... look to be rising. Why? Likely because pro teams, and their players, are getting more and more greedy. Meanwhile, the viewers suffer.

}}} don't touch Ubuntu or Mint {{{

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I use the Debian-based version on Mint.

>> Microsoft has reorganized its Outlook team under new leadership as part of a broader effort to integrate AI into its core products.

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All the more reason to avoid Microsoft apps.

... why should I trust Microsoft to do this to me?

Yeah, I remember traveling to the Radio Shack on 46th Street in mid-town Manhattan back when the Radio Shack stores were few and far between, At the time, there were stores I knew of in Boston area and Dallas-Ft Worth area, and the NYC store I visited.

There's gold in them there hills!

{ -- "Microsoft keeps running into brick walls with the 2024 version of Windows 11," writes ZDNet. "Each new update designed to fix the outstanding bugs ends up introducing other problems..." --} Microsoft seems to have had a QA problem ever since they got rid of the Windows QA team, and apparently substituted wishing and hoping for that team. /s

My current PC hardware has all the capabilities I need. Why should I have to buy new PC hardware just to enrich Microsoft's bottom line?

... as an alternative to Linux Mint. After using it a few days, I came to the opinion that MX Linux had some problems, was still a bit rough around the edges, , and I was not impressed at all with the MX Linux discussion board. So I went back to Linux Mint.

... just to have to listen to someone gabbing on a mobile phone in the row behind you?

But that new size sure does look nice.

{ Who cares about usability when the main objective is to be pretty? This isn't a computer for using, it's a thing for owning. } --- Exactly.

Roughly, how many minutes does it take to go from nearly "empty" to fully-charged? Same question for the current crop of chargers.

Why?