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   From: nobody@haph.org   
      
   CrudeSausage  news:69664f53$4$23$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com   
   Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:57:39 GMT in comp.os.linux.advocacy, wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 04:09:53 -0000 (UTC), Gremlin wrote:   
   >   
   >> "Joel W. Crump"    
   >> news:E2h9R.135449$KHq5.81032@fx38.iad Tue, 13 Jan 2026 01:17:21 GMT in   
   >> comp.os.linux.advocacy, wrote:   
   >>> Gremlin is too weak to attack issues where they are, so he creates a   
   >>> false narrative with his bogus allegations, known to be proven wrong.   
   >>> He's unfortunately all too common on modern Usenet, because low-quality   
   >>> trolling can actually get traction.   
   >>   
   >> Just so we're clear, are you denying that you wrote that MS blacklisted   
   >> you from installing Windows? If you are, I will be happy to refresh your   
   >> memory by sharing your posts and some of the followups where I asked you   
   >> how you thought they could do this.   
   >   
   > They could block a product key from activating, presumably. Nevertheless,   
   > it would still allow the user to install the operating system.   
      
   They could, sure. They didn't in his case, though. I'm waiting for him to   
   officially deny such a conversation between us ever took place. When he does,   
   I'll share the posts. :)   
      
   > I just think it's funny that Joel thinks Microsoft takes even a second of   
   > their time to acknowledge his existence. They have enough faggots working   
   > in the company to bother themselves with him.   
      
   He stated that he was blacklisted from being able to install Windows over   
   some negative comments he wrote about Microsoft. I'm patiently waiting for   
   him to continue to deny this discussion took place. I don't appreciate being   
   called a liar or otherwise remark that I'm being dishonest when I'm not.   
   I'll shove his own posts right back in his face as soon as he grows a pair   
   and commits to the denial.   
      
   >> I've made no false accusations   
   >> towards you and don't appreciate your efforts to emulate snit because   
   >> you're most likely embarrassed that I brought your claims up. You may   
   >> also want to re-read what the AI thinks. I didn't say I found Mint not   
   >> solid enough compared to MXLinux, and, I didn't write about donating to   
   >> the Mint team. You have written about donating to them. My issue with   
   >> Mint was their no longer providing a KDE based distro to download.   
   >   
   > I imagine that the KDE edition of Mint wasn't downloaded enough for it to   
   > be worth continuing to develop. If you're a fan of KDE and want an Ubuntu   
   > base, you're probably going to prefer Kubuntu anyway.   
      
   Mint was the first local install distro that I used. My previous experience   
   had been mostly redhat and a little slack via shell accounts. I've been   
   happy with MX since I switched over some years ago and have no intentions of   
   going back to Mint or any Ubuntu base at this point in time. I appreciate   
   the security that debian takes more seriously than ubuntu.   
      
      
      
      
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   Liar, lawyer; mirror show me, what's the difference?   
   Kangaroo done hung the guilty with the innocent   
   Liar, lawyer; mirror for ya', what's the difference?   
   Kangaroo be stoned. He's guilty as the government   
      
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