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   DFS to All   
   Re: It was the worst of FOSS crapware, i   
   16 Jan 26 10:12:08   
   
   From: nospam@dfs.com   
      
   On 1/15/2026 7:51 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 17:01:46 -0500, DFS wrote:   
   >   
   >> Tried to open it with LibreOffice Impress 25.2.7.2 (X86_64)   
   >>   
   >> The [GNU software] hard-locked my Win11 system??!?!? wtf? Complete   
   >> freeze - couldn't even open Task Mgr.   
   >   
   > If you have trouble with an open-source package on Windows, always try   
   > it on Linux for comparison. Such freezes are so common on Windows   
   > anyway, you cannot automatically blame the issue on the app without   
   > this elementary check.   
   >   
   > Oh, and LibreOffice isn’t part of the GNU project.   
      
      
   You just said it was.   
      
   Anything released under the GPL is potentially GuhNoo crapware.   
      
   LO uses a combo of Mozilla Public License, GPL2 and Lesser GPL.   
      
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