XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid   
      
   On 2024-09-19, Paul  wrote:   
      
   > I fired up a Ubuntu 24.04.1 USB stick the other day, was attempting   
   > to use file sharing, when all of a sudden, a dialog appears on the   
   > screen "informing me of the windows permissions on the share". I   
   > was gob-struck. Since when does Linux do stuff like that ? That   
   > crosses the line, and tells me that Canonical is now Microsofts Bitch.   
   > Right after that, I booted my Linux Mint USB stick, and no such dialog   
   > appeared and I was able to access the storage in question, with no   
   > dialogs of that sort appearing. So at least Linux Mint has not fallen for   
   > this trite approach.   
   >   
   > By doing that, Ubuntu is now on my "stuck-off" list. Not to be used any more.   
   > That (finally) crossed the line.   
   >   
   > That is the beachhead. Embrace and Extend.   
      
   Or, as some put it: "Embrace, extend, extinguish."   
      
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