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Comment Re:If it becomes too big it might be bad (Score 1) 57

Not really. I have been running Debian for about 25 years now and I never had systemd on it except a few time as an intermediate step during installation. Debian has had a page explaining how to stay with sysIV init for ages. I used that before Devuan became stable.

Yes, because I also did that, I know that it was a pain in the ass. Making the switch was easy enough, but then you had to fiddle with literally dozens of other things to make them work right because Debian didn't include enough of the other packages' config files etc to make them work properly with sysvinit.

What are the issues you identify with the Gentoo installation process?

I didn't commit to memory exactly where the process broke down, as it wasn't worth remembering.

Comment Re:Great hardware. Close to zero support. (Score 1) 22

Metal cases, fingerprint scanner on power button exactly where your thumb falls, nice performance, very good cameras and photo apps. Brilliant, fast, accurate GPS. But they are not even supported through two Android versions. They claim support for 2 versions and then don't do it,

Agreed. I had SEMC Xperia Play, came with gingerbread. They promised ICS and then never delivered. They did release a beta but it broke controller support (Xperia Play had a slide-out controller and came with a playstation game running in an emulator, and you could buy a few more titles.) The community got the controller working in ICS, but unreliably.

I learned my lesson in just one step and never bought another Sony device of any kind again, not even a receiver, those lying fucks. Byeeeee!

Comment Re:Thanks Microsoft (Score 1) 57

If that's the case, then I've never used an OS that doesn't have "something fundamentally wrong" with it.

Never used MacOS 6? You really didn't need a book for that. If you needed help with a reinstall or something you could call or visit your Apple store and they would tell you how to go about it, although the process was so simple that almost nobody should need help unless they didn't know the meaning of the word "Install" since all you had to do was boot from that disk and then follow the prompts.

With that said, MacOS 6 hardly did anything, so no surprise there.

Comment Re:It'll be interesting to see how aggressive (Score 1) 25

"Arguably" you do. You still give them your money and then complain about it. It's a bit disingenuous, don't you think?

No, not really. I give money to a lot of companies whose business practices I don't particularly like. That's the problem with such a small number of companies having such solid control over a market. If you don't do that, you won't have a cell phone, Internet service, electricity, etc.

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