If you open them and start googling part numbers, you will notice that entire subassemblies are off the shelf parts from China, not just components.
The solution is not to make rules based on where something is made, the solution is to have sensible rules that apply to everyone.
A product with a German label should not spy on you, nor should a Chinese one, or an American one.
Some arch+hyprland would be awesome on even this hardware.
Blackstone inc.
Private equity firm. Owns more than $1 trillion in residential properties. It also owns or manages around 250 property developers worldwide
Making it disappear basically solves the world wide unaffordable housing crisis.
Excellent work by Zapiro. Probably South Africa’s best political cartoonist.
As someone allergic to horsehair, this explains a lot.
Drugs cooked his brain.
Germany and Italy learn from their mistakes. The US keeps repeating them more than any other country (except for Argentina)
But those are Americans.
Mandrake 2003. Followed by Ubuntu server 5.10 in 2005.
Switched to Debian in 2020, been on Debian since.
I use it because of the lack of BS.
Secondly, it’s stable.
Would not say equally shitty, otherwise they won’t have popular support they do.
You are correct however that they are not pro consumer.
They are just a smarter, wiser business with a sustainable business model that understands the importance of consumer trust.
Yes, Predictable release cadence is also important.
Manufacturers have to validate that it is going to continue working and remain supported. Rolling releases are basically impossible to accommodate in that process.
It’s also likely that Canonical is providing free assistance to them, in order to secure enterprise contracts on the other end.
It’s usually 10% of the device MSRP for windows pro.
There are some very low cost devices that get it for $10 for windows home…
This bubble does not just need to be popped, it needs to evaporate.
Black mirror is the optimistic version in our timeline.
As an African with access to reasonable traditional cattle farming, I can say that American beef tastes like crap. Looks amazing, but tastes like crap.
Well the electromagnetic forces in your bones are no match for the accumulated energy of a few seconds of gravity.
Say that to gravity when you start even 5m above the ground.
This is actually bad for the discriminated parties as well.
The South African government is using race based restitution legislation as a vehicle for bribes and corruption. They use it as a gate keeper to make sure that only those in the good graces with the political elite get opportunities.