Which distros? Just saying Linux is kind of pointless. Linux is the kernel.

Some distros come with more pre-installed features and functions, some come with less.

Some are more average user-friendly than others.

I put Debian on my laptop and have not had any problems accessing external drives or plugging in multiple monitors.

Because EU has a track record of putting stop to shitty practices by major corporations.

Would not surprise me if they leave EU out of this just to prevent a potential conflict.

Is this happening to any user in the EU?

It’s just not the same to review code that runs a slot machine.

And code that runs a whole car.

One of the two is a whole lot more complex and probably had millions of lines more than the other.

I’ll let you guys which is which

No. It doesn’t. Exactly. So why are you suggesting source code reviews?

“source code inspection.”

Great idea. That way it can be put on pause indefinatly because that shit takes years.

On top of it. You can NEVER be certain anyway because there’s code burnt into the chips that you cannot read.

And I’m sure you always keep it with you as well. Really, good for you. Amazing. So many people. And I happened to just comment to the one person who keeps a dumb-phone on them. What are the odds

You have a smartphone don’t you?

What are you gonna do when your hands have blood all over them? Good luck dialing an emergancy number on your phones touchscreen.

So yes. Pretty much everyone in a developed country do entrust their lives to a touchscreen on a daily basis.

They agreed to delete, “all circumvention tools used for developing or using Yuzu—such as TegraRcmGUI, Hekate, Atmosphère, Lockpick_RCM, NDDumpTool, nxDumpFuse, and TegraExplorer,” and hand over any “physical circumvention devices” and “modified Nintendo hardware.

They know what their emulator was primarily used for. Key word here. Primarily.

You didn’t read the article did you?

The danish government is not underfunded.

It’s a a question of will and wants. They don’t HAVE to buy chromebooks. They can buy hardware like everyone else. It’s a government so they probably have to open it up for all suppliersto bid. But it can still be done.

And a lot of the cost will go back into their people and create jobs.

And price isn’t even the main question. It’s the fact that Googles data collection on students might make their chromebooks illegal to use.

Doesn’t matter if it’s free. It’s not legal.

If you know you will reconfigure devices. You set up a system to make it easy for yourself.

There are already so many systems one can employ to track devices that doesn’t rely on google.

Non issue. You already have costs for the students current machines when things go wrong, including IT. And you can also BIOS lock the hardware to prevent alternative boot methods. Which will stop most students.

There are PLENTY of other software to externally manage computers.

We’re talking about a government here. They have resources to create it. It’s a high initial cost. Like everything. And then it shifts into maintenance.

Normal companies already do this. It’s nothing new. Just a question of infrastructure.

That’s my point. They’re choosing to use a distro that collects all of this data instead of setting up their own system.

Chromebooks are “cheap” because you pay in part with your data.

Now i don’t know too much about them. But I assume they are BIOS locked or something so you can’t just install your own distro on them?

Something that starts with L and can be 100% customized by the school or government for their exact wishes

Think it ends with X. Can’t quite remember.

I’ve not once said I like them. Nor am i in love with them. If thats what you think i suggest you redo your third grade reading comprehension.

I just told you I’m not buying their stuff. I haven’t owned a single HP product in my entire life. I’m not dying on any hill.

I’m stating a very simple fact. Their current business model is working for them. It makes them a lot of money. Despite people not liking them, they still make a lot of money.

That’s not an opinion. That is what the reality looks like according to their 2023 financial report.

How exactly am I being ignorant? You’re the one buying HP products. Not me.

You guys started talking about how bad this is for them and I simply pointed out that it isn’t bad for them at all. They made $3b in profit last year.

Congratulations. You’ve bought products from the company you hate for over 20 years and kept giving them money year in year out despite telling us all they are terrible.

I have no distractions at all. Only hard facts that their business model works and is profitable. Why should HP deviate from a model that brings them billions in profits?

The fact that they profited means people DO ignore the ethical issues and bad quality product line.

What was that you said about adding value to the conversation before?

As opposed to your story of how you’ve bought HP printers? Very illuminating

“You do realize” they made $3b in profit 2023.