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Tangentially, I really lament the current state of desktop OS's. In a perfect world, you should be able to buy an operating system that's basically Windows 7,

Tangentially, I really lament the current state of desktop OS's. In a perfect world, you should be able to buy an operating system that's basically Windows 7, with all the security and kernel updates which have been applied to 10/11, and none of the ads, telemetry, and smartphone-esque UI that modern Windows tries to force on you.

yuppie_scum 4y ago
There’s got to be dozens of Linux distros that meet all these requirements for you.
- warrenm 4y ago
  ...but probably not that also run whatever software he's got (or wants) to run
  - xigoi 3y ago
    If they want to run proprietary software, they have to deal with the consequences of running proprietary software.
    - MichaelZuo 3y ago
      The parent did say "In a perfect world".
      - xigoi 3y ago
        In a perfect world, proprietary software doesn't exist, so there's no reason why you'd want to run it.
        MichaelZuo 3y ago
        Why wouldn't it exist?
        xigoi 3y ago
        Because in a perfect world, everything is (by definition) good, and proprietary software is bad.
        MichaelZuo 3y ago
        This seems circular, why would proprietary software be 'bad' by default in a perfect world?
        xigoi 3y ago
        Because being unable to see how software you're using is implemented is a bad thing.
        MichaelZuo 3y ago
        Why must proprietary software be opaque in a perfect world?