Here is my list of what any device really should have:
Make me able to use my device as I want to.
If the Operating System don't agree - there MUST be a way to install alternative OS with a SINGLE BUTTON CLICK.
Oh, god. Think of what kind of world that would open up with this simple rule. The device could be a smartphone, Windows machine, termostat, or a dishwasher. Anything would never be obsolete anymore and all users can be happy - a machine obeying the user. Wonderful.
Please EU fix this!
And all the other things they spend billions on. Guess what? Most of it is not good for the environment. It is just that the rich can do a lot of the bad stuff.
What if the super rich had to compensate climate wise with 1:100. They can afford it. Or if they actually have to compensate for all the damage done to create their wealth. Think of all plastic going through Amazon...
Apple did by releasing ARM based CPUs for desktop. This means they also change to MAC OS. Hence no longer 98% market share.
Now the future is ARM, desktop, laptop and mobile. Windows have hard time bringing over all their legacy software over to ARM. Their legacy compability is their biggest strength that they now have to get rid of or rebuild.
Of course EU want our own tech companies. It would benefit us all. At minimum competition. Digital soverntity. And this is also what EU will do no matter what Trump does. Trump broke the chain of trust. Unacceptable.
Summer 2005. I have the first letters for my name and middle names and then the full last name dot gmail.com.
However, nowadays I use my own domain.
Since 2008 i got my own domain dot country code but it was for selfhosting. 4 letters dot country code. Only last three years ago i switch to use it for mail as well. I dont host my inbox, just forwards it.
I think this is good. This means increased competition and that the none compatible Windows computers can keep running without going to the trash bin - better for the environment.
It is less likely to have. But software can still have bugs, big or small. The difference is just how much testing has to be done before you say it is good enough.
Immutable dostros were not immune to KDE 6.0 bugs were if you upgrades from KDE 5 it completely broke. The issue were that you had to clear the cache in the users home folder for KDE. See Chris Titus YouTube channel about this were he did exactly this with Immutable distro.
I have Timeshift setup for fast and easy rollback.
Bad updates will happen to any OS. It is about if you want to update fast and having a rollback plan. There are dostros that updates more slow as they actually do their own testing and hence was not affected at all.
For me the lock screen instructions worked fine. The kernel update only broke Ghostty but a workaround fix was available the same day. I could also just have booted into the older kernel from Grub.
Why can't they listen to real science about climate change? This just proves how weak they really are. There should have a law for this.