XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 2026-01-04 21:42, Alan wrote:   
   > On 2026-01-04 18:34, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >> On 2026-01-04 19:43, WolfFan wrote:   
   >>> On Jan 4, 2026, CrudeSausage wrote   
   >>> (in article<695aff72$0$22$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>):   
   >>>   
   >>>> Feel free to show us the extensive customization you've done on your   
   >>>> Macs, sir.   
   >>>   
   >>> Apple no longer supports OS X Server. One of my Mac minis is a   
   >>> server, with   
   >>> multiple physical volumes attached. One has assorted USB items, cameras,   
   >>> drawing tablets, headset, stuff like that.   
   >>>   
   >>> but hey... you still need help.   
   >>   
   >> And this represents MacOS's customization how, exactly? I had a 24-pin   
   >> dot matrix printer connected to my 286 back in the day, does that   
   >> count as customization?   
   >>   
   >   
   > I ask you again:   
   >   
   > What actual customizations have you done to your Linux system?   
   >   
   > BTW, do you also have a Windows system you keep for when you actually   
   > need to be useful?   
      
   I have a reputation of going back and forth between Windows and Linux,   
   but I'm weary of fTPM stuttering (something that affects AMD processors   
   in Windows 11) and I'm annoyed with the push of AI and its inevitable   
   consequences, so I'm sticking to Linux for a while. I might go back one   
   day, I often do, but it gets harder to do so every time. I'm actually a   
   big Apple fan, even though it doesn't strike you as such, but I refuse   
   to worship the brand the way that I would God. I loved my MacBook Air M1   
   before I got rid of it (and probably would have held onto it if I didn't   
   already have a capable PC laptop), but I had to do so once I read about   
   the machines essentially becoming paperweights the moment the NVMe's TBW   
   is reached. Since you can't change switch the NVMe, I wasn't willing to   
   take the risk.   
      
   Either way, I'm extremely open-minded about technology but I like to be   
   objective about the benefits and flaws of each choice. Windows isn't   
   perfect, Linux isn't perfect and neither is MacOS. However, Linux   
   _became_ the perfect choice because it can afford to be flawed when it   
   doesn't charge you in either money or telemetry.   
      
   With that out of the way, let's go back to ripping on one another.   
      
   --   
   CrudeSausage   
   John 14:6   
   Pop_OS!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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