Even worse for us BSD people back in the day. ( and why i had to abandon ship at one point )

Wed Jul 29 2026 09:34:02 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

If you had anything even a little bit exotic it probably wasn't supported under Linux.

My current Surface Pro 5 is on its last legs. Hanging, crashing, unresponsive - rebuilt recently from scratch. 

I am never going to Windows 11. You may have finally won me over to the Year of the Linux desktop for my daily driver. 

I'm pretty sure Bambu has a version of their 3D printer driver for Linux - and I already have a basic comfort with Blender and GIMP and word processing doesn't matter anymore - and most streaming platforms are device agnostic now. 

I don't see Apple as a better alternative. 

Shhiiiiit. 

I hate you *nix fkerz. Do I have to start letting my neckbeard grow out? 

Even if it did, there is a *nix alternative that will do the job.  I cant think of any "task" that does not have some alternative to move to.  Sure, re-learning may be needed in some cases due to different ways of thinking, and might not have the same extended ( $ ) feature set, but the base functionality, accounted for.

Sun Aug 02 2026 02:55:20 EDT from ParanoidDelusions

 word processing doesn't matter anymore