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   djsumdog (djsumdog@djsumdog.com)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Dec-2024 13:16:26 JST djsumdog
   Maximum PC, Feb 1999
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Dec-2024 13:25:39 JST iced depresso

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     @djsumdog would nominally be fine with this, as long as the machine doesn't stop working if you don't pay up. of course this also assumes they just use the subscription to stop focusing on line go up and just make things work nice
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     djsumdog (djsumdog@djsumdog.com)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Dec-2024 13:29:34 JST djsumdog

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     I would have rather they charged $30 or $50 per Windows update and didn't stuff the operating full of adverts and tracking (and make the enterprise version with group politics to turn all that off difficult to buy and setup).
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Dec-2024 13:43:07 JST iced depresso

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     @djsumdog suspect the gates type are more just evil than anything. i dunno.
     
     its very possible to make businesses that leave money "on the table" but are more than self sustaining and profitable
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     djsumdog (djsumdog@djsumdog.com)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Dec-2024 13:54:09 JST djsumdog

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     • 一色いろは
     You mean the MSDN CDs, or something else? My cousin got like some top tier MSDN membership because he works for Intel. He had spindles of EVERYTHING. Every Visual Studio release. Every NT5/2000 release. Endless beta releases. Literally everything Microsoft put out (that wasn't a game), he got it mailed to him as a physical CD.
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     一色いろは (wzqtparor@fedibird.com)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Dec-2024 13:54:10 JST 一色いろは

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     • iced depresso

     Microsoft used to provide Membership CDs in late 1990s.
     You have to pay to be a member, and get those "free" update CDs.
     @djsumdog @icedquinn

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     djsumdog (djsumdog@djsumdog.com)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Dec-2024 13:59:28 JST djsumdog

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     • midway
     I have two Win 10 boxes left. HDR support on Linux has been nonexistent, but recently I started tested this Vulkan HDR layer:
     
     https://github.com/Zamundaaa/VK_hdr_layer
     
     mpv has added better tone mapping, so it's more difficult to tell if something is really being displayed in BT.2020/HDR or not. I need to check some brightness/test patterns, but if it works that's one more box I can get off Win10.
     
     I have one gaming PC, but I rarely game anymore and hacked my PS4 ... so might just get rid of that one eventually :blobcatshrug:
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     midway (midway@soapbox.midwaytrades.com)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Dec-2024 13:59:29 JST midway

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     • iced depresso
     Or just run Linux. It’s easier than it’s ever been and most home users do everything in a browser so the underlying OS isn’t as important as it used to be.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Dec-2024 14:02:02 JST 翠星石

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     @midway I'd just like to interject for a moment.
     
     The kernel, Linux is not an Operating System, as it doesn't operate on its own.
     
     It appears you are referring to systemd/Linux.
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     midway (midway@soapbox.midwaytrades.com)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Dec-2024 15:24:23 JST midway

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     • iced depresso
     I had a gaming PC but the few things I do play I can do via Steam on my Ubuntu box. I converted it into a Proxmox server. :). I have one Windows application that I still use. So I set up a VM for just that use case. Thankfully I have been able to replace everything else with Linux stuff.
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