* unless it's surveillanceware, in which case treat them as an enemy combatant
* unless it's surveillanceware, in which case treat them as an enemy combatant
@neil
Sorry Mum. If you want free support, you're just going to have to get used to zOS on your phone!
It is, however, more than fair play to throw a copy of Linux on your spare laptop if you have friends and family members who insist on borrowing it.
They'll learn. One way or another... they'll learn...
@neil Microsoft: the hell you say
@neil What if they ask for grub?
@neil what about their bootloader?
@neil i only do it consensually, and to abysmal dogshit hardware that would benefit from it tenfold 🙏
@neil This especially applies if you are Microsoft.
@neil Ruining the family Christmas by putting Arch on nan's computer and saying if she wants to use Facebook she needs to read the wiki
@neil But DO install uBlock Origin on someone's computer without their consent.
@neil Does this apply to forced "upgrades" too?
@neil Is this the my little pony guy at it again
@neil All your files are exactly where you left them
@neil not even when it'd be *really funny* because they're one of those guys that say the “erm actually it's GNU-slash-LINUX” spiel unironically and you're replacing it with HaikuOS?
@neil with some exeptions...
@neil They ran a CTF binary as root, and I fixed it for them after replacing it with a nyancat demo.
@neil okaaaaay, I'll be good I promise 