That's still not hacking. It's "unauthorized access" like you said, or "gaining access". Hacking requires bypassing some security measure or obtaining access through some technological or social engineering means.
I see that as full UI/UX behaviour that behaves almost identical to Windows/Mac (is no middle click to paste).
Linux is not Windows. Stop trying to make it work like Windows. Windows is crap and I don't want Linux to work like it.
Expecting Linux to work like Windows is how new people get frustrated. Have you heard anyone say that macOS needs to be like Windows to succeed? Of course not. So stop saying that about Linux.
Also, "no middle-click to paste" is astonishingly stupid, I've been using it hundreds of times per day for way over a decade now. It's one of the most useful and helpful features I've ever used.
People in the 90s and early 2000s were the ones most paranoid about that. I don't think people in the 60s were anywhere near as worried or aware of wiretaps.
it wouldn't have worked on anything but Windows 95 and onwards
I know what you mean. All I was saying is that the binary would execute on an x86 processor regardless of the OS. Now the OS knowing what to do with it is another matter.
This is actually what Wine does, it's a translation layer that intercepts the Win APIs and converts it to a Linux API and vice versa. The actual binary runs on the processor just the same.
It sounds like the app you wrote is doing 99% of the work. And I'm guessing it was written in C, which means it's an x86 binary and could theoretically run on any x86 system.
Modern Windows actually has a lot of problems running older software. In some cases, the only way to get those applications working again is using Wine on Linux.
Cannot read a German news article about German news? Your problem. I'm 100% correct.
Did you read the article? Because nowhere in there does it say how many Linux or Windows desktops are being used.
The previous administration did.
Yes, Dieter Reiter. He's the one quoted in the article. He's the one that made that "deal" with Microsoft.
"We want to go back to the “industry standard,” said Lord Mayor Dieter Reiter."
Which the previous administration did do and the new administration did not reverse on desktops
Clearly you didn't read my sources.
There was no “hell no”. They adopted a few FOSS tools on Windows. Windows and MS Office remain in use. I already provided a source from June 2025, so quite recent.
Like I said, your 2025 source does not back up your claim that all the desktops are Windows.
You clamed there was no Microsoft migration. You claimed that any sort of Migrosoft migration is garbage misinformation.
I never "clamed" anything. But what I said was that the declaration of LiMux being a failure, and a reverting back to Windows wholesale is false.
I agree with what you said. This also wasn't social engineering. The password was just there and available.
Also, the excellent and amazing movie Hackers features plenty of social engineering.
Also, I didn't say "excellent" and "amazing" sarcastically. It really is an under rated movie.