed with getting a SciFi solution for a real world problem.

Misguided call for a 7-Zip boycott brings attention to FOSS archiving tools

Re: I like 7Zip.

You should consider researching the topic instead of merely repeating what Fox News says.

Swedish authorities probe Oracle Cerner health record rollout

What business is Oracle in actually?

Geez, another mess involving Oracle. Amazing.

China has utterly pwned 'thousands and thousands' of devices at US telcos

Backdoor

It looks like someone else found the key to their own backdoor. Oh my, who would have thought?

Helpline for Yakuza victims fears it leaked their personal info

Re: C:\README.TXT

And with a cascading procedure of interacting with the data.

On a sidenote: I wonder if we should consider the idea of a databank, which would serve as a safe storage and exchange system for data, similar to how a bank safeguards money.

Unlike money, people often don't hesitate to trust their data to various companies, even though it's frequently mishandled.

Harakiri

Or slightly harakiri himself...

Sysadmin shock as Windows Server 2025 installs itself after update labeling error

Re: First...

That is the next step in the enshittification process.

Sketchy financials send Supermicro auditors running for the hills

Huge grain of sault

I don't accept news at face value when "activist short-seller Hindenburg Research" is involved.

ASML faces turbulence amid stock drop, customer delays

Re: It's goodbye ASML

Could you please clarify? I'm confused about your references to Poland, Belgium, and Europe.

Skyscraper-high sewage plume erupts in Moscow

Flabbergasting

There are many instances of "maybe," "probably," "unable to verify," "another possibility is," and "could be" throughout this article, which in essence talks about nothing. Despite substantial events occurring around the world, someone at The Register still managed to fill a whole article with speculation.

Huawei's farewell to Android isn't a marketing move, it's chess

Hardly an option for Joe Sixpack

That's hardly an option for Joe Sixpack and any normal user for whom the phone is an appliance.

Aren't you tired of repeating stuff ad nauseam without giving it some thought first? It's exhausting.

Linus Torvalds flames Google kernel contributor over filesystem suggestion

Re: When the creator dies

I think the next in line will step up. But it definitely will not be what we knew and were used to. That's the pro and con of a strong personality.

Re: A better long-term approach...

People don't want these to participate, because

Google = they're the enshittification overlords

Red Hat has a very opinionated development style that doesn't favor customizability, they don't seem to care about the average Linux user, and they killed CentOS.

In general, there are no factual reasons to prevent them from contributing, but there are plenty of emotional ones. :-)