Time for a footnote to this: nearly 40 years of writing my stories on computers has taught me two things:
1. Always have backups. More than you think you need, too (backups can go bad).
2. Always have an exit strategy from a hardware, operating system, or writing software choice: vendors can go bad or remove support for older products.
Sub-footnote: Linux isn't an exit strategy, it's a 9-5 job. Open source is less bad than closed, but rug-pulls are still possible.
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@cstross I definitely think you are doing a disservice to Linux here... As a new user of Linux this year, I consider myself one of those “lowly” users. I agree that there needs to be a simpler overall experience to achieve wider adoption, but my time with Linux has been relatively headache free, at least no more than windows. Being on some forums, I was warned about older users like you who poo-poo Wayland, systemd and reject change even when they are objectively better…
@dlakelan @RoboRev @cstross I do wonder how #HaikuOS would do for your personal computing. Maybe it is what contributors should have been polishing all these years instead of donating their time to corporate bottomlines via Linux.
https://haiku-os.org it seems to be OK on older hardware, hosts its own code repository (not on Github), runs its own friendly forum at https://discuss.haiku-os.org and its few contributors have been steadily at it for decades.
