When Mageia started, I tried it. But I eventually ended up in OpenSUSE. Yeah, I sold out... Never could stomach Ubuntu and it's children.

I do blame America for creationism. Most Christians outside America were quite happy with various interpretations of Genesis until the bullys in America said "If you don't buy our (out of context) version, you're going to hell."

One longs for a time when people understand Genesis literally. As in it is literally a temple inauguration story, and not a material origins story.

There are sections of Christianity that believe in a non-deterministic universe. Omniscient and Omnipotent are defined differently by different people. Basically the two terms are so polluted with different definitions that they are all but useless. For example, by what definition is God omnipotent? Most Christians will assert readily that God can or will not act outside his character. For all intents and purpose that wipes out most definitions of omnipotent. There is more to it than this(the limits of omniscience are debated within christianity and there are other issues), but I think there is disconnect between your understanding of the words and a Christian's understanding. You are using the same words, but they mean different things and thus there can be no understanding on certain topics.

Most atheists/agnostics at this point will insist upon their own definitions. It becomes a semantic argument, and if you insist upon your own definitions, you have effectively erected a straw man. Perhaps this is not the best approach.

It is a bit of Russian Roulette...

The propriety drivers aren't bad on my aging 6630M and run most things acceptably (except KSP, but that may be related to KSP on linux in general...?). Still no support for switchable graphics (in a dynamic and meaningful way), and the thermal management is slightly broken. On occasion I get a thermal shutdown.

Chip and Pin is fairly standard here in South Africa. Even the cheapest savings account with a noname local bank gives you chip and pin. We still have the fallback to magnetic strip though. We also have two step authentication where you get a sms with a pin when you buy something online, though I see it doesn't happen for steam, which is a bit scary.

I had my identity stolen here, but they did not use my credit card. Instead they used a (very obviously) fake ID to get a cell phone contract. It was a mission to sort out and adds all kinds of stress you don't need. If I meet the bastard (I now know what he looks like, but the police can't or won't do anything) in a dark alley sometime, we will have a long chat about the errors of his ways.

Except a dyson sphere should have a detectable "heat signature" for want of a better word...

Somebody do the math and see if it adds up.

Leave his nuts out of this!

Yeah, but because of the updates required, you're probably still screwed.

I have a 10Gb cap, and it sucks. Still older games have few updates. Yay for retro gaming!

No! Supernova safe storage media is the way to go here....

This has not been my experience, though that is anecdotal. Perhaps because people tend to drive TGDI vehicles harder than diesels. In any case, do you have a reference for this?

Nice troll. But inaccurate on both counts:

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I could be in any part of the green area. Try again.

These things are about momentum. Diesel is really common here (my boss drives a diesel hatchback, and gets incredible km/l). Every filling station here stocks diesel. Is it a better technology? Maybe... It is really expensive to fix when it breaks. So it is in a way a really good analogy for Linux. In the some places (the USA), everyone only uses it for servers (big haulage trucks) but in other places it gets used everywhere.

There are pros and cons to every OS. Linux is my preferred platform because I am familiar with it, and I like the interface. I have not delusions of superiority. I have had good experiences with hardware support, and apart from printers (I do not own one, so it is a non-issue for me), I have not worried about linux support for hardware since around 2005. Also, a lot of hardware seems to work better: 3g modems for example - they don't require me to install the operators bs bloatware to use under linux. They just work...

I think the point here, is someone is making an effort to build diesel filling stations. You can still get petrol and it will never go away, but you now have options, and each has pros and cons. I like diesel. It has really good torque. Modern diesels have come a long way in terms of reliability (early diesels were terrible). They aren't perfect, but they do the job.

The point? I don't know there is one precisely. I game on linux because it is my preferred platform. I have been using it for so long now I actually have a ls.bat file on my windows machine somewhere.

Linux is fairly useful on the desktop. I did my entire honours project some years ago under linux (including PCB/circuit design and embedded code). In general, I have found it to 'just work' in modern times, unless you are doing something exotic. Beyond that I would love to see it used more in industry. It would be much easier to manage a SCADA under linux, where the bastard operator from hell can't plug in a usb stick with 1002 viruses and I can ssh in to troubleshoot coms problems. Yeah you can disable USB storage under windows too, but it is a PITA.

I am not saying the average user should be running linux (though I suppose we can see how Steam machines do), but it is rather nice to be able to start up a game at home without having to reboot.

This is changing. Rather fast. I have 50 Linux games on steam, and all run fine on my 4 year old Core i5 and AMD 6630M laptop. Sure detail levels aren't great, but they aren't bad either. I get 40+fps on war thunder. Still downloading bioshock.

Surprisingly I have yet to have an issue running any of these games. I'm not running Ubuntu (or other debian based), so I expected issues. I am going to experiment with my desktop later when I get time to put a modern linux distro on.

Gaming on Linux is looking good actually.

And nobody can be bought.