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[A]n INI configuration file in the Windows Canary channel, discovered by German website Deskmodder, includes references to a "Subscription Edition," "Subscription Type," and a "subscription status."

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not the commenter but the answer is easy - right now, it's not costing me anything to run Windows on my PC, and installing Linux takes research, time, and attention that I don't feel like investing in my home PC at the moment. Probably the next PC I build (whenever my 10 year old Dell i7 is too damn slow, only now starting to get laggy) will run Linux. Previously I only installed linux on laptops I retired from active use, just for shits and giggles. Never once had a linux powerhouse, but now that linux gaming is a reality, I'm very interested in getting away from the advertising platform that Windows has become.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

We're running a 6 year old selfbuilt gaming rig on Garuda Linux ... Runs like a charm. Husband is playing Warthunder which uses Anti-Cheat - so far everything runs out of the box.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not OP, but Linux isn't much good for professional creative work. Would love to try it out, but without a functioning Adobe suite it's not gonna happen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In my opinion, Inkscape is a great competitor to Adobe Illustrator. The problem comes in with the fact that we don't have a viable image manipulation software. Gimp just aint it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Article: "We don't know how, but Windows is taking away a pint of blood from the user every time the OS is booted up".

Some guy at the edge of fainting: "I swear, I am this close to switching away".

[–] possiblylinux127 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)