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This is a hilarious book, even if you're a *nix supporter. Highly recommended.

dataflow 8y ago
There's this relevant joke about Linux which is that Linux is very user friendly... it's just very picky about who its friends are.
- DonHopkins 8y ago
  Linux is only free if your time is worthless. ;)
  - mehrdadn 8y ago
    Truer words have never been spoken. ;)
  - w8rbt 8y ago
    It's like a free puppy.
    - jimmaswell 8y ago
      Or a free boat
    - quickthrower2 8y ago
      Free as in beer and free as in poops everywhere.
  - sls 8y ago
    Windows 10 Pro is only $200.00 if your time is worthless, is the flip side.
    - marcosdumay 8y ago
      And privacy...
    - quickthrower2 8y ago
      ... and you didn’t get an OEM licence.
    - DrScump 8y ago
      And bandwidth...
    - TeMPOraL 8y ago
      If your time is worthless, Windows can - and always could - be free. But if your time is worth something, it's better to shell out that $$$, and also be legally and morally on the safe side.
      - mruts 8y ago
        Pretty sure installing Kmspico is faster than buying a serial key.
        0w4u2a 8y ago
        Or changing the KMS server to a "customised" one that accepts all activation attempts. Much more secure than giving root to kmspico. Find a proper key for your edition here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/kmsclientkeys https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/... slmgr /ipk XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX slmgr /skms kms.digiboy.ir # just an example of many KMS servers that exist slmgr /ato
        gnu8 8y ago
        What can the operator of a KMS server do to my computer though?
        0w4u2a 8y ago
        1. If you use a custom KMS server like that, I don't know what they can do to you. Maybe a KMS server can send arbitrary commands to a client by design? I don't know. Even if it can't, there could be a bug like a buffer overflow in the KMS client that might allow the server to execute code on your client machine. Since you are only supposed to connect your client to Microsoft's KMS server (I don't believe other alternative and supported implementations of the server exist), maybe the client is not as battle-tested and hardened as it should. 2. Installing kmspico requires admin access to your machine. What kmspico does is that it installs a local KMS server which works the same way the remote KMS server I've suggested to use does: it activates everything you throw at it. But as I said it needs admin access to your machine, and it's up to you whether you trust kmspico or not.
  - sandov 8y ago
    Using computers is free if your time and patience are worthless.
- anoncake 8y ago
  At least its not user-hostile, e.g. it doesnt spy on its users.
  - vermilingua 8y ago
    It's a joke comment, on a joke thread, about a joke book. I wholeheartedly agree, but lighten up.
- sureaboutthis 8y ago
  That's a line about Unix. I believe before Linux ever came along.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago
  Yes, it's a great illustration of why people don't like Linux users: they're full of themselves and believe they're better than everyone else.
sagartewari01 8y ago
Especially for *nix supporters.

There's this relevant joke about Linux which is that Linux is very user friendly... it's just very picky about who its friends are.

DonHopkins 8y ago
Linux is only free if your time is worthless. ;)
- mehrdadn 8y ago
  Truer words have never been spoken. ;)
- w8rbt 8y ago
  It's like a free puppy.
  - jimmaswell 8y ago
    Or a free boat
  - quickthrower2 8y ago
    Free as in beer and free as in poops everywhere.
- sls 8y ago
  Windows 10 Pro is only $200.00 if your time is worthless, is the flip side.
  - marcosdumay 8y ago
    And privacy...
  - quickthrower2 8y ago
    ... and you didn’t get an OEM licence.
  - DrScump 8y ago
    And bandwidth...
  - TeMPOraL 8y ago
    If your time is worthless, Windows can - and always could - be free. But if your time is worth something, it's better to shell out that $$$, and also be legally and morally on the safe side.
    - mruts 8y ago
      Pretty sure installing Kmspico is faster than buying a serial key.
      - 0w4u2a 8y ago
        Or changing the KMS server to a "customised" one that accepts all activation attempts. Much more secure than giving root to kmspico. Find a proper key for your edition here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/kmsclientkeys https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/... slmgr /ipk XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX slmgr /skms kms.digiboy.ir # just an example of many KMS servers that exist slmgr /ato
        gnu8 8y ago
        What can the operator of a KMS server do to my computer though?
        0w4u2a 8y ago
        1. If you use a custom KMS server like that, I don't know what they can do to you. Maybe a KMS server can send arbitrary commands to a client by design? I don't know. Even if it can't, there could be a bug like a buffer overflow in the KMS client that might allow the server to execute code on your client machine. Since you are only supposed to connect your client to Microsoft's KMS server (I don't believe other alternative and supported implementations of the server exist), maybe the client is not as battle-tested and hardened as it should. 2. Installing kmspico requires admin access to your machine. What kmspico does is that it installs a local KMS server which works the same way the remote KMS server I've suggested to use does: it activates everything you throw at it. But as I said it needs admin access to your machine, and it's up to you whether you trust kmspico or not.
- sandov 8y ago
  Using computers is free if your time and patience are worthless.
anoncake 8y ago
At least its not user-hostile, e.g. it doesnt spy on its users.
- vermilingua 8y ago
  It's a joke comment, on a joke thread, about a joke book. I wholeheartedly agree, but lighten up.
sureaboutthis 8y ago
That's a line about Unix. I believe before Linux ever came along.
AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago
Yes, it's a great illustration of why people don't like Linux users: they're full of themselves and believe they're better than everyone else.

sagartewari01 8y ago

Especially for *nix supporters.