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* unless it's surveillanceware, in which case treat them as an enemy combatant

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Sorry Mum. If you want free support, you're just going to have to get used to zOS on your phone!

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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...

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However, replacing the background image on someone's computer with a screenshotbif another IS is a very funny #geek joke...

@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 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...