Smartwatch confirms it: keyboards are dying.

*checks date* ...Still October..

I'm using LMDE, and I really like Cinnamon. However, my desktop has an AMD 64-bit processor, and there's a known bug where Cinammon randomly locks up on AMD 64, so I use XFCE.

Can anyone tell me if this bug is fixed? I'm not about to try it, and risk losing work. I learned about this bug the hard way.

... it's not so much a question of profit, it's what you do to get it. If you are secretive, controlling, colluding, or corrupt about it, then I'm against it. If you're transparent, responsible, sustainable, and honest, then I'm for it.

I've been known to pay for Linux software, and I've been paying for Linux-based services for years. I also use FLOSS in my freelance work.

I mean, c'mon. No less than RMS has said you can sell software if you want. Who does this guy think is more hard-core than RMS?

They all overlap some, and some overlap a lot. I'm thinking particularly of political corruption and corporate malfeasance. Those border on two names for the same thing -- or at the very least, they form a feedback loop.

In fact, it's cold as hell.

1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1...

See, I didn't assume these hypothetical aliens were worried about us destroying them. I assumed they were trying to prevent us from destroying ourselves.

It's also (hypothetically) possible these are humans from the future trying to ensure their own existence by avoiding some catastrophe.

You, sir, need to study your P.T. Barnum.

Three notes related to this.

1. I followed your example, and after five years, pulled the "Designed for Windows XP" sticker off my main laptop and put it on my toaster. I hope it does better than yours, but if not, no big loss.

2. It wasn't a sticker. It was an actual piece of metal glued to my keyboard.

3. I, for one, love laptop stickers. I've put dozens on to express my taste in politics and music.

That's one PDF I wouldn't want to download.

...like show business. Not like any business I know.

More specifically, anonymous cowards.

None taken.

Actually, for their first several months, babies prefer black and white to color. As a proud new papa, I can assure you it's true.

With that in mind, I thought for a long time that it was dumb that more baby stuff didn't come in black and white, instead of all these pastels. Then I figured out: spit-up washes out of pastels easier than black and white.

In much the same vein, I strongly suspect spit-up washes out of a pamphlet-book more easily than a digital reader.