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The year of the European Union Linux desktop may finally arrive (www.theregister.com)
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Opinion | Microsoft, tactically admitting it has failed at talking all the Windows 10 PC users into moving to Windows 11 after all, is – sort of, kind of – extending Windows 10 support for another year.

For most users, that means they'll need to subscribe to Microsoft 365. This, in turn, means their data and meta-information will be kept in a US-based datacenter. That isn't sitting so well with many European Union (EU) organizations and companies. It doesn't sit that well with me or a lot of other people either.

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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

That is good to know.

Though the ask here is getting pretty large:

  • The OS requires a paid license
  • In order to continue receiving security updates, you have to pay an additional subscription fee
  • If you want all your hoovered data to reside in your own country, you have to pay even more
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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Yeesh. For the privilege of yourself and your users working with a horrible buggy mess of half replaced, half duplicated (triplicated? worse?) apps and features.

    And a near guarantee that in a 5 year timeframe, you see 1+ others who paid for that "data in my own jurisdiction" service somehow get fucked in ways they shouldn't, be it leak or strongarm or whatever.

    I'm not suggesting Windows is doomed or anything extreme, but they have cratered their credibility with anyone paying attention. Whole thing feels closer to poorly strung together malware than a serious OS to me.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    What's the problem of paying for an OS?

    https://www.suse.com/licensing/price/

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    There isn't one. It's just increasingly unnecessary.

    I, personally, have an issue with people taking millions of LOC of software written by other people and given away for free, slapping a logo on it, and selling it to people who don't know better, but thre licenses generally don't prevent carpet-bagging.

    IMHO, selling an OS your organization built most of is fine. Selling support, or hosting, is also ethical. Selling Libre software is not.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    It's the summation of all of the above.

    Does SUSE require a payment up front, as well as a subscription in order to continue receiving updates, as well as even more payments to ensure hoovered data resides in your country?

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