From: vallor@vallor.earth   
      
   At Tue, 6 Jan 2026 03:41:39 -0000 (UTC), RonB  wrote:   
      
   > On 2026-01-05, Tyrone  wrote:   
   > > On Jan 5, 2026 at 4:24:33 PM EST, "Farley Flud"  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> On Mon, 5 Jan 2026 14:45:45 -0600, Physfitfreak wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >>>   
   > >>> In this household Micro$hit (or more accurately "Windows") is a long   
   > >>> forgotten name.   
   > >>>   
   > >>   
   > >> Great!  The same applies here.   
   > >>   
   > >> But, unfortunately, I must keep a machine that contains M$ Winblows   
   > >> operational.  The reason is that I cannot shop on-line for groceries   
   > >> at a few places.  Browsers on GNU/Linux do not function with those   
   > >> sites.  This also applies to other vendors like Newegg and BestBuy.   
   > >> Blame this on the corporate IT managers who are too incompetent to   
   > >> understand that M$ Winblows is not the only OS.   
   >   
   > Funny, I shop Best Buy and Newegg with Linux. FUD much? (directed at "Farley   
   > Flud").   
   >   
   > > No, they just realize there is no business case to cater to the tiny   
   number of   
   > > people using Linux for shopping.   
   >   
   > In this case it's just lying FUD.   
   >   
      
   Agreed.  It almost sounds like he hasn't tried a modern browser   
   on Linux...or he hasn't tried in a long, long time. (10 years?)   
      
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