Ralf Mardorf writes:
> On Fri, 2014-01-17 at 10:26 +0100, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote:
> > In the long term the support he gets from XP could become worse than
> > the support supplied by GNU/Linux. It does not seem wise to me.
>
> There are some cracked XP and 98 se versions out there, that are as good
Cracked? Patched by the user or supplied by some "unorthodox" supplier?
> as FreeBSD and Linux for many usages, it's also possible to tune a legal
> XP and 98 se to be good for many usages.
>
> The advantage of Windows over Debian is hardware support and that more
> people get payed for writing software for exotic usages, such as audio
> and video editing.
Today that's indeed true.
When an hardware maker builds a new device he sends a specimen of the
device and the driver in Redmond to get the Microsoft blessing and
sell more.
Tomorrow could be a different tune.
If the device is worth the effort, Microsoft will include the support
in the system. I should ask to some of my friends who work(ed) there
if all the device that receive the "designed for Windows X" get an
automatic-embedded-in-the-OS support in Windows X+1.
> _But_ IMO it's important to share knowledge. One of the things a
> computer and networks are good for, is sharing knowledge and sharing
> news from different points of view.
>
> 1. Open source is needed. IOW I won't use Microsoft and Apple.
I could use Apple HW for sure. Maybe even Mac OS X, after all it's a Unix.
What I need more than Open Source is Free Software. You know, Apple
discontinues PowerPC units and GNU/Linux still supplies up to date (or
almost up to date - my attempt to install the latest stable on a Lamp
failed since it left the system unusable).
> 2. I e.g. want to read the news from Israel and Palestine, of the USA
> and the Iran. Could be done with MS and Apple, but in some countries
> we need security ... did I wrote some? ... in all countries we need
> security when doing this, so FLOSS is the better way to go, since
> there are likely less backdoors for the bad guys, if any.
I heard about some doubts about TrueCrypt...
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