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   Rod Speed to Petzl   
   Re: HP Linux laptops story   
   22 Feb 26 10:52:24   
   
   XPost: aus.computers   
   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   Petzl  wrote   
   > Rod Speed  wrote   
   >> Lawrence D’Oliveiro  wrote   
   >>> Paul wrote   
      
   >>>> When WSL1 first came out, some people had Firefox running three days   
   >>>> after that (on top of XMing.exe). Later, Microsoft made WSLg so you   
   >>>> no longer had to bodge your own Xorg/X11 solution .   
      
   >>> Now that that’s been superseded by WSL2, which brings a (mostly)   
   >>> genuine Linux kernel into Windows, it’s only a matter of time until   
   >>> Linux becomes a mandatory part of a Windows install.   
      
   >> Just another pathetic little fantasy on that last   
      
   > I doubt if Rod Speed even uses a Windows computer   
      
   You'd be wrong about that.   
      
   > Everyone including Bill Gates is dumping Windows in a big way   
      
   Bullshit   
      
   > Reports in late 2025 indicated that the Gates Foundation Trust   
   > significantly reduced its Microsoft stake by nearly 65% in the third   
   > quarter of 2025   
      
   Irrelevant to what most use   
      
   > European governments are actively shifting from Windows to Linux   
      
   Fuck all of them are actually doing that   
      
   > and   
   > open-source tools to secure digital sovereignty, reduce high licensing   
   > fees, and enhance data privacy. Major transitions include Germany's   
   > Schleswig-Holstein moving 30,000 employees to Linux, Denmark's   
   > Ministry of Digital Affairs switching to LibreOffice, and the   
   > long-standing use of GendBuntu in France   
      
   That is sweet fuck all   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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