-hh wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On 8/15/24 10:53 AM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>> -hh wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>>
>>> On 8/14/24 2:40 AM, vallor wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 20:45:23 -0400, -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com>
>>>> wrote in <v9gun4$42dl$1@dont-email.me>:
>>>>> Chrisv:
>>>>>> Amazingly, he argues that the existence of "cheap" advocates supports
>>>>>> his claim that some advocates insist "Linux advocacy is never, ever,
>>>>>> about being a cheapskate".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It does not. Obviously.
>>>>>
>>>>> Because that wasn't what was being said: comprehension failure.
>>>>
>>>> That was what you implied.
>>>>
>>>> <2045175628.745096309.945111.recscuba_google-huntzinger.com@news.eternal-
>>>> september.org>
>>>>
>>>> You poisoned the well with BS.
>>>>
>>>> Let's see an example of:
>>>>
>>>>> "[Feeb is] also trolling the Linux fanboys who insist that Linux
>>>>> advocacy is never, ever, about being a cheapskate!"
>>>>
>>>> And where are these "Linux fanboys" that you claim that "Linux advocacy
>>>> is never, ever, about being a cheapskate(!)"?
>>>>
>>>> Can you name three? Can you even name *one*?
>>>
>>> Feeb: as already mentioned, literally using the word "cheap".
>>> RonB: "They're overpriced and constrictive." (& thift shop finds).
>>> Chris Ahlstrom: bought a Windows laptops because it was cheaper than
>>> sourcing a Linux laptop
>>
>> You are confusing wanting less expensive hardware with wanting a
>> better operating system.
>
> Not really, for I have no particular grief with going for best value.
>
> I chose your example because it did support Microsoft financially,

Actually, it was the office store taking the hit by cutting $50 to $100 off the
laptop price. They're the ones who sacrificed by paying for a Windows license.

> and some hardcore Linux fanboys would've accused you of being a "traitor"
> for allowing any of your personal dollars to be going to MS.

Nah, only a troll would say that.

> FWIW, I'm not agreeing with such a "traitor!" accusation - merely
> acknowledging that some fanboys have been this intolerant.

The sad truth seems to be that everyone, probably including vendors that get
their computers direct from, say, Clevo, ends up paying for Windows. Just a
guess; my searches did not turn up any results that didn't involve a Windows
license.

It might be a lot different with servers purchased by the government from DELL.
Although the access workstations generally run Windows.

--
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A: Open other end.

-hh wrote:

>I chose your example because it did support Microsoft financially, and
>some hardcore Linux fanboys would've accused you of being a "traitor"
>for allowing any of your personal dollars to be going to MS.
>
>FWIW, I'm not agreeing with such a "traitor!" accusation - merely
>acknowledging that some fanboys have been this intolerant.

Add the above lie to -highhorse's "Linux fanboys" insisting "that
Linux advocacy is never, ever, about being a cheapskate" lie.

-hh wrote:

>So your pedantic dodge attempt here is that people who whine about how
>MS/etc are too expensive is utterly disassociated from that same person
>possibly being identified as a 'cheapskate'? Riiiiight! /s

Get your head examined, you freak.

vallor wrote:

> -highhorse wrote:
>>
>> vallor wrote:
>>>
>>> And he _still_ hasn't produced a quote from a "Linux fanboy" who says
>>> Linux is _never_ (his word) selected because someone is a cheapskate.
>>
>> I've already provided more than three examples of the basic principle.
>
>Okay, at this point I think you're funning. Because there's no way
>that you are this thick.

This is no worse than *many* other -highhorse arguments, over the
years. I have many examples!

>>> Notice how he dances around the topic. I'm not sure who he thinks he's
>>> fooling -- an honorable person would admit he misspoke.

It's been known for *years* that -highhorse has no honor.

No one should be surprised that he's now attacking you for allegedly
moving goalposts, when we can all see that he's moving the goalposts.

No one should be surpised that, in his response to your other recent
post, he is attacking you for an alleged "pedantic dodge attempt" when
we can all see that he's doing the dodging.

No one should be surprised that he's accusing you of *really*
ridiculous, bad-faith arguing, in your alleged "pedantic dodge
attempt". Read it and weep.

He's a snit.
>> Except you're now goalpost-moving to quotes only from "Linux fanboys".
>
>No I'm not. You said that some alleged "Linux fanboys" have said
>it is "*never* about being a cheapskate." [emph. added] You continue
>to dance around your misspoken rhetoric. I fully expected you to, maybe,
>find Feeb saying such a thing once -- but you haven't even done that.
>
>Put up or shut up.

That's plenty clear. *Again*. As it has been since I called him out
on his *lie*.

-highhorse: the Linux fanboys who insist that Linux advocacy is never,
ever, about being a cheapskate!

chrisv: Unless -highhorse can quote someone saying that, the above
goes down as yet another of his lies.

Le 13-08-2024, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> a écrit :
>
> I use mutt and IMAP to manage gmail. Not the best thing imaginable, but
> it suffices. See X-Mutt in the header. :-)

Mutt is great for email, for usenet, it's not that great. And I don't
see X-Mutt in your headers. I see slrn which is, in my opinion, a better
choice for usenet.

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Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> Le 13-08-2024, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> a écrit :
>>
>> I use mutt and IMAP to manage gmail. Not the best thing imaginable, but
>> it suffices. See X-Mutt in the header. :-)
>
> Mutt is great for email, for usenet, it's not that great. And I don't
> see X-Mutt in your headers. I see slrn which is, in my opinion, a better
> choice for usenet.

X-Mutt is in there, look again. I don't use it for news; the tag there is from
a long COLA thread years ago about email clients.

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On 8/16/24 11:04 AM, vallor wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Aug 2024 09:54:21 -0400, -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com>
> wrote in <v9nlmd$1epkg$2@dont-email.me>:
>
>> On 8/15/24 9:30 PM, vallor wrote:
>>> On Thu, 15 Aug 2024 10:53:00 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom
>>> <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
>>> wrote in <v9l4oc$1004s$3@dont-email.me>:
>>>
>>>> -hh wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>>>>
>>>>> On 8/14/24 2:40 AM, vallor wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 20:45:23 -0400, -hh
>>>>>> <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote in
>>>>>> <v9gun4$42dl$1@dont-email.me>:
>>>>>>> Chrisv:
>>>>>>>> Amazingly, he argues that the existence of "cheap" advocates
>>>>>>>> supports his claim that some advocates insist "Linux advocacy is
>>>>>>>> never, ever, about being a cheapskate".
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It does not. Obviously.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Because that wasn't what was being said: comprehension failure.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That was what you implied.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <2045175628.745096309.945111.recscuba_google-
>>> huntzinger.com@news.eternal-
>>>>>> september.org>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You poisoned the well with BS.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Let's see an example of:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "[Feeb is] also trolling the Linux fanboys who insist that Linux
>>>>>>> advocacy is never, ever, about being a cheapskate!"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And where are these "Linux fanboys" that you claim that "Linux
>>>>>> advocacy is never, ever, about being a cheapskate(!)"?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can you name three? Can you even name *one*?
>>>>>
>>>>> Feeb: as already mentioned, literally using the word "cheap".
>>>>> RonB: "They're overpriced and constrictive." (& thift shop finds).
>>>>> Chris Ahlstrom: bought a Windows laptops because it was cheaper than
>>>>> sourcing a Linux laptop
>>>>
>>>> You are confusing wanting less expensive hardware with wanting a
>>>> better operating system.
>>>>
>>>> For my Lenovo laptop, the office-store sale made it an attractive
>>>> purchase.
>>>>
>>>> For my ASUS laptop, I decided to plunk some (for me) serious money to
>>>> buy a laptop from Xotic PC..
>>>>
>>>> In either case, immediately (after verifying that it booted) junked
>>>> the Windows (already incorporated into the cost of the hardware
>>>> dontchaknow), and installed Linux.
>>>>
>>>> Why? I prefer Linux by far. Cost is simply another one of its
>>>> desirable properties.
>>>
>>> And he _still_ hasn't produced a quote from a "Linux fanboy" who says
>>> Linux is _never_ (his word) selected because someone is a cheapskate.
>>
>> I've already provided more than three examples of the basic principle.
>
> Okay, at this point I think you're funning. Because there's no way
> that you are this thick.
>
>>
>>
>>> Notice how he dances around the topic. I'm not sure who he thinks he's
>>> fooling -- an honorable person would admit he misspoke.
>>
>> Except you're now goalpost-moving to quotes only from "Linux fanboys".
>
> No I'm not. You said that some alleged "Linux fanboys" have said
> it is "*never* about being a cheapskate." [emph. added] You continue
> to dance around your misspoken rhetoric. I fully expected you to, maybe,
> find Feeb saying such a thing once -- but you haven't even done that.

DFS keeps archives; I don't bother to.

But I do recall that there have been "traitor" underpinnings expressed.

For example, there have been times when a COLA poster has gone out to
make some absolutist declaration that all non-Linux users are idiots (or
something similar)...

.... but then it is discovered that members of their own family use
Mac/Windows. Hypocrite alert = Oops.

I vaguely recall Peter Köhlmann was an example of this? And of course
chrisv too. Naturally, there's backpedaling to a more moderate position
which then occurs - - but only after they got caught.

>
> Put up or shut up.
>

Here's an example:
<https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.linux.advocacy/c/cKOH6ttiCqw/m/RLx8wWbqAQAJ>

Now granted, we could accommodate some of these outbursts as simply
hyperbola and artistic license, but unfortunately, you've chosen to be
a pedantic nitpicker on language this week, so ...

-hh

-hh wrote:

>But I do recall that there have been "traitor" underpinnings expressed.

Lying attack #1.

>For example, there have been times when a COLA poster has gone out to
>make some absolutist declaration that all non-Linux users are idiots (or
>something similar)...

Lying attack #2.

>... but then it is discovered that members of their own family use
>Mac/Windows. Hypocrite alert = Oops.

Lying attack #3.

>I vaguely recall Peter Köhlmann was an example of this? And of course
>chrisv too. Naturally, there's backpedaling to a more moderate position
>which then occurs - - but only after they got caught.

Lying attack #4.

>> Put up or shut up.
>
>Here's an example:
><https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.linux.advocacy/c/cKOH6ttiCqw/m/RLx8wWbqAQAJ>

Total fail. That's me spanking -highhorse for some other riduclous
lies of his.

>Now granted, we could accommodate some of these outbursts as simply
>hyperbola and artistic license, but unfortunately, you've chosen to be
>a pedantic nitpicker on language this week, so ...

Lying attack #5.

Notice how, instead of "putting up", -highhorse launches an array of
lying attacks. Again, "blowing up" a simple issue into an unwieldy
mess. Do you ignore all the distracting garbage attacks, or do you
address them one by one?

The difference between decent, reasonable people and inferior beings
like -highhorse is that a decent, reasonable person would never defend
a ridiculous notion like "all non-Linux users are idiots", even if he
may have said something that could be snittishly interpreted that way.

A snit, like -highhorse, uses what are *obviously* lies, to attack
decent, reasonable people as
ridiculous/dishonest/unreasonable/hypocritical/whatever, and won't
back down.

Seriously, is that *any* chance at all that *anyone* thinks that "all
non-Linux users are idiots"? What kind of *weirdo* would press that
attack? And then use that lie as the basis of more attacks!

Only a shamelssly lying weirdo, like -highhorse, would press that
attack. A loser, like -highhorse, who cannot win with the truth, so
*lies* to attack.

On 2024-08-18 9:25 a.m., chrisv wrote:
> -hh wrote:
>
>> But I do recall that there have been "traitor" underpinnings expressed.
>
> Lying attack #1.

Probably Larry Pietraskiewicz.

>> For example, there have been times when a COLA poster has gone out to
>> make some absolutist declaration that all non-Linux users are idiots (or
>> something similar)...
>
> Lying attack #2.

Definitely Larry Pietraskiewicz.

>> ... but then it is discovered that members of their own family use
>> Mac/Windows. Hypocrite alert = Oops.
>
> Lying attack #3.

The person who made the first two declarative statements is not the same
as the one who admitted that his family and friends use Windows and
MacOS. Linux users don't have some sort of hive mind which requires them
to all think alike. In fact, that's part of the problem for some of us
who would like some standardization, with Flatpak for example.

>> I vaguely recall Peter Köhlmann was an example of this? And of course
>> chrisv too. Naturally, there's backpedaling to a more moderate position
>> which then occurs - - but only after they got caught.
>
> Lying attack #4.

I don't recall either Peter the Klöwn or chrisv actually stating what
they family use. RonB is the one who said it not because he's an honest
human being and believes that people should use whatever it is that
suits them.

>>> Put up or shut up.
>>
>> Here's an example:
>> <https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.linux.advocacy/c/cKOH6ttiCqw/m/RLx8wWbqAQAJ>
>
> Total fail. That's me spanking -highhorse for some other riduclous
> lies of his.

That reads like sarcasm. Is Hugh Huntzinger autistic and therefore
unable to differentiate sarcasm from affirmative statements?

>> Now granted, we could accommodate some of these outbursts as simply
>> hyperbola and artistic license, but unfortunately, you've chosen to be
>> a pedantic nitpicker on language this week, so ...
>
> Lying attack #5.
>
> Notice how, instead of "putting up", -highhorse launches an array of
> lying attacks. Again, "blowing up" a simple issue into an unwieldy
> mess. Do you ignore all the distracting garbage attacks, or do you
> address them one by one?
>
> The difference between decent, reasonable people and inferior beings
> like -highhorse is that a decent, reasonable person would never defend
> a ridiculous notion like "all non-Linux users are idiots", even if he
> may have said something that could be snittishly interpreted that way.
>
> A snit, like -highhorse, uses what are *obviously* lies, to attack
> decent, reasonable people as
> ridiculous/dishonest/unreasonable/hypocritical/whatever, and won't
> back down.
>
> Seriously, is that *any* chance at all that *anyone* thinks that "all
> non-Linux users are idiots"? What kind of *weirdo* would press that
> attack? And then use that lie as the basis of more attacks!
>
> Only a shamelssly lying weirdo, like -highhorse, would press that
> attack. A loser, like -highhorse, who cannot win with the truth, so
> *lies* to attack.

To be honest, I have no idea what Hugh Huntzinger was on about in that
last statement.

--
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Catholic, paleoconservative, Christ is king

On 8/18/24 9:25 AM, chrisv wrote:
> -hh wrote:
>
>> But I do recall that there have been "traitor" underpinnings expressed.
>
> Lying attack #1.

'And its KDE - nothing there for the Gnome purist. "Choice" diluting
the useful applications once again.' - "True Linux advocate" Hadron
Quark

<https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.linux.advocacy/c/ZblFfM3vn9s/m/EAvjixD-BAAJ>

>> For example, there have been times when a COLA poster has gone out to
>> make some absolutist declaration that all non-Linux users are idiots (or
>> something similar)...
>
> Lying attack #2.

Quiz time:

Which Linux Advocate said the following in COLA?

"I despise intensely anyone who uses either Wincrap or Macs"

>> ... but then it is discovered that members of their own family use
>> Mac/Windows. Hypocrite alert = Oops.
>
> Lying attack #3.

Because chrisv doesn't remember getting caught himself in the whole
'family member using Windows' saga? Gosh, that's weird! /s

>
>> I vaguely recall Peter Köhlmann was an example of this? And of course
>> chrisv too. Naturally, there's backpedaling to a more moderate position
>> which then occurs - - but only after they got caught.
>
> Lying attack #4.

>
>>> Put up or shut up.
>>
>> Here's an example:
>> <https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.linux.advocacy/c/cKOH6ttiCqw/m/RLx8wWbqAQAJ>
>
> Total fail. That's me spanking -highhorse for some other riduclous
> lies of his.

Its chrisv *thinking* that that's what he's doing. oops.

>
>> Now granted, we could accommodate some of these outbursts as simply
>> hyperbola and artistic license, but unfortunately, you've chosen to be
>> a pedantic nitpicker on language this week, so ...
>
> Lying attack #5.

Where's there any room for interpretation in this statement?

"Windows is only inexpensive if your time has no value."

<https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.linux.advocacy/c/ksFRMF_W2IM/m/iBQddRvWBAAJ>

> Notice how, instead of "putting up", -highhorse launches an array of
> lying attacks. Again, "blowing up" a simple issue into an unwieldy
> mess. Do you ignore all the distracting garbage attacks, or do you
> address them one by one?
>
> The difference between decent, reasonable people and inferior beings
> like -highhorse is that a decent, reasonable person would never defend
> a ridiculous notion like "all non-Linux users are idiots", even if he
> may have said something that could be snittishly interpreted that way.
>
> A snit, like -highhorse, uses what are *obviously* lies, to attack
> decent, reasonable people as
> ridiculous/dishonest/unreasonable/hypocritical/whatever, and won't
> back down.

Note that it isn't chrisv who is providing exact quotes with cites.

> Seriously, is that *any* chance at all that *anyone* thinks that "all
> non-Linux users are idiots"? What kind of *weirdo* would press that
> attack? And then use that lie as the basis of more attacks!

Gosh, where did this "all" get slipped in from? Cite, please.

> Only a shamelssly lying weirdo, like -highhorse, would press that
> attack. A loser, like -highhorse, who cannot win with the truth, so
> *lies* to attack.

Well gosh, chrisv: if what you're now saying is that everything said in
the past was chock-full of hyperbola, then you'd better go attack Scott
for his insistence on pedantic accuracy in every last word said.

Meantime:

"Everyone here knows and respects people who choose to use Windows or
Mac. Everyone understands that Windows and Mac are reasonable choices,
indeed the best choices, for much of the market. We completely
understand why they are chosen, by many."
-chrisv

<https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.linux.advocacy/c/cKOH6ttiCqw/m/FP5iNaTvAQAJ>

Gosh, wonder why chrisv has changed to become such a bitter old man.
Perhaps it is due to his choice of OS? /s

-hh

-hh wrote:

> (snipped, unread)

-highhorse is still battling, folks! Is anyone surprised? This is
what a snit does. They *never* give up, even when they are *clearly*
wrong. A snit stays on the attack. Always.

-highhorse, of course, has a loooong and sad history of this behavior.
*So* sick. *So* determined to attack a group of decent, reasonable
people. *So* clearly a shameless idiot, liar, and asshole.

On 8/18/2024 9:25 AM, shitv wrote:

> Seriously, is that *any* chance at all that *anyone* thinks that "all
> non-Linux users are idiots"?

This is a joke, right?

Feeb says it in half his idiotic posts.

DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>On 8/18/2024 9:25 AM, shitv wrote:
>
>> Seriously, is that *any* chance at all that *anyone* thinks that "all
>> non-Linux users are idiots"?
>
>This is a joke, right?
>
>Feeb says it in half his idiotic posts.

None of us endorse Larry.

--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 23:17:29 -0400, Joel wrote:

> None of us endorse Larry.

I endorse Larry and his collection of nyms with a permanent -99999 score
in Pan. That is a distinction few have achieved.

On 21 Aug 2024 04:14:52 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote in
<lil7tsF1mjdU3@mid.individual.net>:

> On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 23:17:29 -0400, Joel wrote:
>
>> None of us endorse Larry.
>
> I endorse Larry and his collection of nyms with a permanent -99999 score
> in Pan. That is a distinction few have achieved.

Same here.

Also, recently, there's an anti-education idiot that I've plonked:
Slimy Sausageface, or something like that.

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> On 21 Aug 2024 05:15:19 GMT, vallor wrote:
>
>> Also, recently, there's an anti-education idiot that I've plonked:
>> Slimy Sausageface, or something like that.
>
> Wasn't he something else a while back? The reference to Montreal jogged my
> memory.

I gave up tracking nymshifts for Lent.

But usually the tone and wording of posts reveals the spoor of the troll.

--
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Too early seen unknown, and known too late!
-- William Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet"

On 2024-08-21 1:15 a.m., vallor wrote:
> On 21 Aug 2024 04:14:52 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote in
> <lil7tsF1mjdU3@mid.individual.net>:
>
>> On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 23:17:29 -0400, Joel wrote:
>>
>>> None of us endorse Larry.
>>
>> I endorse Larry and his collection of nyms with a permanent -99999 score
>> in Pan. That is a distinction few have achieved.
>
> Same here.
>
> Also, recently, there's an anti-education idiot that I've plonked:
> Slimy Sausageface, or something like that.

I assure you that I'm crying about it.

--
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Catholic, paleoconservative, Christ is king

CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>On 2024-08-21 1:15 a.m., vallor wrote:
>>
>> Also, recently, there's an anti-education idiot that I've plonked:
>> Slimy Sausageface, or something like that.
>
>I assure you that I'm crying about it.

I assure you that I'm crying about your transphobic/homophobic BS.

--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

Le 21-08-2024, DFS <nospam@dfs.com> a écrit :
> On 8/18/2024 9:25 AM, shitv wrote:
>
>> Seriously, is that *any* chance at all that *anyone* thinks that "all
>> non-Linux users are idiots"?
>
> This is a joke, right?
>
> Feeb says it in half his idiotic posts.

First, since when did you take into account what FR/NV/DG/whatever says?
Second, since when did you believe that FR/NV/DG/whatever can be able to
think?

So, as they were rhetorical questions, we both agree you should find a
better example.

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On 8/13/2024 9:39 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 09:19:37 -0400, DFS wrote:
>
>> That's what they SAY, but the desktop share of paid distros (Zorin,
>> elementaryOS, Red Hat) is virtually ZERO.
>
> What’s happening is the definition of “desktop” keeps shrinking as Linux
> gobbles more and more of the computing market.

The definition of desktop computing only changes in the minds of GuhNoo
idiots.

DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>On 8/13/2024 9:39 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>>> That's what they SAY, but the desktop share of paid distros (Zorin,
>>> elementaryOS, Red Hat) is virtually ZERO.
>>
>> What’s happening is the definition of “desktop” keeps shrinking as Linux
>> gobbles more and more of the computing market.
>
>The definition of desktop computing only changes in the minds of GuhNoo
>idiots.

Android is the most widely used OS, so maybe that's the basis, but
Windows certainly isn't as prominent as it used to be even among
desktop users.

--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

On Thu, 3 Oct 2024 09:31:26 -0400, DFS wrote:

> On 8/13/2024 9:39 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 09:19:37 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>
>>> That's what they SAY, but the desktop share of paid distros (Zorin,
>>> elementaryOS, Red Hat) is virtually ZERO.
>>
>> What’s happening is the definition of “desktop” keeps shrinking as
>> Linux gobbles more and more of the computing market.
>
> The definition of desktop computing only changes ...

For example, it doesn’t include “workstations” that combine both server
and client functionality in one platform.

And it doesn’t include “handheld PC gaming”, either.