This goes way back. Intel has a proud tradition of writing shitty NPU Linux drivers and hoping to sneak it in. My lshw has only the Intel NPU as not having loaded a module successfully.

Where I live, well off (seen in global scale), white, westerner is the average. Would you prefer me to represent an opinion that doesn’t reflect what I observe in my surroundings?

The Nordics.

I live in Denmark at the minute.

Not at the minute no.

Or I live in a country with better cops than you?

In terms of delivering the highest proven outcomes for the broadest amount of people I’ve not seen evidence that anything beats a well regulated market. If new evidence is presented I shall gladly revise my opinion.

I’m a pleasant human but find myself often downvoted for what I consider an average social democratic view; taking the viewpoint that, in my country, cops are generally trustworthy, the market works when regulated by a well functioning democracy and it’s ok to be wealthy, but expect to be properly taxed.

I would have said exactly the same, but about PhotoPrism. Funny how perspectives differ.

I’ve donated to Gimp and used it plenty. I’m sorry but Affinity on Linux would be an insane upside for me, regardless.

They deliver a working piece of software to you. They employ people to maintain it and add new features. They ask a price for this work.

How is this rent seeking?

This would be MAJOR for me.

I second XFS for large files.

Tape is still a thing: Ultrion tapes store up to 40 TB. But the devices to read and write them are not priced for mortals.

Hyperbus!

They’re not doing anything that’s violating licenses. I’m happy there’s different options. Having paid support is pretty cool if you’re a school or never ran Linux before. Other users will choose other distros. We should be happy, not tear into each other.

Why do you think the super wealthy are so keen on robots and AI? When even the police officers can’t “have had enough” there is no rebellion possible, ever again.

It’s all getting worse and I can’t see any way to stop it.

A variant of “if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear”.

Not if you trust your data to a company that makes money from selling said data to advertising companies.

What did people expect handing all their personal information to Google?