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A €20 Linux tax: cui et quantum prodest?

October 27, 2025 A €20 Linux tax: cui et quantum prodest?2025-10-27T21:04:15+01:00 No Comment Acer, fedora, idiocy, Linux, lubuntu, MATE (desktop), NTFS, SPECIAL, ThinkPad, Win11

After 😾 30 Years Defending Linux — Until I Called It Quits and Linux: More Proof It’s a Pathetic Joke, the post 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu…

Béranger on One more interview with Geoffrey Hinton: “SJVN: Remember ELIZA? AI has no intelligence at all.” Oct 28, 02:48
Béranger on 😾 30 Years Defending Linux — Until I Called It Quits: “FOLLOW-UP: A €20 Linux tax: cui et quantum prodest?” Oct 27, 20:22
Béranger on My chatbot use in the last week: “Indeed, I failed to notice it right away.” Oct 27, 13:19
Aldus on My chatbot use in the last week: “But yes, it is a good idea to check your later posts. 🙂 So this is on me.” Oct 27, 13:16
Aldus on My chatbot use in the last week: “I’ll check your posts regarding AI from the beginning. But this is relatively new, from last month. I used Grok…” Oct 27, 13:14
Aldus on My chatbot use in the last week: “Regarding the last point, from a purely technical standpoint: 1) The model is not programmed to do what you tell…” Oct 27, 13:06
Béranger on My chatbot use in the last week: “Absolutely, except that your image doesn’t work because this comments system bans WEBP. Why don’t you use PNG? And Grok…” Oct 27, 12:47
Aldus on My chatbot use in the last week: “Grok 3 is not the only free one. Grok 4 is freely available from at least august. Now you have…” Oct 27, 12:45
Béranger on Kimi’s useless “OK Computer” agent: “Oh, but maybe Kimi CLI works better. Apparently, it’s API-based, so it can’t be used for free.” Oct 27, 12:15
Aldus on Minor updates in Copilot and Grok: “I saved the same request as a memory: Utilizatorul preferă să nu i se ofere întrebări de continuare a dialogului…” Oct 27, 11:32
Béranger on Lumo by Proton: a fraud of an AI: “Except for the more generous limits, I don’t know what is it that paid brings that free doesn’t have, but…” Oct 27, 04:02
Matt on Lumo by Proton: a fraud of an AI: “When I first used Lumo, the free version, I was impressed. It reviewed and made useful improvement suggestions on my…” Oct 27, 03:36
Béranger on 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu 25.10…: “Since I recommended enabling Flathub for Flatpaks, there is a thing you need to know should you want to install…” Oct 26, 22:06
Béranger on 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu 25.10…: “Barely posted, and I already had to make some corrections!” Oct 25, 05:54
HAL on Linux: More Proof It’s a Pathetic Joke: “À propos des deux options dans PCManFM-Qt, la deuxième semble écrite différemment en anglais et en français : Move deleted files…” Oct 25, 02:27
Béranger on The magic of Amazon’s Kiro: my 1st vibe-coded PyQt6 app!: “UPDATE: Comic Strip Browser v. 1.1.1: new features and new bugs!” Oct 24, 23:29
HAL on 😾 30 Years Defending Linux — Until I Called It Quits: “MATE is stagnant. XFCE is moribund. LXQt isn’t doing much better. Only KDE seems to have a future. You’re forgetting…” Oct 24, 20:28
Béranger on namesake vs. homonym vs. eponym vs. Romance languages: “Another pair of confusing apparent synonyms: maniacal and manic, both adjectives. — “Maniacal” initially applied to the medical condition known…” Oct 24, 15:57
Béranger on SPECIAL: You Don’t Even Know How Terrible Your Linux Distro Is!: “Touché !” Oct 24, 02:11
HAL on SPECIAL: You Don’t Even Know How Terrible Your Linux Distro Is!: “It’s only the idiots who don’t change their mind 😉” Oct 24, 02:06
Béranger on SPECIAL: You Don’t Even Know How Terrible Your Linux Distro Is!: “So, on Aug. 5, 2017, artmg opened Issue #558: Adding shortcuts to View menu, asking the developer to add in…” Oct 23, 14:24
Béranger on 😾 30 Years Defending Linux — Until I Called It Quits: “Well, GNOME 3/4x is also sort of Metro. And the castration of Nautilus/Files that cannot have a compact list view…” Oct 22, 13:22
dell.shill on 😾 30 Years Defending Linux — Until I Called It Quits: “I’m aware many still use 7 because it was that good. Even first release of 8 wasn’t so bad in…” Oct 22, 13:14
Béranger on 😾 30 Years Defending Linux — Until I Called It Quits: “Understood. This being said, I still have a Win7 laptop that I’m using daily. NO ANTI-VIRUS OF ANY KIND. Built-in…” Oct 21, 15:37
deb.shill on 😾 30 Years Defending Linux — Until I Called It Quits: “For 15 years I was mostly in Ubuntu / Mint camp, occasionally jumping to Arch and OpenSuSe. I also dual…” Oct 21, 15:33
Béranger on Bluesabre is pathetic, and “the Xubuntu project” is retarded: “On the Wayback Machine, the original Download page. Xubuntu.org seems to work intermittently. If Xubuntu 25.10 released! doesn’t work, here’s…” Oct 21, 00:29
Béranger on Linux: More Proof It’s a Pathetic Joke: “Having read Jesse Smith’s review of Kubuntu 25.10, I tried the Live ISO myself, and it performed quite well on…” Oct 20, 14:05
System Administrator on Linux: More Proof It’s a Pathetic Joke: “Still, hope to see you lose a bit of more time on Linux in a few years. Hear hear! I…” Oct 18, 04:47
Alex on Linux: More Proof It’s a Pathetic Joke: ““Lost years/time” and Linux go hand in hand, unfortunately. I was quite disappointed to see you leave Linux (once again?),…” Oct 17, 22:20
Béranger on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “Here’s a LIVE performance at a school fundraiser from October 17, 2025: Creep by Radiohead. Izzy: vocals, Grayson: drums, Max:…” Oct 17, 18:22
Béranger on Claude Sonnet 4.5 is here!: “I just noticed that Haiku 4.5 has been made available for free, so you could use it when Sonnet 4.5…” Oct 15, 21:02
Béranger on 😾 30 Years Defending Linux — Until I Called It Quits: “I added an update regarding the MT7663 BT regression. And I have a plush Tux to sell or destroy.” Oct 15, 20:54
Béranger on When being European pays the bill: Win10 has one more year: “How to associate your system with your Microsoft account to benefit of the 1-year ESU: copilot.microsoft.com/shares/ezKVN2GUPBMdsyfeGTw2y.” Oct 15, 17:42
zugu on Linux: More Proof It’s a Pathetic Joke: ““There was never any QA whatsoever, be it about the kernel, about a desktop environment, or about a distro.” -…” Oct 15, 16:05
Béranger on Trump’s Gaza success eclipses his China chaos: “Jeremy Bowen, BBC International editor: Trump’s role in Gaza ceasefire was decisive, but not a roadmap to peace: Without question,…” Oct 14, 23:03
Béranger on One more interview with Geoffrey Hinton: “From June 15, with Steven Bartlett (The Diary of a CEO): Godfather of AI: They Keep Silencing Me But I’m…” Oct 14, 22:58
nyckelharpa on One more interview with Geoffrey Hinton: “yeah, most of humanity interacts with noncorporeal people, with gin and tonic, or without. it may be hilarious, and then…” Oct 14, 09:40
Béranger on One more interview with Geoffrey Hinton: “Selected steps to keep you from falling prey to A.I.’s flattery, from Next Time You Consult an A.I. Chatbot, Remember…” Oct 14, 01:26
Béranger on Bypassing GoComics’ paywall: “Continuing my previous quest on comic strips, I questioned Grok this time, only to find out that it’s stupid and…” Oct 13, 21:12
Béranger on Bypassing GoComics’ paywall: “Asking Copilot why isn’t there any Calvin and Hobbes® 2026 Day-to-Day Calendar: copilot.microsoft.com/shares/g3ec4eDzMgbSKfeiTaoF1. From the answer, I very much appreciated…” Oct 13, 15:17
Béranger on One more interview with Geoffrey Hinton: “Spirits, as in gin and tonic?” Oct 13, 13:29
nyckelharpa on One more interview with Geoffrey Hinton: “Have you actually interacted with people who have an intense, life-changing relationship with “god” or “spirit” or “angel” that you…” Oct 13, 13:28
Béranger on Gramatica geto-dacă e cea mai superioară, etc. (cu completări): “Hai să pun asta și aici, ca să nu fie doar pe FB și în arhivele mele lingvistice. A trebuit…” Oct 13, 10:57
Béranger on One more interview with Geoffrey Hinton: “Why are we worried about people developing personal relationships with 🤖 AI chatbots and agents, but we’re OK with people…” Oct 13, 10:17
Béranger on 📻 Radio Streams: “Fixed Jazz24.org’s streams; added the streams for KNKX right below Jazz24.” Oct 13, 10:08
Béranger on One more interview with Geoffrey Hinton: “BONUS! Yuval Noah Harari and Sir Stephen Fry met and spoke at the ‪Octopus Energy‬ Tech Summit: AI: how can…” Oct 12, 21:11
Béranger on 📻 Radio Streams: “Added: WDR 3, WDR 3 Jazz, WDR 3 Klassik, WDR 3 World, WDR 4.” Oct 12, 19:44
Laurențiu on Moartea Win10 nu afectează prețul rablelor SH & refurbished: “Thanks!” Oct 10, 18:25
Béranger on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “Not impossible, but everything they do is covers. And some removed covers have been remade, so…” Oct 9, 19:46
Octogenarian on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “You think maybe-just guessing-there might be copyright issues with those earlier videos?” Oct 9, 19:36
Béranger on Minor updates in Copilot and Grok: “I noticed that in a browser, Grok allows me to disable “Show Follow Up Suggestions”… but not so in its…” Oct 9, 13:22
Béranger on The next level of AI crap: lab robots: “Bank of England smells hint of dotcom bubble 2.0 in AI froth.” Oct 9, 07:27
zugu on The next level of AI crap: lab robots: “A bit offtopic: Deloitte To Repay Australian Government After AI Errors Found In Official Report.” Oct 9, 06:48
Béranger on E-book readers on Windows and Android: my 2 cents: “RE-UPDATE: I added Readest to my list of e-book readers. Review included.” Oct 8, 22:14
Béranger on Minor updates in Copilot and Grok: “FFS, they removed the last style in ChatGPT, “Sidekick”!” Oct 8, 20:39
ConEst on Windows IoT 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021: Would you have expected me to write about it?: “I don’t think there’s a newer version than 2021 ISO. But over the time all the updates which Microsoft has…” Oct 8, 07:02
Béranger on Windows IoT 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021: Would you have expected me to write about it?: “They’re not fair: “You need to login to view this posts content.” (“posts” is grammatically wrong) I suppose this is…” Oct 7, 22:40
Béranger on Windows IoT 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021: Would you have expected me to write about it?: “By “updated ISO” you mean a newer edition than 2021?” Oct 7, 22:37
ConEst on Windows IoT 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021: Would you have expected me to write about it?: “I would like to plug My Digital Life here. Great forum for all things windows. You should try it and…” Oct 7, 22:35
Béranger on E-book readers on Windows and Android: my 2 cents: “I never use Calibre’s ebook viewer. I never liked it.” Oct 7, 22:31