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Thanks for the heads up. I just cancelled my subscription. I had premium but $23 per month is ridiculous.

Tell us you’re not a sysadmin without telling us you’re not a sysadmin.

Dell offers no OS laptops and desktops but sadly only for business customers. Consumers have to buy the Windows adware. You sometimes see the enterprise stuff for sale second hand with no OS too. The only specific laptop I know that consumers can buy with no OS is the Framework Laptop, which looks awesome.

Thanks for the reply! After I wrote that I had another look at the context in which you posted your comment and realized I had misunderstood your meaning. That was why I deleted it. I can definitely appreciate that a very large instance will have higher operating costs and that people shouldn’t be mooches. Cheers!

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Good open-source bot!

If you happen to read this, Mr. Stallman, I wish you you a swift and full recovery. We need more in this world like you. Thank you for all that you have done for the world and your tireless advocacy of Free Software!

You’re right, and anyone who thinks otherwise should check out Revolution OS. He speaks about it in detail.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k0RYQVkQmWU

That’s my understanding as well. The current initiative is far more limited in scope, and pays back students who were defrauded by scam schools.

I can’t say that I agree with you as far as the Apple stuff, but as a long time Gnome user, I agree with you 100% about Gnome. I loved Gnome 2, but even after all these years Gnome 3 has not grown on me. I’m actually running it on my main desktop PC right now so it’s not for lack of trying. Maybe I’m just a dinosaur but I’d take some Gnome 2 with Compiz over this mess of a desktop environment even still.

I use [email protected]. Works like a charm.

Sweet reductio ad absurdum, bro. Chef’s kiss.

I can’t believe zip tie guy just got 5 years. That’s some bullshit. He goes into the capital with zip ties, so obviously ready to participate in kidnapping, and gets off with 5 years? Petty drug offenses have resulted in far stiffer punishments. Fuck that guy. He should be under the jail.

Seconded! I’ve had them suggest cards only to be rejected. If you want to find out if you’re pre-qualified you’re better off going to the source with sites like this:

https://www.capitalone.com/credit-cards/preapprove/

https://www.discovercard.com/application/preapproval/initial

https://web.secure.wellsfargo.com/credit-cards/yourinfo/

https://secure.bankofamerica.com/secure-offers/public/customizedOffers/

A little off topic from your DRM/open source query, but since so many people are praising brother, in my opinion they are ruining their printers due to the jacked up toner cost. It’s not even just brother. Basically all the greedy printer manufacturers have all but ruined affordable laser printing. Years ago you could buy a brother printer for a reasonable cost that used toner that cost about a penny per page to print. They shrank the toner cartridges but didn’t reduce the cost so it’s not uncommon to speed a few cents a page on toner these days. Compare that with the current ink tank options and you’ll find the cost is way lower at around $.002 per page. The biggest trade off in my opinion is that you have to print to them regularly or they clog up and they are slower, but they are definitely a better value.

TL DR: greedy printer manufacturers ruined laser printers. Buy an ink tank printer instead until they ruin inkjets again.

The same man in a pile of leaves?

Russel.

Wrong, that’s Bob.

What do you call the same man in the hot tub?

Stew.

Check out Professor Messer on YouTube. Super professional and comprehensive exam prep videos are available on his channel for free. I relied on his videos, a flash card app, and Mike Myers CompTIA A+ study guide when I was broke and trying to get A+ certified and into the IT field. It worked out for me. I owe Professor Messer a debt of gratitude.

I don’t usually downvote on Lemmy, but this is a real test of willpower.

I stuck with Windows for the longest time because of gaming, but for my needs that’s no longer necessary. If it’s been a while since you tried Steam on Linux you might want to give it another try.